Short bio Luis de Narvaez
Full biography Luis de Narvaez
Luis de Narvaez was a Spanish composer and vihuelist who lived from 1526 to 1549. He was highly regarded during his lifetime for his musical skills and compositions. Today, he is primarily known for his collection of polyphonic vihuela music titled "Los seys libros del Delphin," which was published in Valladolid in 1538. This is the only surviving vihuela music composed by Narvaez. He was also a composer of vocal polyphonic music and enjoyed considerable fame during his own time.
In addition to his musical contributions , Narvaez has been credited with being an innovator in the field of composition. He was the first composer in any genre to write sets of variations , introducing the genre that later became known as the "theme and variations" form. His variations on the popular song "Guárdame las vacas" became one of his most famous works and have been performed and recorded by many artists throughout the years.
Despite his short life, Narvaez made a significant contribution to the field of music, particularly in the realm of vihuela music and composition. His music continues to be studied and performed by musicians around the world, making him an important figure in the history of Spanish and European classical music.
Compositions featuring Luis de Narvaez
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancion del emperador, for vihuela | 3:06 min | Chamber Music | 1538 |
| 2 | Arded corazón arded, for voice & vihuela | 1:40 min | Vocal Music | 1538 |
| 3 | Si tantos balcones, for voice & vihuela | 3:46 min | Vocal Music | 1538 |
| 4 | Paseávase el rey moro | 3:39 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1538 |
| 5 | Diferencias (7) for guitar on "Guárdame las vacas" | 3:03 min | Chamber Music | 1538 |
| 6 | Diferencias on "Conde Claros" for guitar | 3:03 min | Chamber Music | 1538 |
| 7 | Mille regretz (after Josquin), for vihuela | 3:12 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1538 |
| 8 | Los seis libros del delfín de música de cifra para tañer vihuela | Chamber Music | 1538 | |
| 9 | Fantasía No. 5 (Los seys libros del Delphín de Música, Book 1) | 2:20 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 10 | Fantasia del octavo tono | 2:38 min | - | |
| 11 | Fantasía No. 5 (Los seys libros del Delphín de Música, Book 2) | 1:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 12 | Fantasía No. 6 (Los seys libros del Delphín de Música, Book 2) | 1:05 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 13 | Je veulx laysser melancolie de Ricafort (after Jean Richafort), for vihuela | 2:00 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 14 | La bella mal maridada | 2:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 15 | Libros (6) del Delphín de Música, for voice & vihuela | Vocal Music | - | |
| 16 | Los seys libros del delphín de música, for guitar | Chamber Music | - | |
| 17 | Romance del Rey Moro & Granaína | 2:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 18 | Sanctus - Osanna de la Missa Faysans regrés de Josquin (after Josquin Desprez), for vihuela | 2:45 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 19 | Y la mi cinta dorada, villancico for viheula | 4:47 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 20 | Ya se asienta el Ramiro | 2:53 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 21 | Fantasía del cuarto tono | 1:54 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 22 | Fantasia for vihuela No. 10 | 1:57 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 23 | Fantasia de 6to tono, for vihuela | 4:33 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 24 | Fantasia (unspecified), for vihuela | 1:32 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 25 | Fantasia (tercer tono) | 2:55 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 26 | Fantasia (segundo tono) | 3:07 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 27 | Fantasia (quinto tono) | 2:25 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 28 | Fantasia (primer tono) | 1:28 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 29 | Fabordon in Tone VIII, Quoniam confortavit (after Francisco Guerrero), for 2 vihuelas | 4:36 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 30 | Diferencias on "O gloriosa Domina" | 6:45 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 31 | Diferencias (3) de un otra parte | 1:59 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 32 | Cum Sancto Spiritu | 2:19 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 33 | Con que la lavare? | 3:14 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 34 | Cancion Mille regres, for vihuela (from Los seys libros del Delphin) | 2:08 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 35 | Cancion in the 1st tone, after Nicolaus Gombert's Canzon, for lute | 2:06 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 36 | Baxa de contrapunto | 2:00 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
Albums featuring Luis de Narvaez
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Roncalli, Dowland, Visée, Weiss, Losy, Milán, Narváez, Mudarra, Valderrábano, Sanz, Pascal Boëls – The Golden Age Of The Guitar In Europe(2×CD, Album) | 2020 | Brilliant Classics |
| 2 |  |
Luys Milán, Luis de Narváez, Paolo Cherici – El Siglo de Oro: Obras Para Vihuela - I(CD, Album) | 2020 | Vermeer |
| 3 |  |
