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John Loesberg

John Loesberg enjoyed many early experiences of an eclectic variety of musical genres. He was well used to hearing individual members of his family singing and listening to music ranging from light opera (Grandma) to Gregorian chant (the daily rehearsing at home of Grandad, who sang in the church choir), and his rebellious uncle playing his free jazz music (too) loudly. Not to mention Dad playing the tenor banjo and Mum crooning some 1930s pop songs. It would have been hard to fit them all together into a band, one might say. In between, John learned the basics of folk guitar, which he used to accompany the many American, Scottish and Irish folksongs he learned—a lot of them taken down from natives of those places who often gathered and played informally in Europe's hostels and music venues. After four years of drifting throughout Europe, he settled in Ireland in 1969, where he taught folk guitar and collected Irish folksongs. These eventually appeared in a plain little volume that was to mark the beginning of the Ossian Publications imprint of Irish and Scottish traditional music in print and audio for the following 25 years. A lifelong interest in ‘serious’ music of all periods ran alongside his immersion in all aspects of folk music. Eventually, John took to transcribing and arranging for guitar, as well as working on scores of early and classical music for voice with guitar accompaniment for recital purposes. Born 1947 in Netherlands.

C.P.E. Bach

• Am Bache - Söngur og gítar. Text by Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg (1750–1819).

Franz Schubert

• An Emma - Söngur og gítar. Text by Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805).

G.F. Händel

• Art Thou Troubled? - Söngur og gítar. Dove Sei from Rodelinda. Text by W.G. Rothery (1858-1930).

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel

• Bist Du Bei Mir - Söngur og gítar. Formerly attributed to J.S. Bach · BWV 508. Words Anon.

J.S. Bach , Charles Gounod

• Ave Maria - Söngur og gítar. Traditional Latin prayer.

Jean-Baptiste Lully

• Bois Épais - Söngur og gítar. Air from “Amadis”. Words by Philippe Quinault (1635-1688).

John Dowland

• Awake, Sweet Love, Thou Art Return'd - Söngur og gítar.

Orlando di Lasso

• Bonjour Mon Coeur - Söngur og gítar. Text by Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585).

Traditional

• All in a Garden Green - Söngur og gítar. From John Playford’s The English Dancing Master, 1651 (An Old Fiddler’s Song).

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