Sergio, Your information is very good. Thank you! Of course, the information provided by Philip Bone must always be checked. Classical guitar musicology if full of what my late friend Matanya Ophee called "mythology." and he was right. That said, what you have said is right, as far as we know. It would be interesting to understand more about von Call's connections with not only Viennese guitarists, mandolinists, flutists, vocalists, but also other composers. After all, Mauro Guiliani knew Beethoven, Moschel, Hummel, Diabelli, and other luminaries of the Viennese classical school. Von Call's music strikes me (and maybe some of F. Carulli) as an important link between the high Classical music of Hydyn and Mozart stylistically, and the early romantic music of Sor, et. al. For me, many of von Call's pieces, especially his duos and trios, etc., are fully an attempt by a good guitarist and composer to participate in the music of his time. He wrote some wonderful pieces. Call it salon music. Ok. Its just good music, played properly. Cheers!
Leonhard von Call (19 March 1767 - 19 February 1815), sometimes referred to as "Leonhard de Call", was an Austrian composer and virtuoso on the mandolin and guitar. During his lifetime he focused less on performing and more upon teaching and writing music for others to play. A virtuoso, he wrote not for other virtuosos but for the people he was teaching or amateurs, and today it is felt by some musicians that his works "made no great technical demands". (...) Von Call had grown up studying music, practicing with mandolin, guitar and flute, and in 1801, he commenced a professional career in Vienna teaching mandolin and guitar. He wrote for these instruments during this time, and Germans appreciated the flowing melodies combined with simple execution. The success of these works led him to keep writing, mainly for mandolin, violin, flute and guitar, but he also wrote vocal compositions. Several of those were successful as well. His vocal works were given credit by music historian Philip J. Bone as contributing to the formation of Männer gesangvereine (male singing societies) in the early years of the 19th century. He continued to write, and amounted at least twenty collections of vocal compositions in the catalogs of the publishers. He seldom appeared as performer, but continued teaching, until his death in Vienna in 1815. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_von_Call
Sehr flott, sehr melodiös, sehr schön.
Sergio, Your information is very good. Thank you! Of course, the information provided by Philip Bone must always be checked. Classical guitar musicology if full of what my late friend Matanya Ophee called "mythology." and he was right. That said, what you have said is right, as far as we know. It would be interesting to understand more about von Call's connections with not only Viennese guitarists, mandolinists, flutists, vocalists, but also other composers. After all, Mauro Guiliani knew Beethoven, Moschel, Hummel, Diabelli, and other luminaries of the Viennese classical school. Von Call's music strikes me (and maybe some of F. Carulli) as an important link between the high Classical music of Hydyn and Mozart stylistically, and the early romantic music of Sor, et. al. For me, many of von Call's pieces, especially his duos and trios, etc., are fully an attempt by a good guitarist and composer to participate in the music of his time. He wrote some wonderful pieces. Call it salon music. Ok. Its just good music, played properly. Cheers!
No dislikes. Even the toughest viewers likes this.
beautiful performance. It sounds as if it was sung by the flute and accompaniet by the guitar. Thumbs up!.
Leonhard von Call (19 March 1767 - 19 February 1815), sometimes referred to as "Leonhard de Call", was an Austrian composer and virtuoso on the mandolin and guitar. During his lifetime he focused less on performing and more upon teaching and writing music for others to play. A virtuoso, he wrote not for other virtuosos but for the people he was teaching or amateurs, and today it is felt by some musicians that his works "made no great technical demands".
(...) Von Call had grown up studying music, practicing with mandolin, guitar and flute, and in 1801, he commenced a professional career in Vienna teaching mandolin and guitar. He wrote for these instruments during this time, and Germans appreciated the flowing melodies combined with simple execution. The success of these works led him to keep writing, mainly for mandolin, violin, flute and guitar, but he also wrote vocal compositions. Several of those were successful as well. His vocal works were given credit by music historian Philip J. Bone as contributing to the formation of Männer gesangvereine (male singing societies) in the early years of the 19th century. He continued to write, and amounted at least twenty collections of vocal compositions in the catalogs of the publishers. He seldom appeared as performer, but continued teaching, until his death in Vienna in 1815.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_von_Call
preciosa musica...