Milán, Narváez, Mudarra, Sanz, Chilesotti • Agustín Maruri – Antología De La Guitarra Clásica: Vol. I, Renacimiento(Blu-ray, ) | 2017 | EMEC DIscos |
| 4 |  |
Grigory Novikov, Narvaez, Kozlov, Pujol, Garrido, Akiva, Rudnev, Belousov, Coste – Classical Guitar(CD, Album) | 2014 | Not On Label |
| 5 |  |
Luys de Narváez - Agustín Maruri, Marta Infante – Los Seys Libros Del Delphín De Música De Cifra Para Tañer Vihuela(2×CD, Album, Stereo) | 2011 | EMEC Discos |
| 6 |  |
Luys de Narváez - Pablo Márquez – Musica Del Delphin | 2007 | ECM Records |
| 7 |  |
Alirio Díaz / Albeniz, Falla, Granados, Llobet, Malats, Milán, Mudarra, Narvaez, Rodrigo, Sanz, Sainz de la Maza, Scarlatti, Segovia, Sor, Tarrega, Torroba, Turina, Villa-Lobos – The Classic Spanish Guitar(2×CD, Compilation) | 2006 | Vanguard |
| 8 |  |
Dúo Pavón Reyes, Rodrigo, Piazzolla, Narváez, Carulli, Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Música Para Dos Guitarras(CD, Album) | 1999 | Dúo Pavón-Reyes |
| 9 |  |
Milán & Narváez performed by Christopher Wilson (2) – Music For Vihuela | 1996 | Naxos |
| 10 |  |
Luys de Narváez, Juan Carlos Rivera, Marta Almajano – El Delfín de Música(CD, ) | 1995 | ALMAVIVA |
| 11 |  |
Luys de Narváez / Lex Eisenhardt – Music For Vihuela From Los Seis Libros Del Delphín de Música(CD, Album) | 1991 | Etcetera (3) |
| 12 |  |
Luis De Milán, Enríquez De Valderrábano, Alonso Mudarra, Miguel de Fuenllana, Luis de Narváez, Diego Pisador, Esteban Daza – Vihuelistas Españoles ( S. XVI )(2×CD, Compilation) | 1990 | Hispavox |
| 13 |  |
Andrés Segovia - Milan, Narvaez, Sanz, Sor, Torroba, Granados, Mompou – The Segovia Collection, Vol. 5: Five Centuries Of The Spanish Guitar | 1989 | MCA Classics |
| 14 |  |
Dowland / Milan / Narvaez / Carulli / Carcassi / Giuliani / Sor / Bach / Tarrega / Paganini / Timothy Walker – Classics For Guitar(CD, Album) | 1989 | Drive (3) |
| 15 |  |
Luys de Narvaez, Hopkinson Smith – Los Seys Libros Del Delphín De Música(CD, Album) | 1989 | Astrée Auvidis |
| 16 |  |
Andrés Segovia - Milan, Narvaez, Sanz, Sor, Torroba, Granados, Mompou – The Segovia Collection, Vol. 5: Five Centuries Of The Spanish Guitar(Cassette, ) | 1989 | MCA Classics |
| 17 |  |
Ernesto Bitetti, Milán, Narváez, Sanz, Mudarra, Sor, Albéniz, Tárrega, Turina – Cuatro Siglos De Musica Española Para Guitarra(LP, Album, Reissue) | 1988 | Hispavox |
| 18 |  |
Luis Milán / Luis de Narváez / Julian Bream – Music Of Spain - Lute, Vol. 1: El Maestro (1535) / Los Seys Libros Del Delphin De Musica (1538) | 1979 | RCA Red Seal |
| 19 |  |
Alirio Díaz / Albeniz, Falla, Granados, Llobet, Malats, Milán, Mudarra, Narvaez, Rodrigo, Sanz, Sainz de la Maza, Scarlatti, Segovia, Sor, Tarrega, Torroba, Turina, Villa-Lobos – The Classic Spanish Guitar | 1977 | Vanguard |
| 20 |  |
Luys De Narvaez, Diego Pisador, Esteban Daza – Vihuelistas Españoles (S. XVI) | 1974 | Hispavox |
| 21 |  |
Alonso De Mudarra - Luis de Narváez - Gaspar Sanz - Domenico Scarlatti - Antonio Vivaldi - Karl Kohaut / Alirio Díaz - I Solisti di Zagreb - Antonio Janigro – The Virtuoso Guitar | 1972 | Vanguard |
| 22 |  |
Leo Brouwer, Gaspar Sanz, Luis de Narváez, Fernando Sor, Cornelius Cardew, Hans Werner Henze – Werke Für Gitarre Solo | 1971 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 23 |  |
José L. Lopátegui - L. Milán, Mudarra, Pisador, Narváez, G. Sanz – La Guitarra En El Renaixement I El Barroc Espanyol(LP, Stereo) | 1970 | Edigsa |
| 24 |  |
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Alfonso X El Sabio, Luis de Narváez, Francisco Ortega (2), Tomás Luis De Victoria, Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, Édouard Lalo, Maurice Ravel, Joaquín Rodrigo, Óscar Esplá, | 1969 | Angel Records |
| 25 |  |
Ernesto Bitetti, Milán - Narváez - Sanz - Mudarra - Sor - Albéniz - Tárrega - Turina – Four Centuries Of Spanish Guitar Music | 1969 | Musical Heritage Society |
| 26 |  |
Narciso Yepes, Gaspar Sanz, Luis de Narváez – Vihuelistas De Los Siglos XVl y XVll(7", 45 RPM, Single) | 1963 | Zafiro |
| 27 |  |
Sor - Mudarra - De Narvaez / Turibio Santos – La Guitare Classique Espagnole(7", 33 ⅓ RPM) | - | Musidisc |
| 28 |  |
Narciso Yepes, Gaspar Sanz, Alonso Mudarra, Luis de Narváez, Antonio Soler, Fernando Sor – Guitarra Española(CD, Album, Club Edition) | - | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 29 |  |
Antonio de Cabezón / Vasquez-Fuenllana / Arnolt Schlick / Luis de Narváez / Enríquez De Valderrábano / Juan Bermudo, Alonso Mudarra, De Santa-Maria - Maria-Carmen Bustamante, Carlos Santos (15), Montserrat Torrent, Rosa Balcells – Musique À La Cour De Cha | - | Harmonia Mundi |
| 30 |  |
Luis Narváez, Diego Pisador, Esteban Daza - Jorge Fresno – History of Spanish Music, Volume XIII: Spanish Vihuelists of the Sixteenth Century(LP, Album) | - | Musical Heritage Society |
Videos featuring Luis de Narvaez
Suite Española (arr. for Guitar)
Provided to YouTube by WM Spain
Suite Española (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 HISPAVOX, S.A.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Gaspar Sanz
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Espana, Op. 165: III. Malaguena (arr. for Guitar)
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Espana, Op. 165: III. Malaguena (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 HISPAVOX, S.A.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Isaac Albeniz
