Classic History
Francessco Corbetta was a famous French guitarist in the 16th Century. He was born in Italy in 1615 at the city of Pavia, and he died in France in 1681 at the city of Paris. In 1639 is the year when he began his musical career as guitarist and teach other people to play guitar in University of Town Bologna .....Click the button below to find out what's next.
Robert de Visee was a famous French guitarist in the 16th century and in the 17th Century. He was born in 1655 and he died in 1732. At the time of his career, he was the first court musician to Louis XIV, and in 1709 he was chose to be a singer for royal chamber.......Click the button below to find out what's next.
Many Centuries Ago
Guitar is a stringed instrument from Moors that can be called as AL-UD. The guitar has many forms and many kinds of Dawai. They were made from Gut (animal muscle). AL-UD was brought to Europe by Italian from Roman Empire from Persian. That is why Italian called Al-UD as Persian Tanbur.....Click the button below to find out what's next.
17th Century
They are so many Moors people that live in South Spanish, and they keep their tradition in there and at that time Al-Ud was not really popular. Spanish called the musical instrument as Mooriska means Moors Musical instrument....Click the button below to find out what's next.
Famous Lute Player
John Dowland (1563-1626)
John Dowland was a famous lute player in the 15th century until 16th century. He was born in London, England in 1563 and died in January 21th, 1626. At that Time he was an English composer, lutenist, and he also a famous singer. His childhood is not really good, because he was a servant for Sir henry Cobham in 1580.... Click the button below to find out what's next.
Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
Thomas Campion was born in Febuary 12th, 1567 in London, and died in March 1st, 1620. Actually he was a singer and also musician that can make a mixture a song with poetic lyric. In 1597 he gave a poem to John Dowland's First Book of Song or Ayres, so he developed his music career to created English lute song.......Click the button below to find out what's next.
18th Century
18th Century was called Gitarra "Heyday". In that time Gitarra was improved with the shape, the Dawai. At this time the time of Lute is not really famous because many people love to play Gitarra at this time. Gitarra player created college for Gitarra to give large education about it to other people....... Click the button below to find out what's next.
Philip Rosseter
(1567-1623)
Philip Rosseter was born in London, United Kingdom in 1567 and he was died in the same City in 1623. In 1603/1064 he was the lutenist for King James the First of England. He serve Kind James for his entire career until his own death.......Click the button below to find out what's next.