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Joachim Bernhard Hagen was considered the last great Baroque Lute composes/players followed S.L. Weiss in his era. After his death, the lute music had seen its twilight and gradually fell into obscurity.

Fortunately, Hagen left us with some excellent compositions for lute. His style is more Classic than Baroque. His works are contained in the so called Augsburg Manuscript.

His lute music is best represented by Robert Barto's excellent CD of solo lute works by Hagen ( Naxos 8.554200 ).

His lute music is yet to be appreciated by the guitar community yet. This page will gradually introduce Hagen's compositions for 13-course Baroque Lute transcribed for Alto-guitar by Leyenda.

 * All the transcriptions are my original and independent works, with exception that many enthusiastic and supportive readers provided suggestions, corrections, etc. My aim is to promote neglected music and multi-string guitars, and I don't claim to be scholarly.  Readers are encouraged to refer to other sources in this field.                            

** Fingerings are only suggestive. Readers are welcome to try and explore other options.

             
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Works: Titles: PDF MIDI Comments:
Locatelli Variations Locatelli Variations Hagen's transcription of a set of Locatelli's violin work for lute. It is actually easier than it sounds.
 
             
This page was last updated on: 11/26/2008.  Contact : leyenda168 at yahoo dot com