Francisco Bartolomé Sanz Celma (ca. 1640 – 1710),
better known as Gaspar Sanz, was a Spanish composer,
guitarist, organist and priest born to a wealthy family
in Calanda in the comarca of Bajo Aragón, Spain. He
studied music, theology and philosophy at the
University of Salamanca, where he was later appointed
Professor of Music. He wrote three volumes of
pedagogical works for the baroque guitar that form an
important part of today's classical guitar repertory
and have informed modern scholar...(+)
Francisco Bartolomé Sanz Celma (ca. 1640 – 1710),
better known as Gaspar Sanz, was a Spanish composer,
guitarist, organist and priest born to a wealthy family
in Calanda in the comarca of Bajo Aragón, Spain. He
studied music, theology and philosophy at the
University of Salamanca, where he was later appointed
Professor of Music. He wrote three volumes of
pedagogical works for the baroque guitar that form an
important part of today's classical guitar repertory
and have informed modern scholars in the techniques of
baroque guitar playing.
His compositions provide some of the most important
examples of popular Spanish baroque music for the
guitar and now form part of classical guitar pedagogy.
Sanz's manuscripts are written as tablature for the
baroque guitar and have been transcribed into modern
notation by numerous guitarists and editors; Emilio
Pujol's edition of Sanz's Canarios being a notable
example. Sanz's tablature is remarkable in that it is
topologically correct, representing the first string in
the lower line and the fifth string in the highest
printed line. In this epoch, guitars only had five
strings.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Sanz).
Although originally created for Baroque Guitar
(5-string), I created this Interpretation of
"Españoletas" from the Spanish Suite for Viola &
Classical Guitar.
SHEET MUSIC