Neusidler, Hans 01/01/1508 - 01/01/1563

Hans Neusidler or Newsidler (1508-1563) was born in Bratislava/Pressburg and died in Nürnberg. He was a lutenist and German composer of Hungarian heritage. He lived and was active especially in Nürnberg. He published eight books of lute tablature between 1536 and 1549. His collections include theoretical information and all genres used by lutenists of the day: ricercari dances (German, French and Italian) as well as transcriptions of vocal part music.