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Johann Paul Schiffelholz
Johann Paul Schiffelholz (13 March 1685 – 28 January 1758), was a German Baroque composer and an important composer for the variety of baroque lute called "calichon" or "gallichona" (top string in nominal D) or "mandora" (top string in nominal E) - not to be confused with the Italian " colascione" - as well as writing the usual trio sonatas, etc., for the violin family of instruments. He was born in Heideck. Guitar versions of the mandora music are published by Suvini Zerboni as well as one of the trio sonatas by Breitkopf & Härtel Breitkopf & Härtel is the world's oldest music publishing house. The firm was founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf. The catalogue currently contains over 1,000 composers, 8,000 works and 15,000 music editions or books on .... External linksBiography * 1685 births 1758 deaths German Baroque composers 18th-century classical composers German male classical composers People from Roth (district) 18th-century German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandora
File:Mandora MET DP168838.jpg, 6~9 courses lute (Calchedon, Calichon) (1726)Georg Kinsky: Musikhistorisches Museum von Wilhelm Heyer in Cöln, Bd. 2, Köln 1912, S. 98. File:Gallichon, Muzeum Instrumentów Muzycznych w Pradze.jpg, Gallichon The mandora or gallichon is a type of 18th- and early 19th-century lute, with six to nine courses of strings. The terms were interchangeable, with ''mandora'' more commonly used from the mid-18th century onwards. History ''Mandora'' or ''gallichon'' generally refers to a bass lute from the 1700s, with a vibrating string length of 72 centimeters or greater, used in Germany and Bohemia. It could be either single- or double-strung. James Tyler pointed out in his book ''The Early Mandolin'' that the word mandora was rarely encountered before the 18th century. Then, it referred to a large bass lute. The gallichone, as it was better known, was a type of 6 or 8-course bass lute (possibly a descendant of the guiterne and/or chitarra italiana) us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
