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Accentus Austria
Accentus Austria are an early music ensemble led by viola-da-gamba player Thomas Wimmer, founded in 1988. Performing Arts Yearbook for Europe: PAYE. Alain Charles Arts Publishing - 2006- Page 246 "Ensemble Accentus Arnolz 10, 3834, Pfaffenschlag Tel: 2848-6442 Fax: 2848-5058 ... director: Thomas Wimmer Type: instrumental and vocal, Main Repertoire: baroque, Repertoire: Spanish and austrian ... Discography * Sephardische Romanzen :Musik der spanischen Juden um 1500, Gruppe Accentus, Ensemble für Frühe Musik, Preiser Records 90161: ::1. Mi suegra. 2. Sadawi. etc. * El Cancionero de Palacio 1505-1520 Naxos 1996. : Track list :: 1. Rodrigo Martinez. 2. Con amores. etc. * Sephardic Romances. Naxos 1997: :: 1. Avrix mi galanica. 2. La serena. 3. Sadawi * Misteris de Dolor. Pneuma PN-410 2004 * Romances Sefarades dans l’empire de la Sublime Porte Arcana 2006 1. Nacimiento y vocación de Abraham * Cantadas de pasión. Sebastian Duron, Juan de Lima Serqueira, Gaspar Sanz, Juan Hida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wimmer (musician)
Thomas Wimmer (Vienna) is an Austrian viola-da-gamba player and conductor of Accentus Austria Accentus Austria are an early music ensemble led by viola-da-gamba player Thomas Wimmer, founded in 1988. Performing Arts Yearbook for Europe: PAYE. Alain Charles Arts Publishing - 2006- Page 246 "Ensemble Accentus Arnolz 10, 3834, Pfaffenschlag T ....Concerto: Das Magazin für Alte Musik - Volume 18 - Page 32 2001 "Der Wiener Thomas Wimmer ist ein flexibler Streicher. Aus der eigenen Beschäftigung mit den ... Mit seinem Ensemble Accentus hat er sich auf die spanische Renaissance spezialisiert. Da lösen sich aus den Akkorden der Orgel, des ..." References Austrian male musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Viol players {{Austria-music-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preiser Records
Preiser Records is an independent Austrian record label. It was founded in 1952 by Otto G. Preiser (1920–1996). The label is particularly important for recordings from the Viennese cabaret scene, especially from the 1950s and 1960s (Helmut Qualtinger, Georg Kreisler, Gerhard Bronner Gerhard Bronner (23 October 1922 in Favoriten, Vienna – 19 January 2007 in Vienna) was an Austrian composer, writer, musician and a cabaret artist, known for his contribution to Austrian culture in the post-World War II period. Life Born t ...), and for the re-release of historical vocal recordings in the series ''Lebendige Vergangenheit'', which has been in existence since 1966. Responsible for these two areas was (1937-2010), production and recording manager of Preiser-Records. In 2007, the company had a market share of one percent of the and releases today mainly on CDs. The company has an analogue sound studio in at its disposal. References External links Preiser RecordsPrei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Duron
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Juan De Lima Serqueira
Juan de Lima Serqueira (c. 1655-1726) was a Spanish Baroque composer of ''tonos humanos The tono humano (secular song) was one of the main genres of 17th Century Spanish and Portuguese music. :The term ''tonadas'' is also used for ''tonos humanos'' in 17th Century musical literature but the 17th Century ''tonada'' is to be distinguish ....''Spanish art song in the seventeenth century - Volume 49 - Page v Daniel L. Heiple, John H. Baron - 1985 References Spanish Baroque composers 1655 births 1726 deaths Spanish male classical composers 18th-century classical composers 18th-century male musicians {{Spain-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaspar Sanz
Francisco Bartolomé Sanz Celma (April 4, 1640 (baptized) – 1710), better known as Gaspar Sanz, was a Spanish composer, guitarist, and priest born to a wealthy family in Calanda in the comarca of Bajo Aragón, Spain. He studied music, theology and philosophy at the University of Salamanca, where he was later appointed Professor of Music. He wrote three volumes of pedagogical works for the baroque guitar that form an important part of today's classical guitar repertory and have informed modern scholars in the techniques of baroque guitar playing. Biography His birth date is unknown but he was baptized as ''Francisco Bartolomé Sanz Celma'' in the church of ''Calanda de Ebro, Aragon'' on 4 April 1640 later adopting the first name "Gaspar". After gaining his Bachelor of Theology at the University of Salamanca, Gaspar Sanz traveled to Naples, Rome and perhaps Venice to further his music education. He is thought to have studied under Orazio Benevoli, choirmaster at the Vatican a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Hidalgo De Polanco
Juan Hidalgo de Polanco (28 September 1614 – 31 March 1685) was a Spanish composer and harpist who became the most influential composer of his time in the Hispanic world writing the music for the first two operas created in Spanish. He is considered by many to be the father of Spanish opera and of the zarzuela. Hidalgo was born and died in Madrid. In either 1630 or 1631 he became a harpist at the Spanish royal chapel where he was responsible for the accompaniment of both sacred and secular music and also played for the King of Spain, King Philip IV. Around 1645 he began to serve as leader of the court's chamber musicians and chief composer of ''villancicos'', chamber songs, and music for the theatre. He personifies the origins of Spanish opera with the work '' Celos aun del aire matan'' by the illustrious playwright Calderon de la Barca, based on the story of Cephalus and Procris told in Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', released on 5 December 1660 to celebrate the third birthday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Bautista Cabanilles
