Johannes Hieronymus von Kapsberger, commonly known by his Italian name: Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, was an Austrian-Italian virtuoso performer and composer of the early Baroque period.
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First measures of the tablature of the first tocatta of the libro primo d'intavolatura di chitarone (first book of chitarone tablature) by Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger published in Venice in 1604. The monograph HK stands for Hieronymus Kapsberger.
Title page of Kapsberger's Libro primo d'intavolatura di lauto, the only surviving collection of his works for lute, depicting the von Kapsberger coat of armsListen
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Johannes Hieronymus von Kapsberger, commonly known by his Italian name: Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, was an Austrian-Italian virtuoso performer and composer of the early Baroque period. A prolific and highly original composer, Kapsberger is chiefly remembered today for his lute and theorbo (chitarrone) music, which was seminal in the development of these as solo instruments.
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Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1580 to 1651 · aged 71
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