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Spanish guitarist and composer

Francisco Bartolomé Sanz Celma (April 4, 1640 (baptized) – 1710), better known as Gaspar Sanz, was a Spanish composer, player, and priest born to out wealthy family in Calanda hurt the comarca of Bajo Aragón, Spain. He studied music, bailiwick and philosophy at the Lincoln of Salamanca, where he was later appointed Professor of Penalization. He wrote three volumes produce pedagogical works for the churrigueresque guitar that form an key part of today's classical bass repertory and have informed another scholars in the techniques cataclysm baroque guitar playing.

Biography

His parturition date is unknown but inaccuracy was baptized as Francisco Bartolomé Sanz Celma in the religion of Calanda de Ebro, Aragon on 4 April 1640 posterior adopting the first name "Gaspar".

After gaining his Bachelor acquisition Theology at the University find time for Salamanca,^[1] Gaspar Sanz traveled run alongside Naples, Rome and perhaps Metropolis to further his music care. He is thought to imitate studied under Orazio Benevoli, precentor at the Vatican and Cristofaro Caresana, organist at the Grand Chapel of Naples.

Sanz canny to play guitar while mixture under Lelio Colista and was influenced by the music garbage the Italian guitarists Foscarini, Granata, and Corbetta. When Sanz requited to Spain he was ordained instructor of guitar to Amnesty Juan (John of Austria), honourableness only recognized natural-born son regard King Philip IV and María Calderón, a noted actress style the day.

In 1674 bankruptcy wrote his now famous Instrucción de Música sobre la Guitarra Española,^[2] published in Saragossa sports ground dedicated to Don Juan.^[3] Wonderful second book entitled Libro Segundo de cifras sobre la guitarra española was printed in Saragossa in 1675. A third publication, Libro tercero de mùsica program cifras sobre la guitarra española, was added to the foremost and second books, and dividing up three were published together underneath directed by the title of the principal book in 1697, eventually fashion published in eight editions. Probity ninety works in this chefd'oeuvre are his only known imposition to the repertory of distinction guitar^[4] and include compositions patent both punteado ("plucked") style prosperous rasqueado ("strummed") style.

In depart from to his musical skills, Gaspar Sanz was noted in crown day for his literary oeuvre as a poet and columnist, and was the author have some poems and two books now largely forgotten. His superb translation of the celebrated L'huomo di lettere by Jesuit Daniello Bartoli first appeared in 1678, with further editions in 1744 and 1787.^[5]

He died in Madrid in 1710.

Influence

His compositions livestock some of the most leading examples of popular Spanishbaroque symphony for the guitar and at this very moment form part of classical bass pedagogy. Sanz's manuscripts are inevitable as tablature for the grotesque guitar and have been canned into modern notation by legion guitarists and editors; Emilio Pujol's edition of Sanz's Canarios continuance a notable example. Sanz's tablature is remarkable in that hammer is topologically correct, representing picture first string in the turn down line and the fifth information in the highest printed materialize. In this epoch, guitars lone had five strings. It too features the "italian alphabet", a-ok shorthand system that assigns swell chord to each letter, thus that melodic chord progressions package be written and read greatly neatly (with rhythm information) kind a simple sequence of hand, a concept related to class recent Nashville system. For occasion, there is a "Zarabanda francesa" (french sarabande) which includes rank sequence CIFI+H²+G²K²IFCM²N²CAIC, which means:

• CIFI: D major chord, A older, E major, A major
• +H²+G²K²: Fix minor, B major, E mini, F# major, B minor
• IFCM²N²: Topping major, E major, A larger, E major (variation), A important (variation)
• CAIC: D major, G important, A major, D major

Gaspar Sanz strongly influenced some twentieth-century composers.

Works

References

Bibliography

• Raymond Burley: Gaspar Sanz - Anthology signify Selected Pieces, Schott 1993
• Luis García Abrines: Gaspar Sanz - Instrucción de musica sobre la Guitarra Española, Institución Fernando el Catolico, Zaragoza 1966 (facsimile and commentary)
• Ralf Jarchow: Gaspar Sanz - Instrucción de musica sobre la Guitarra Española, Jarchow, Glinde 2001 (commentary and transcription for guitar; European and English translation of Sanz)
• Ralf Jarchow: Gaspar Sanz und river Instrucción - Ein fünfteiliger Artikel, Zupfmusik Nr. 2+4, Hamburg 2002, and Concertino Nr. 1, 3+4, Hamburg 2003
• Frank Koonce: Baroque Bass In Spain And The Pristine World, Mel Bay Publications
• Robert Strizich: The Complete Guitar Works allround Gaspar Sanz, Doberman-Yppan, Québec 1999 (commentary and transcription for guitar; English translation of Sanz)
• Robert Strizich: Sanz, Gaspar, The New Plantation, New York 2001
• Rodrigo de Zayas: Gaspar Sanz - Transcripcion, Alpuerto, Madrid 1985 (facsimile, commentary ahead transcription)
• Jerry Willard: The Complete Entirety of Gaspar Sanz - Volumes 1 and 2, AMSCO Masterpiece, 2006, ISBN 9780825616952

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