Juan Bautista José Cabanilles (also Juan Bautista Josep, Valencian: Joan) (6 September 1644 in Algemesí near Valencia – 29 April 1712 in Valencia) was a Spanish organist and composer at Valencia Cathedral. He is considered by many to have been the greatest Spanish Baroque composer, and has been called the Spanish Bach. Biography He probably began his musical career as a singer in a choir of a local church. Later he studied to become a priest in the cathedral at Valencia, which included lessons in music. On 15 May 1665, at 20 years of age, he was named the assistant organist of the cathedral. A year later, upon the death of his predecessor, he became the principal organist. On 22 September 1668 he was ordained as a priest. He kept his position as principal organist for 45 years, but from 1703 on his health often necessitated that a substitute be found. From 1675 to 1677 he also took charge of teaching the children in the cathedral choir. No portrait or likeness of Cabanill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Ruiz De Ribayaz Y Fonseca
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz y Fonseca (1626-after 1677) was a Spanish harpist and composer for lute and guitar. Ruiz de Ribayaz was born in Santa Maria de Ribarredonda, near Burgos in northern Spain. Professionally, he was a theologian, but with a extensive knowledge of music, both as a scholar and performer. With the composer Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, he was among the entourage of Pedro Fernández de Castro y Andrade, Count of Lemos, when he was appointed the Spanish viceroy to Peru. Ribayaz returned to Madrid some time before the publication of a harp and guitar manual, ''Luz, y norte musical, para caminar por las cifras de la guitarra españióla, y arpa'' (Madrid, 1677). (The Spanish title means, "A Lantern and Musical Guiding Star, by which to walk through the music of the Spanish guitar and harp.") The publication was endorsed by no less than Cristóbal Galán, ''maestro de capilla'' of the Convent of Las Descalzas Reales The Convent of Las Descalzas Reales ( es, Monaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Marín (composer)
José Marín (ca. 16191699) was a Spanish Baroque harpist, guitarist and composer noted for his secular songs, ''tonos humanos.'' In 1644 he entered the Royal Convent of La Encarnación in Madrid as a tenor. He was a priest and cantor of the ''capilla real'' under Felipe IV and Carlos II. His career was marked by scandals and murder. He was sentenced to prison but escaped to regain respectability.Chase G. ''The Music of Spain'' 1959 Page 103 Works Websitehttp://www.JoseMarin.comSongs *''Corazon que en prision'' possibly refers to his own imprisonment. Theatre music *music for zarzuelas by the dramatist Juan Bautista Diamante. Selected discographyJosé Marin, "Tonos humanos" Montserrat Figueras, Arianna Savall, Rolf Lislevand Rolf Lislevand (30 December 1961 in Oslo, Norway), is a Norwegian performer of Early music specialising on lute, vihuela, baroque guitar and theorbo. Biography From 1980 to 1984, Lislevand studied classical guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Mu ..., et al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matías Juan De Veana
Matías Juan de Veana (Xàtiva, c. 1656after 1708) was a Spanish composer. He was chapelmaster both at the Real Monasterio de la Encarnación and at the Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales in Madrid, and became known for his ''villancico The ''villancico'' (Spanish, ) or vilancete (Portuguese, ) was a common poetic and musical form of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America popular from the late 15th to 18th centuries. Important composers of villancicos were Juan del Encina, Pedro ...s.''François-Joseph Fétis Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de ... 1867- Volume 5 - Page 338 "VIAft'A (Matthias- Jeaîi), ou VEANA, compositeur de musique d'église, né en Espagne, vers le milieu du seizième siècle, fut maître de chapelle de l'église de Vlncarnacion, à Madrid. Il est peu connu hors de sa patrie. Le catalogue de la ... Links * * References Spanish Baroque composers 1650s births Year of death unknown Spanish male classical composers 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan De Navas
Juan de Navas (ca. 1650–1719) was a Spanish baroque composer and harpist. As court harpist to Charles II of Spain he was sought as approver of José de Torres, Torres y Martínez Bravo's treatise on thoroughbass. Works, editions and recordings *''villancicos'' - ''Angelicas escuadras'' and others.Tess Knighton, Álvaro Torrente ''Devotional music in the Iberian world, 1450-1800: the villancico'' 2007 p.xv figure: Refrain of the villancico Angelicas escuadras by Juan de Navas, bars 1-4 (EV, 51/26) 193 7.2 "Rhythmic relationship between music and text in the previous passage of the refrain of the villancico Angelicas escuadras by Juan de Navas" *''tonos humanos'' in the ''Guerra Manuscript'' and other sources. Recordings: *''Ay, divino amor'' - on ''Cantadas de pasión'' Maria Luz Álvarez, Accentus Austria, Thomas Wimmer. Arcana 2005. References Spanish Baroque composers 1650s births 1719 deaths Spanish male classical composers 18th-century classical composers 18th-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |