by Leiermann | Aug 20, 2020 | Classical Music, Guitar and Lute
“Les Rhétorique des Dieux” by Tobias Tietze “Les Rhétorique des Dieux” 17th century French-German lute music The lute was a very present and highly valued instrument in musical life. Presumably arrived in Europe...
by Leiermann | Jul 28, 2020 | Biographies music, Biographies music, Classical Music, Guitar and Lute
Narciso García Yepes by Thomas Stiegler The Legend A Spanish fair, early 1930s. With shining eyes a little boy stands in the midst of the hustle and bustle and can’t take his eyes off an old guitar. Until his father approaches, puts a warm...
by Leiermann | May 8, 2020 | Classical Music, Guitar and Lute, Classical Music
The Chitarrone by Bernhard Reichel Alessandro Piccinini’s Toccata XII and the modern style Around 1600 music radically conquered new living spaces in Italy. With the seconda pratica, composers broke away from the rigid corset of the counterpoint of a Palestrina...
by Leiermann | Feb 3, 2020 | Classical Music, Guitar and Lute
The history of the guitar by Thomas Stiegler The history of the guitar is full of breakdowns and detours, times of sinking into oblivion and its resurrection thanks to small circles of enthusiasts. Far from being a success story, such as the history of the violin or...