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Gaspar Sanz

The great master of the Baroque guitar.

Gaspar Sanz · Portrait (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)
Gaspar Sanz · Portrait (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

Baroque · Spain and Portugal

1640 – 1710

Calanda, Teruel - Madrid

Review

He studied Theology at the University of Salamanca and expanded his musical formation in Italy. He was guitarist, organist and theorist.

His Instruction of music on the Spanish guitar is one of the great guitar methods of the Baroque. Joaquín Rodrigo was inspired by his pieces for the Fantasy for a gentle man (1954).

Main works

  • Music instruction on the Spanish guitar (1674; books II and III, 1675 and 1697)
  • Canaries
  • Spanish
  • Folies
  • Peas
  • Cows and jars
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