Hans Neusidler

Hans Neusidler (also: Neusiedler, Newsidler or Neysidler; * 1508 or 1509 in Bratislava, † February 2nd 1563 in Nuremberg ) was a German " Lautenschlager " ( lute ) and composer of Hungarian origin. He is considered one of the main representatives of the early German lute music.

Neusidler moved in 1530 to Nuremberg, where his works were also published first. His music books contain detailed instructions on how to play the lute after the German lute tablature and thus were intended for self-study. They had great success, which is why publishers from Venice, Frankfurt and Strasbourg reprinted his lute tablature. "Like most deutschten lutenist of the period, he also represents the type of tasteful musical craftsman who, by his art as much to him God, from whom all gifts come, grace has given, his friends and disciples telling '. "

His most important publications were:

His sons Melchior Neusidler (1531-1590) and Konrad Neusidler ( 1541 to after 1604 ) were also lutenist and composer.

Neusidlers popular song served as the model for the eponymous composition by Carl Orff in 1952, which is one of the most popular pieces of the Orff - Schulwerk.