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Musical Pastime by Valentin Rathgeber

Musical Pastime by Valentin Rathgeber (1682-1750) Johann Valentin Rathgeber was a German composer, organist and choirmaster of the Baroque Era. Valentin Rathgeber was a versatile and productive composer and he was one of the most popular and respected composers in the southern Germany. He composed both secular and sacred works, but the most of his …

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Overture from the Messiah by George Freidric Handel (Guitar Tab)

Overture from the Messiah by George Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter by Charles Jennens. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere nearly …

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Bourree Anglais by Silvius Leopold Weiss (Guitar Tab)

Bourree Anglais by Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) Silvius Leopold Weiss was a German composer and lutenist. Weiss was one of the most important and most prolific composers of lute music in history and one of the best-known and most technically accomplished lutenists of his day. He wrote around 600 pieces for lute, most of them …

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Minuet in D by Adam Falckenhagen

Minuet in D by Adam Falckenhagen (1697-1754) Adam Falckenhagen was a German lutenist and composer of the Baroque period. He received his first musical instruction in the village of Knauthain, the native home of Johann Christian Weyrauch. Weyrauch was a pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach and transcriber of works by Bach for the lute.

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