Maria Dorner-Hofmann

John Playford's collection The English Dancing Master, published 18 times between 1651 and 1728, contains real hits of that time. It asks for dancing but also for experimentation, interpretation and l...

The viol player Diego Ortiz, who was musical director at the court of the Spanish viceroy in Naples in the mid-16th century, wrote a textbook which became authoritative for the art of improvisation du...

John Playford's collection The English Dancing Master, published 18 times between 1651 and 1728, contains real hits of that time. It asks for dancing but also for experimentation, interpretation and l...

The viol player Diego Ortiz, who was musical director at the court of the Spanish viceroy in Naples in the mid-16th century, wrote a textbook which became authoritative for the art of improvisation du...