Albert De Rippe

Albert De Rippe Alberto De Ripa C. 1500–1551 Was An Italian Lutenist And Composer. He Was Born In Mantua And Worked There Before 1528 When He Left For France. There He Joined The Court Of Francis I. De Rippe Was Evidently Held In Great Esteem At The Court As His Annual Salary Was Double That Of Any Other Lutenist And He Also Frequently Received Gifts Of Land Money Wine Etc. And Various Other Benefits. He Only Published Three Works During His Lifetime But Six Volumes Of His Music Were Published Posthumously By His Pupil Guillaume De Morlaye. That Edition Was Titled And Is Now Sometimes Referred To As Tablature De Leut. De Rippe's Oeuvre Consists Of 26 Fantasias 59 Intabulations 46 Chansons 10 Motets And 3 Madrigals And 10 Dances All For Six-Course Lute And 2 Fantasias For Four-Course Renaissance Guitar. The Lute Fantasias Are Now Considered His Most Important Works They Represent A Novel Type For The Time Of Purely Instrumental Composition. Their Dense Polyphony And Complex Architecture Some Evolve For Several Hundred Bars As Well As The Skill Required To Play Them Make The Fantasias Some Of The Most Important Works In The Repertoire. read less