- Gregory Doc Rossi
Doc Rossi is a
cittern ist,composer andscholar born in Dayton,Ohio in 1955, emigrating toEurope in1984 . He studied music from an early age and began performing at 14. He has B.A.s inMusic andEnglish Literature , and was awarded thePh.D. in 1991 from theUniversity of London , where he wrote onShakespeare andBrecht under the supervision of Rene Weis and Keith Walker. He studiedlute with Andrea Damiani and has had tuition fromJohn Renbourn , Ugo Orlandi, Richard Strasser, Christopher Morrongiello, Ljubo Majstorovic andJohn Anthony Lennon .
Rossi has had a life-long interest in thecittern , having built one at the age of 13. He now performs on a variety of instruments, including thediatonic Renaissancecittern , the modern Irish cittern, and especially the so-called English guitar orCetra , an 18th-century instrument. He also playsguitar ,bass guitar ,tenor banjo ,mandolin andmandola .
His recordings include "Six Sonatas for Cetra or Kitara by Pasqualini Demarzi" with Andrea Damiani, and "La Cetra Galant," a CD of solos and duets. His publications include "The Compleat Cittern," a tutor for 18th- century cittern (with transcriptions for guitar and other 6-course instruments), the English translation of Andrea Damiani’s "Tutor for Renaissance Lute," a modern edition of Thomas Robinson’s cittern music including "New Citharen Lessons" (1609) and pieces from manuscript sources, and "The Original Guitar Styles of Jerry Donahue". He has published articles dealing with guitar and cittern history, Shakespeare and Brecht, Scott Fitzgerald, and the Beat Generation.
He is a founder, with Joseph Schultz, of Cetra Publishing, which specializes in music for the cittern.External links
* http://cetrapublishing.com/artists/rossi/
* http://www.myspace.com/docrossi
* http://www.magnatune.com/artists/docrossi.html
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.