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Born: April 4, 1640; Calanda   Died: 1710; Madrid, Spain  
It is generally accepted that composer Gaspar Sanz was born on April 4, 1640, in Calanda in the region of Aragon, Spain. As a young man, he received a bachelor of theology degree and subsequently took the vows of Holy Orders from the University of Salamanca. But the spirituality of music would become a second vocation for Sanz and he journeyed to Italy to study music with Cristofaro Caresana and Lelio Colista, as well as (speculatively) Orazio Read more Benevoli and Pietro Andrea Ziani. Upon his return to Spain, he pursued literature, religion, and music in equal measure with, respectively, a translation of Bartoli (1678), a eulogy to Pope Innocent XI (1681), and his musical magnum opus in the three-volume Instruccion de musica sobre la guitarra Espanola. His musical prowess soon came to loom over his other achievements, becoming widely regarded as the foremost guitar theorist of his day as well as private instructor of guitar to Don Juan of Austria, the dedicatee of his Instruccion. A complete musician, Sanz was also organist to the viceroy of Napoles. He is believed to have died in Madrid in 1710.

By the time Sanz began his work, the guitar in its evolution had acquired a fifth course (string pair) and settled into the fourths-oriented tuning that led to the modern six-string guitar as is known today, the octave pairing of the lower strings surviving in the modern 12-string guitar. Sanz took advantage of these developments in the 90 pieces that comprise the three volumes of Instruccion. The result is of two-fold musical importance. First, the capabilities of the guitar, by this time achieving a status comparable to the lute as a serious instrument, were extended, moving away from the single-line melodic stretches punctuated by chords; although the said idiom may be found in the first volume, geared toward the novice, the subsequent volumes find writing for more active right-hand technique, independence of the thumb and fingers, and more varied and at times contrapuntal texture. All this is prefaced in the first volume by a tutorial, a manual for care of the instrument, and an essay on figured bass for the guitar. The music in the three volumes is written in tablature, although later arrangements for standard notation have since been made. The second great significance of the Sanz set is that it contains many examples of Spanish folk songs and dances, exposing these to the world at large. Some, like the Zarabanda, feature an alternation of meters that presage the flamenco guitar idiom. Also can be found are the more conventional forms of passacaglia, pavan, and galliard, as well as travel souvenirs such as a Neopolitan piece. Together, these reveal Gaspar Sanz to be a well-rounded and cosmopolitan musician for his time, as well as a prophet for an instrument that would one day rival the keyboard in popularity. Read less

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Celedonio Romero Plays Bach & Sanz
Celedonio Romero Plays Bach & Sanz
Release Date: 12/14/1992   Label: Delos  
Catalog: 1005   Number of Discs: 1
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  • 26.
    The Art Of Andres Segovia, Vol. 5
    The Art Of Andres Segovia, Vol. 5
    Label: Idi   Catalog: 6590 Release Date: 04/27/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gaspar Sanz,  Domenico Scarlatti,  Franz Joseph Haydn,  Federico Moreno-Torroba  ... 
    Performer:  Andrés Segovia
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    Essential Guitar
    Essential Guitar
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 95452 Release Date: 02/23/2010   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Joaquin Rodrigo,  Heitor Villa-Lobos,  John Lennon,  Francisco Tarrega  ... 
    Performer:  Angel Romero,  Manuel Barrueco,  David Tanenbaum,  Wulfin Lieske  ... 
    Conductor:  André Previn,  Iona Brown,  Antoni Ros Marbà,  Enrique Bátiz
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
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    Gaspar Sanz: Instruccion De Musica Para La Guitarra Espanola
    Gaspar Sanz: Instruccion De Musica Para La Guitarra Espanola
    Label: Glossa   Catalog: 80206 Release Date: 02/02/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gaspar Sanz
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orphénica Lyra
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    Islas Canarias: Historic Organs Of The Canary Islands
    Islas Canarias: Historic Organs Of The Canary Islands
    Label: Accent   Catalog: 24204 Release Date: 02/02/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Anonymous,  Manuel De Tavares,  Andrés Lorente,  José de Nebra  ... 
