Luys de Narváez

Luys de Narváez gave Renaissance vihuela music some of its most elegant surviving repertory. The composer from Spain wrote fantasias, variations, and vocal intabulations that show how instrumental music could absorb song, counterpoint, and courtly taste. His Los seys libros del Delphin links the vihuela, early variation form, and the long history behind Spanish guitar culture.

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  Vihuela

  The first known collection for the vihuela inspired early guitar repertoire

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