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Classical
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Sample recordings by Keith Hinchliffe
Click on the links below to play or download short MP3 files of Keith
playing some samples of the repertoire.
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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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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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