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(1580 - 1651) Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (also Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger or Giovanni Geronimo Kapsberger) was known as “il Tedesco della Tiorba” (the German of the Theorbo). Although his parents were of German descent, he was born in Venice and later moved to Rome. In 1626 the theorist Doni said that Kapsberger was the “finest master of the theorbo in Rome”, but Doni later fell out with Kapsberger and wrote ill of him. Kapsberger wrote demanding music and was a pioneer in developing new musical devices for the theorbo, including strascini (long slurred passages), campanellas …
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(1580 - 1651) Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (also Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger or Giovanni Geronimo Kapsberger) was known as “il Tedesco della Tiorba” (the German of the Theorbo). Although…
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(1580 - 1651) Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (also Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger or Giovanni Geronimo Kapsberger) was known as “il Tedesco della Tiorba” (the German of the Theorbo). Although his parents were of German descent, he was bo…
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