Michael Schäffer (lutenist)
Michael Schäffer (11 November 1937 – 7 September 1978) was a German lutenist.
He was a pioneer in the rediscovery of French Baroque lute works and concertized widely as soloist and with chamber ensembles.
Schäffer was born in Cologne. He received a musical education, as a violinist and violist, with his father Kurt Schäffer. His avocation, the guitar, led him to the lute. Schäffer was one of the first to abandon "guitar technique" on the lute: he experimented with traditional lute techniques, and their expressive possibilities and implications: e.g. hand positioning, thumb-index alternation, etc.[1]
He taught at the Hochschule für Musik Köln.
References
- Jo Van Herck (Aug 2001). "Pioneers of the Lute Revival" (PDF). Belgian Lute Academy.
External links
Recordings
- French Baroque Lute Suites, rec. Nov 1997; Sean; CD release by Sony; Review
- Josef Haydn: Music for Lute and Strings (Michael Schäffer, Eva Nagora, Franz Beyer, Thomas Blees) LP; compiled on the CD: Music For Lute, Guitar, And Mandolin, VOX ASIN B001J4ZORA
- French Lute Music; Turnabout Records
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