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Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 HISPAVOX, S.A.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Lyricist: Domaine Public
Composer: Luys de Na
">Diferencias sobre "Guárdame las vacas" (arr. for Guitar)
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Diferencias sobre "Guárdame las vacas" (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 HISPAVOX, S.A.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Lyricist: Domaine Public
Composer: Luys de Na
Preludio, Zarabanda y Giga (arr. for Guitar)
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Preludio, Zarabanda y Giga (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Italiana para Guitarra
℗ 1971 HISPAVOX, S.A
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Ludovico Roncalli
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Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 HISPAVOX, S.A.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Fernando
">Variaciones sobre un tema de "La flauta mágica" de Mozart, Op. 9 (arr. for Guitar)
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Variaciones sobre un tema de "La flauta mágica" de Mozart, Op. 9 (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 HISPAVOX, S.A.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Fernando
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 Warner Music Spain, S.L.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Isaac Albéniz
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">Mallorca, "Barcarola", Op. 202 (arr. for Guitar)
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Mallorca, "Barcarola", Op. 202 (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 Warner Music Spain, S.L.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Isaac Albéniz
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Mille Regretz: La canción del Emperador (arr. for Guitar)
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Mille Regretz: La canción del Emperador (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 HISPAVOX, S.A.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Luys de Narváez
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El Maestro: Pavana No. 1 (arr. for Guitar)
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El Maestro: Pavana No. 1 (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 HISPAVOX, S.A.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Luis de Milán
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Luis de Narváez - La canción del Emperador (J. Bream)
Julian Bream, guitarra
Fantasia No. 10 (arr. for Guitar)
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Fantasia No. 10 (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 HISPAVOX, S.A.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer, Lyricist: Alfonso Mudarra
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Fandanguillo, Op. 36 (arr. for Guitar)
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Fandanguillo, Op. 36 (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1970 Warner Music Spain, S.L.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Joaquín Turina
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El Maestro: Pavana No. 5 (arr. for Guitar)
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El Maestro: Pavana No. 5 (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 HISPAVOX, S.A.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Luis de Milán
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Estudio en forma de minueto (arr. for Guitar)
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Estudio en forma de minueto (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Española para Guitarra
℗ 1969 HISPAVOX, S.A.
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Francisco Tárrega
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Seis piezas para laúd (arr. for Guitar)
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Seis piezas para laúd (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Italiana para Guitarra
℗ 1971 HISPAVOX, S.A
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Traditional
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Suoni notturni (arr. for Guitar)
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Suoni notturni (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Italiana para Guitarra
℗ 1971 HISPAVOX, S.A
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Goffredo Petrassi
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Romanza (arr. for Guitar)
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Romanza (arr. for Guitar) · Ernesto Bitetti
Cuatro Siglos de Música Italiana para Guitarra
℗ 1971 HISPAVOX, S.A
Guitar: Ernesto Bitetti
Composer: Niccolo Paganini
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["Los seys libros del Delphin de música de cifras para tañer vihuela" (Libro VI), Valladolid, 1538].
Intérprete: Julian Bream (Laúd).
Imágenes: Santa María de Oló y S
">DIFERENCIAS SOBRE "GUÁRDAME LAS VACAS" - Luys de Narváez (ca. 1500 - 1550/60)
DIFERENCIAS SOBRE "GUÁRDAME LAS VACAS" - Luys de Narváez (ca. 1500 - 1550/60).
["Los seys libros del Delphin de música de cifras para tañer vihuela" (Libro VI), Valladolid, 1538].
Intérprete: Julian Bream (Laúd).
Imágenes: Santa María de Oló y S
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