Tag Baroque music

S. Leopold Weiss, Passacaglia in D major

Sylvius Leopold Weiss is considered the greatest lutenist of the late Baroque period. He was born in Germany but also worked in Italy where he met Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti. His work consists of thousands of songs, usually organized in…

Carlo Calvi, Canario
(Easy Classical Guitar)

Italian guitarist Carlo Calvi, who lived in the seventeenth century, was the author of the book “Intavolatura di chitarra, e chitarriglia“, which explains how to tune your guitar and how to read tablature. The song Canario is a simple song…