Composer
Bálint Bakfark
Hungarian musician (ca. 1506-1576)
d. 1576
5 works and musical collections
- Died
- 1576
- Birthplace
- Brașov
- Place of death
- Padua
- Citizenship / historical state
- Hungary
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Renaissance
Biography
Bálint Bakfark (Hungarian: [ˈbaːlint ˈbɒkfɒrk]; in contemporary sources Valentin Bakfark or (from 1565 onward) Valentin Greff alias Bakfark, his name is variously spelled as Bacfarc, Bakfarc, Bakfarkh, Bakffark, Backuart) (c. 1507 – 15 or 22 August 1576) was a Hungarian composer of Transylvanian Saxon origin, and lutenist of the Renaissance. He was enormously influential as a lutenist in his time, and renowned as a virtuoso on the instrument.
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Life and musical career
- Instruments played
- lute
- VIAF ID
- 97643885
- ISNI
- 0000000123311352
- GND ID
- 118652028
- Library of Congress ID
- n83232210
- MusicBrainz ID
- e39863f3-e1b3-4f1f-95f4-d3a8f235e2f3; 8e86a64a-9b04-45f6-823e-191912c6de95
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Lute
- Source entries with composition dates
- 2
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fantasia | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Harmonium musicarum tomus I | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Intabulatura (1552) |
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| View sheet music |
| Premier livre de tabelature de luth |
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| View sheet music |
| Veni in hortum meum, soror mea | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 97643885. Portrait: User:Rettinghaus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.