David Tanenbaum (guitarist)
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David Tanenbaum (born 1956) is an American
classical guitar The classical guitar (also known as the nylon-string guitar or Spanish guitar) is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor o ...
ist.


Career

Tanenbaum made his concert debut at the age of 16. He later studied guitar privately with
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in New York City. He has since become known as an enthusiastic promoter of new music for his instrument, although his repertoire also includes much music from other periods. Among other works, he has premiered Hans Werner Henze's
concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typi ...
''An eine Aeolsharfe'' (1985-6) and Peter Maxwell Davies's ''
Sonata Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...
'' (1984). Since the 1980s, he has taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has recorded two versions of Henze's enormous ''
Royal Winter Music ''Royal Winter Music'' is the name given to two solo works for classical guitar by the German composer Hans Werner Henze. Both works are inspired by characters from Shakespeare. The first work (described as a sonata) was completed in 1976, and is ...
'' cycle (1976–79), as well as the complete guitar works of Lou Harrison and Terry Riley. His discography also includes music by John Adams, William Bolcom, Alan Hovhaness, Aaron Jay Kernis, Jorge Liderman,
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, Ástor Piazzolla,
Steve Reich Stephen Michael Reich ( ; born October 3, 1936) is an American composer known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, a ...
and Michael Tippett, as well as transcriptions of
lute A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lute" can ref ...
music by J. S. Bach, John Dowland,
Francesco da Milano Francesco Canova da Milano (Francesco da Milano, also known as ''Il divino'', ''Francesco da Parigi'', etc.) (18 August 1497 – 2 January 1543) was an Italian lutenist and composer. He was born in Monza, near Milan, and worked for the papal cou ...
and
Sylvius Leopold Weiss Sylvius Leopold Weiss (12 October 168716 October 1750) was a German composer and lutenist. Born in Grottkau near Breslau, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served at courts in Breslau, Rome, and Dresden, where he died. Until ...
.


Bibliography

* David Tanenbaum, "Leo Brouwer's 20 estudios sencillos" / David Tanenbaum ; edited by Jim Ferguson. Publisher: San Francisco : Guitar Solo Publications ; Chester, NY : U.S. & Canadian distribution by Music Sales, c1992. English Physical Details: 37 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. Instruction and study.


References


External links


David Tanenbaum official site

Art of the States: David Tanenbaum
performing ''Harp Suite'' (1952–1977) by composer Lou Harrison
Interview (1987)
by Paul Magnussen {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanenbaum, David American classical guitarists American male guitarists 1956 births Living people Contemporary classical music performers Musicians from New Rochelle, New York 20th-century American guitarists Classical musicians from New York (state) 20th-century American male musicians San Francisco Conservatory of Music faculty Albany Records artists