Gaspar Sanz
b Calanda, Aragon, mid-17th century; d early 18th century
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Gaspar Sanz was a Spanish guitarist, composer and priest. The canarios tune was invented
by the African slaves who were assembled on the Canary islands before
being shipped to Spain, and soon became popular throughout Spain and Italy. It
usually involved tambourines and guitars, and was very raucous.
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Canarios
arrangement from Gaspar Sanz'Instrucción de música sobre La Guitarra
Española (1674) |
4'00 |
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi-Mealli
Innsbruck c.1620-69
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Italian composer and violinist, among the select team of Italian instrumentalists of Archduke
Ferdinand of Austria at Innsbruck when his opus 3 and 4 were published in 1660.
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La Bernabea (1660) |
6'00 |
Anonymous
Spanish 17th century |
"Mariazapalos" was a popular Spanish song, sometimes called the "Spagnoletta".
Often though, this melody has more pathetic, or melancholic feeling than "Spagnoletta". |
Marizápalos
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5 |
Francesco Correa de Arauxo
b Seville, 1584; d Segovia, 1654 |
A Spanish composer who had little formal training though through studying the works
of other composers and refining his own ideas, developed a unique and decidedly funky style. |
Tiento Segundo Tuono
harpsichord solo |
4 |
Andrea Falconieri
b Naples, 1585; d Naples, 1656 |
An Italian lutenist who spent his early years in Spain. He was a
music teacher at the convent of S Brigida, Genoa, from 1632 but in
June 1636 he was denounced by the mother superior for distracting the
nuns with his music! He was later appointed maestro di cappella at Naples
(which was then under Spanish dominion) and held the post until his death
of the plague. |
La Suave Melodia (Naples, 1660)
violin, lute, viola da gamba |
2.5 |
Dario Castello
Early 17th century, Venice
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By 1621 he was a musician at San Marco, Venice though his speciality
was wind instruments, especially bassoon. He published several collections of
his music which became very popular during the 17th century. |
Sonata Prima |
5 |
Diego Ortiz
b Toledo, c1510; d Naples, c1570 |
A very influential Spanish composer who spent a lot of time
in Naples, at a time when it was under Spanish rule. These pieces
come from his most famous publication in which he has composed
his own wonderfully ornamented versions of popular songs
of the period. |
Recercada Segunda sopra 'Il Passemezzo'
Recercada Quinta sopra 'La Spagna'
Recercada Settima sopra 'La Romanesca'
viola da gamba, theorbo |
5 |
Arcangelo Corelli
b Fusignano, 1653; d Rome, 1713 |
Corelli was a very innovative figure, and a stunning violinist.
He also the first composer to owe his reputation (mostly) to music publishing,
and the first to produce classic instrumental works which were
admired and studied long after their idiom became outmoded. |
FoliasOpV |
12 |
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
b Venice, c1580; d Rome, Jan 1651 |
Kapsberger was an Italian composer, lutenist, theorbist and guitarist
of German descent and enjoyed and very high reputation and social standing.
The musical evenings he organized in his house were described as among the
wonders of Rome. |
Passacaglia for solo lute |
5 |
| Improvisation |
As was the custom in the baroque, Realm of music will improvise on the Tarantella
theme. This theme was notated by a German musician, Athanasius Kircher in Rome in the
1640s. |
Tarantella Napolitana Tono Hypodorio |
4 |
