Alonso Mudarra
Born: 1510, Palencia, Spain
Died: 1st April 1580, Seville, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Alonso Mudarra was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar-shaped string instrument. He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
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