    Performer:  Liuwe Tamminga,  Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini
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    Jose Marin: Tonos Humanos, Songs And Instrumental Music In 17th Century Spain
    Label: Accent   Catalog: 24160 Release Date: 02/02/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  José Marin,  Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz,  Francisco Guerau,  Juan Hidalgo  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Private Musicke
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    Echoes Of Flamenco
    Echoes Of Flamenco
    Label: Gramola   Catalog: 98842 Release Date: 01/12/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Rafael Catalá,  Gaspar Sanz,  Ramón Montoya,  Manuel de Falla
    Performer:  Roger Blavia,  Rafael Catalá,  Katalin Halmai
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    Gaspar Sanz: Instruccion De Musica Para La Guitarra Espanola
    Gaspar Sanz: Instruccion De Musica Para La Guitarra Espanola
    Label: Glossa   Catalog: 80206 Release Date: 10/27/2009   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gaspar Sanz
    Performer:  José Miguel Moreno
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orphénica Lyra
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    Cantadas De Pasion / Maria Luz Alvarez,Thomas Wimmer, Accentus Austria
    Cantadas De Pasion / Maria Luz Alvarez,Thomas Wimmer, Accentus Austria
    Label: Arcana   Catalog: 333 Release Date: 10/13/2009   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Sebastián Durón,  Juan L. De Serqueira,  Gaspar Sanz,  Juan Hidalgo  ... 
    Performer:  Maria-Luz Alvarez
    Conductor:  Thomas Wimmer
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Accentus Austria
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    Life Is Beautiful With Abc Classic Fm, Vol. 6
    Label: Abc Classics   Catalog: 4763655 Release Date: 10/06/2009   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Jean-Philippe Rameau,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Modest Mussorgsky,  Sir Edward Elgar  ... 
    Performer:  Sally-Anne Russell,  Sara Macliver,  Roger Woodward,  David Stanhope  ... 
    Conductor:  Richard Divall,  Oleg Caetani,  Markus Stenz,  Sir Bernard Heinze  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ludovico's Band,  Ensemble Battistin,  Australian Trio  ... 
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    The Essential Guitar: Music Of Beauty And Romance
    The Essential Guitar: Music Of Beauty And Romance
    Label: Abc Classics   Catalog: 4763338 Release Date: 06/23/2009   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Anonymous,  Joaquin Rodrigo,  Enrique Granados,  Agustín Barrios Mangoré  ... 
    Performer:  Slava Grigoryan,  Karin Schnaupp,  Gareth Koch,  Leonard Grigoryan  ... 
    Conductor:  Brett Kelly,  David Porcelijn,  Benjamin Northey
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Saffire (Guitar Quartet),  Guitar Trek
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    John Williams Plays Spanish Guitar Music
    John Williams Plays Spanish Guitar Music
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 7529852 Release Date: 06/16/2009   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Joaquin Turina,  Alonso de Mudarra,  Manuel de Falla,  Isaac Albeniz  ... 
    Performer:  John Williams
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    Segovia - The American Decca Recordings Vol 1
    Segovia - The American Decca Recordings Vol 1
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog: 4778133 Release Date: 05/26/2009   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Isaac Albeniz,  Enrique Granados,  Luis de Milan,  Gaspar Sanz  ... 
    Performer:  Andrés Segovia
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    Islas Canaris - Historic Organs Of The Canary Islands / Liuwe Tamminga
    Islas Canaris - Historic Organs Of The Canary Islands / Liuwe Tamminga
    Label: Accent   Catalog: 24204 Release Date: 11/25/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Michael Praetorius,  Anonymous,  Diego Fernandez de Huete,  Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz  ... 
    Performer:  Liuwe Tamminga,  Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini
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    The Baroque Guitar - Sanz, Murcia, Logy, Roncalli / Jerry Willard
    The Baroque Guitar - Sanz, Murcia, Logy, Roncalli / Jerry Willard
    Label: Lyrichord   Catalog: 8065 Release Date: 11/18/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gaspar Sanz,  Santiago de Murcia,  Logy, Anton de, Comte,  Ludovico Roncalli
    Performer:  Jerry Willard
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    Legendary Treasures - Segovia And His Contemporaries Vol 11
    Legendary Treasures - Segovia And His Contemporaries Vol 11
    Label: Doremi Records   Catalog: 9755 Release Date: 11/11/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Agustín Barrios Mangoré,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Francisco Tarrega,  Ludwig van Beethoven  ... 
