Anthony Rooley (born 10 June 1944 in

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

) is a British

lutenist A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lute" commonly r ...

Career

In 1969, Rooley founded and directed the

early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750) or Ancient music (before 500 AD). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad Dates of classical ...

ensemble The Consort of Musicke, which continues to be one of the chief vehicles for his inspiration, among many other activities and interests. He has recorded extensively and continues to perform solo and duo repertoire with

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

Evelyn Tubb Evelyn Tubb (born 1954) is an English soprano and early music specialist. She is a long-time member of The Consort of Musicke. Born on the Isle of Wight, she studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 1972 to 1976. Tubb has made man ...

and former partner

Emma Kirkby Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby, (; born 26 February 1949) is an English soprano and early music specialist. She has sung on over 100 recordings. Education and early career Kirkby was educated at Hanford School, Sherborne School for Girls in Dorse ...

. Anthony was appointed

York Early Music Festival The York Early Music Festival is an English arts festival devoted mainly to European classical music, classical music from the 18th century and earlier. It was established in 1977, and takes place in York each July, organised by the National Centr ...

vice president in 2008. He continues regular work as a visiting professor at the

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB) is a music academy and research institution located in Basel, Switzerland, that focuses on early music and historically informed performance. Faculty at the school have organized performing ensembles that hav ...

, where he is director of AVES - ''Advanced Vocal Ensemble Studies''. Most recently he has been appointed a visiting professor at the Orpheus Institute, Ghent, under the heading "Developing a Practical Philosophy of Performance." In 2003, 2005 and 2007 he undertook four-month residencies at

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a Public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the s ...

, holding graduate seminars and directing productions. In 2003 this included a fully staged version of ''Semele'' by John Eccles; in 2005 a ‘first’ Conference on John Eccles; 2007 focused on ''The Passions'' of William Hayes. Writing and research are of great importance, to develop and extend the repertoire; plans for the future include more time for writing. Recently, Anthony has turned to the 18th and 19th centuries, as part of his continuing project to search out the best of forgotten English music. In 2004 he directed performances, live and on CD, of the

madrigal A madrigal is a form of secular vocal music most typical of the Renaissance (15th–16th centuries) and early Baroque (1580–1650) periods, although revisited by some later European composers. The polyphonic madrigal is unaccompanied, and the ...

s and

part-song A part song, part-song or partsong is a form of choral music that consists of a song to a secular or non-liturgical sacred text, written or arranged for several vocal parts. Part songs are commonly sung by an SATB choir, but sometimes for an all- ...

s of Robert Lucas Pearsall, and in 2005 ''The Passions'' by

Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...

’s contemporary and champion, William Hayes, which was revived for the Weimar Festival in 2006.

Works

;Discography * ''Renaissance Duets'' (L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1972) with James Tyler * ''My Lute Awake!'' (L'Oiseau-Lyre SOL 336, 1974) with James Tyler * ''Greensleeves - Lautenmusik der Renaissance'' (Decca 6.48183 DM, 1981) with James Tyler ;Books written * ''Performance: Revealing the Orpheus Within'' (1990) ;Books transcribed and edited * ''Renaissance Lute Fantasias'' (1980) * ''XII Wonders of the World: 1611 / John Maynard'' (1985) * ''Ayres, c. 1609 / George Handford'' with Francis Steele (1988)

References

External links

Interview (1989)
by Paul Magnussen
Hyperion Records; artist's page for Anthony Rooley

* ttp://www.classicstoday.com/digest/pdigest.asp?perfidx=25801 CD Review Digest for Anthony Rooley
Gesualdo CD and soundclip of madrigal

Shakespeare resource with soundclip of solo lute
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rooley, Anthony Living people 1944 births British performers of early music British lutenists Academic staff of Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Musicians from Leeds

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