Not to be confused with the Baroque-era figured bass pioneer of the same name, Heinrich Albert was an established violinist and orchestral musician who, just before the turn of the century, picked up guitar playing as a hobby. The guitar became Albert's life pursuit; from 1900 to 1943 he played concerts throughout Europe and published numerous compositions for the instrument, including five volumes of teaching material. Albert's guitar duets, composed during World War I, are exceptionally rare works. Original music for ...
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Not to be confused with the Baroque-era figured bass pioneer of the same name, Heinrich Albert was an established violinist and orchestral musician who, just before the turn of the century, picked up guitar playing as a hobby. The guitar became Albert's life pursuit; from 1900 to 1943 he played concerts throughout Europe and published numerous compositions for the instrument, including five volumes of teaching material. Albert's guitar duets, composed during World War I, are exceptionally rare works. Original music for guitar duet is uncommon enough in itself prior to the mid-twentieth century, but Albert's duets are as different from the glittery and facile duet music of Sor and Giuliani as one can imagine -- they are more like late Romantic orchestral suites re-voiced in terms of the guitar, and pay homage to Albert's background as an orchestral musician. So impressed were guitarists Joachim Schrader and Jan Erler with Heinrich Albert's eight duets that they named their own ensemble, the...
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