Melchior Neusiedler

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Melchior Neusidler (also Neusiedler , Neysidler or Newsidler ; * around 1531 in Nuremberg ; † around 1591 in Augsburg) was a German lutenist and composer. Melchior Neusidler comes from the Neusidler family of lutenists, who probably got their name from their origins in the area around Lake Neusiedl . He was born in Nuremberg in 1531 as the eldest son of the lute player and composer Hans Neusidler (1510–1563) and grew up with 13 (17?) other siblings in his parents' house on Zotenberg near the Obstmarkt (a younger brother, Conrad Neusidler, born on 13. February 1541, as a less talented lutenist also left some works for the instrument). It is highly probable that Melchior Neusidler learned to play the lute from his father, who also published textbooks for the lute. The son probably learned polyphonic playing from the Nuremberg music theoristSebald Heyden (1499–1561), who was rector, cantor, spiritual poet and the first Lutheran rector of the St. Sebaldus School in Nuremberg. Melchior Neusidler settled in Augsburg around 1552 and gave up his Nuremberg citizenship in December 1552. He soon assumed a respected position in Augsburg's musical life and conducted the "silent music" customary at the time at many domestic festivals. There were particularly close relationships with the Fugger family. His lute tablature appears more refined than that of Hans Neusidler and influenced by the Italian style. There are about 250 pieces (including dances and song arrangements) handed down by M

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