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American lutenist and specialist in early music

Person · Open Library

Born
1838
Died
1915
Works
282

Top works

  • Colonel Carter of Cartersville
  • A day at Laguerre's and other days
  • Well-worn roads of Spain, Holland and Italy
  • A gentleman vagabond
  • Caleb West

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1969-08-06
Active to
2003-10-21
acoustic rockamericanfolk rockindieindie folkindie pop

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Listeners
28,102
Total plays
297,229

Tags

early musicbaroqueluterenaissanceClassical

After concentrating in Musicology at Harvard, Hopkinson Smith went to Europe in 1973 to study with Emilio Pujol and also Eugen Dombois. In the mid 1970s, Hopkinson Smith was involved in the founding of the ensemble Hesperion XX. Since the mid 80s, Hopkinson Smith has focused principally on solo music for early plucked instruments. These include the vihuela, Renaissance lute, theorbo, Renaissance and baroque guitars and the baroque lute. With his recitals and series of over 20 solo recordings

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