    Performer:  Agustín Barrios Mangoré,  Nelly Ezcaray,  Miguel Llobet,  Maria Luisa Anido  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Aguilar-Pages Duo,  Iriarte-Pesoa Duo,  Spina-Baudino Duo  ... 
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    Albeniz, Granodos, Sanz, Sor
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog: 4775477 Release Date: 09/30/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Enrique Granados,  Isaac Albeniz,  Fernando Sor,  Dionysio Aguado  ... 
    Performer:  Andrés Segovia
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  • 42.
    Best Guitar 100
    Best Guitar 100
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 15241 Release Date: 06/24/2008   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Michael Praetorius,  Joaquin Rodrigo,  Manuel de Falla,  Enrique Granados  ... 
    Performer:  Christopher Parkening,  Ernesto Bitetti,  Manuel Barrueco,  Dario Rossetti-Bonell  ... 
    Conductor:  Antoni Ros Marbà,  Jeremy Lubbock,  Elmer Bernstein,  Simon Rattle  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  London Symphony Orchestra,  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra members  ... 
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    Classical Essentials - Guitar Essentials - Albeniz, Bach, Etc / Sharon Isbin, Alexander-sergei Ramirez
    Classical Essentials - Guitar Essentials - Albeniz, Bach, Etc / Sharon Isbin, Alexander-sergei Ramirez
    Label: Denon Records   Catalog: 17685 Release Date: 04/08/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Francisco Tarrega,  Regino Sainz de la Maza,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Gaspar Sanz  ... 
    Performer:  Sharon Isbin,  Alexander-Sergei Ramirez
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    D'India: Secular Vocal Music / Elyma Ensemble
    D'India: Secular Vocal Music / Elyma Ensemble
    Label: Brilliant Classics   Catalog: 93369 Release Date: 04/01/2008   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Sigismondo D'India,  Gaspar Sanz,  Giovanni Kapsberger
    Performer:  Sandro Volta,  Maurizia Barazzoni,  Luigi Polsini,  Paola Ronchetti  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Elyma Ensemble
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    Guitar Classics - Mozart, Bach, Handel, Albeniz, Sor
    Guitar Classics - Mozart, Bach, Handel, Albeniz, Sor
    Label: Emi Seraphim   Catalog: 69146 Release Date: 03/26/2008   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  George Frideric Handel,  Georg Lawall,  Fernando Sor,  Francisco Tarrega  ... 
    Performer:  Georg Lawall
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    The Essential Julian Bream
    The Essential Julian Bream
    Label: Rca Victor Red Seal   Catalog: 721340 Release Date: 01/15/2008   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Sir William Walton,  Malcolm Arnold,  Enrique Granados,  Mauro Giuliani  ... 
    Performer:  Julian Bream,  George Malcolm,  Robert Spencer,  Desmond Dupré  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Julian Bream Consort
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    Guitarra De Paz - Baroque Guitar Works / Pupping, Foster
    Guitarra De Paz - Baroque Guitar Works / Pupping, Foster
    Label: Guitar Sounds   Catalog: 162955 Release Date: 12/18/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Mauro Giuliani,  Anonymous,  Abel Fleury,  Traditional  ... 
    Performer:  Peter Pupping
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    Classical Guitar
    Label: John Jarvie   Catalog: 154935 Release Date: 10/23/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Heitor Villa-Lobos,  Agustín Barrios Mangoré,  Anonymous,  Matteo Carcassi  ... 
    Performer:  John Jarvie
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    The Ultimate Guitar Collection - The Soul Of Spain
    The Ultimate Guitar Collection - The Soul Of Spain
    Label: Erato   Catalog: 4509981382 Release Date: 10/23/2007  
    Composer:  Isaac Albeniz,  Heitor Villa-Lobos,  Joaquin Rodrigo,  Manuel de Falla  ... 
    Performer:  Turibio Santos,  Robin Hill,  Peter Wiltschinsky,  Wolfgang Lendle
    Conductor:  Claudio Scimone
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra,  I Solisti Veneti
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    Baroque / Gabriela Montero
    Baroque / Gabriela Montero
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 00234 Release Date: 10/02/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gaspar Sanz,  Antonio Vivaldi,  Johann Pachelbel,  George Frideric Handel  ... 
    Performer:  Gabriela Montero
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