Bakfark, Bálint

Bakfark, Bálint

▪ Hungarian musician
also called  Valentin Greff Bakfark 
born 1506/1507, Brassó, Transylvania, Hung. [now Braşov, Rom.]
died Aug. 15/22, 1576, Padova, Italy

      lutenist and composer who was the first Hungarian musician to attain a European reputation.

      Bakfark's formative years were spent at the court of Transylvanian Prince János Zápolya (Szápolyai; later King John I), who bestowed nobility on him in return for his services. After John's death in 1540, Bakfark moved to France, where he entered the service of Franƈois Cardinal de Tournon, closest adviser to the French king Francis I. He subsequently spent time at several European courts, chiefly that of Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, as court musician.

      Bakfark was one of the most celebrated lutenists of his day and a noted composer as well. His first volume of lute pieces was published in Lyon in 1553, titled Intabulatura…liber primus (“Record of Works…Book One”). This was followed in 1565 by a second collection published at his own expense in Kraków, the Pannonii harmonicarum musicarum...tomus primus (“First Volume…of Hungarian Harmonic Music”). His compositions were issued by publishers all over Europe and proved enormously popular. Together with his own virtuoso playing, they helped establish the popularity of instrumental music. His compositions and his strictly polyphonic technique elevated the style of lute music. In 1576 he fell victim to the plague. When he sensed that death was near, he burned all his works that had not yet been published.

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