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Classical
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Sample recordings by Keith Hinchliffe
Click on the links below to download short MP3 files or to play Real Audio clips of Keith
playing some samples of the repertoire. If
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here.
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Alman (John Dowland, Elizabethan English)
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Lute Galliard (Anthony Holborne, Elizabethan English)
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Pavana (Luis Milan, Old Spanish)
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Mistress Taylor's Galliard (Philip Rosseter, Elizabethan English)
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Prelude (Heitor Villa-Lobos, modern Brazilian)
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Aeolia (Keith Hinchliffe)
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Armida (Antonio Lauro, modern Venezuelan)
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Cantilena (Keith Hinchliffe)
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| The
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| Music
for the guitar family of instruments can be traced back as far as
the sixteenth century. In the earlier days the lute and the Spanish
vihuela were the more important members of the family, and these
gave us some of the most beautiful music in the repertoire, such
as the pavans (a kind of stately dance tune) of the Spaniard Luis
Milan and the Englishman John Dowland. |
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Queen Elizabeth
I was a competent lute player, and her father Henry VIII had written
music for the instrument.
The great J.S.Bach (1685-1750) wrote lute pieces which work just
as well on the guitar, and these too were based on dances such
as the graceful sarabande and the more lively allemand and gigue.
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By this time
serious composers such as Gaspar Sanz (in Spain) and Robert de
Visee (in the court of Louis XIV of France) were writing music
directly for the guitar, and since then its popularity has been
boosted by great virtuoso players such as Andres Segovia.
Always
having a strong Spanish connection, the guitar has also been very
important in Latin America, and some of the greatest music for
the instrument has been written by the modern Brazilian composer
Hector Villa-Lobos. The Spanish settlers in South America also
invented new versions of the guitar such as the tiple and the
charango (which is made out of an armadillo shell !).
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