Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger

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Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (also known as Giovanni Geronimo Kapsperger or Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger) (c. 1580 – 17 January 1651) was a German-Italian virtuoso performer and composer of the early Baroque period. A prolific and highly original composer, Kapsberger is chiefly remembered today for his lute, theorbo and chitarrone music, which was seminal in the development of these as solo instruments. Nothing is known about Kapsberger's date and place of birth. His father Colonel Guglielmo Kapsperger was a military official of the Imperial House of Austria, and may have settled in Venice, the city which may have been Kapsberger's birthplace. After 1605 Kapsberger moved to Rome, where he quickly attained a reputation of a brilliant virtuoso. He cultivated connections with various powerful individuals and organizations; and himself organized "academies" in his house, which were counted among the "wonders of Rome". Around 1609 Kapsberger married Gerolima di Rossi, with whom he had at least three children. He started publishing his music at around the same time, with more than a dozen collections of music appearing during the next ten years. These included the celebrated Libro I d'intavolatura di lauto (1611), Kapsberger's only surviving collection of music for lute. In 1624 Kapsperger entered the service of Cardinal Francesco Barberini, where he worked with numerous important composers (such as Girolamo Frescobaldi and Stefano Landi) and poets (which included Giulio Rospig

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Kapsberger, G.: Lute Music

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Renaissance and Baroque Music - Monteverdi, C. / Palestrina, G.P. Da

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Virtuoso Lute Music from Italy and England

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Libro Primo d'Intavolatura di Lauto - Hopkinson Smith

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Kirkby, Emma: Musique and Sweet Poetrie - Jewels From Europe Around 1600

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Concerto Zapico

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THE ITALIAN DRAMATIC LAMENT

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Lute Songs & Lute Music

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Baroque Lute Music Volume 1

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Italian lute music

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Libro Quarto d'Intavolatura di Chitarone ( Roma 1640)

Libro Primo d'Intavolatura di Lauto

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