Bálint Bakfark
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Hungarian musician (ca. 1506-1576)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Hungary
- Active from
- 1507
- Active to
- 1576-08
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 183
- Total plays
- 830
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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) (1526–30 – 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/B%C3%A1lint+Bakfar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Valentin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Transylvania
- Place of death
- Padua
- Field of work
- composer
- Instrument
- lute
- Image
- Bacfarc.jpg
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- Bálint Bakfark
- date of death
- 1576-00-00
- date of birth
- 1515-00-00
- cause of death
- plague
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Bálint Bakfark, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
