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James Tyler

fl, 1940-2010 US
Musician / Composer of Classical
A.k.a. James Henry Tyler

James Tyler (3 August 1940 – 23 November 2010) was an American lutenist, banjoist, guitarist, composer, musicologist, author, and teacher and has been featured on over 60 early music recordings. As a lutenist, he performed and recorded with New York Pro Musica, and also toured and recorded as a banjoist in the 1960's with "Max Morath and the Original Rag Quartet". During the 1970s and 80s, he performed and recorded in London with Musica Reservata, the Consort of Musicke, the Julian Bream Consort and the Early Music Consort of London. He founded his own ensemble, the "London Early Music Group" in 1977, which lasted until 1990. He composed music for BBC television productions of Shakespeare plays, and also made an appearance as a lutenist in the 1972 film, "Mary Queen of Scots".

     
Instruments
  • Flute
  • Violin
  • Mandolin
  • Guitar
  • Tenor sax
Genres
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
  • World
Popular Tracks   
Concerto for 2 Mandolins, Strings and Continuo in G Major, RV. 532: III. Allegro on Vivaldi: Concerti "Alla Rustica" by Antonio Vivaldi, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
Concerto for 2 Mandolins, Strings and Continuo in G Major, RV. 532: I. Allegro on Vivaldi: Concerti "Alla Rustica" by Antonio Vivaldi, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
Greensleeves on My Lute Awakes by Various Artists
Concerto for 2 Mandolins, Strings and Continuo in G Major, RV. 532: II. Andante on Vivaldi: Concerti "Alla Rustica" by Antonio Vivaldi, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
A Fancy on My Lute Awakes by Various Artists
Saltarello on Renaissance Duets by Anthony Rooley & James Tyler
A Merry Mood on My Lute Awakes by Various Artists
Jigge on My Lute Awakes by Various Artists
Greensleeves on My Lute Awakes by Various Artists
A Toy: Bo Peep on My Lute Awakes by Various Artists

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Band Members
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
17th Century Bel Canto (Arias And Cantatas By Monteverdi, Cavalli, Rossi, Carissimi)Glenda Simpson, Paul Elliott, Andrew King, The London Early Music Group, James Tyler1985Album
Seventeenth-Century Bel Canto: Arias & Cantatas By Monteverdi, Rossi, Cavalli, Carissimi, Realized & Directed By James TylerThe London Early Music Group, Francesco Cavalli, Luigi Rossi, Giacomo Carissimi, Claudio Monteverdi, James Tyler1985Album
Elizabethan Social Music (English Consorts, Lute Duets And Solos)James Tyler And The London Early Music Group1981Album
Greensleeves - Lautenmusik der RenaissanceAnthony Rooley, James Tyler1981Compil.
Italian Airs And Dances (1500-1540)The London Early Music Group, James Tyler1981Album
La Mantovana (Arie E Danze Italiane Del Primo Barocco)The London Early Music Group, James Tyler1979Album
RagtimeJames Tyler1979Album
With Pleasure And Delight (Musik Am Hofe Von Heinrich VII. Und Heinrich VIII.)The London Early Music Group, James Tyler1978Album
Songs In Shakespeare's PlaysJames Bowman, James Tyler1978Album
Selections By Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake, G.L. Lansing, Johannes Brahms And OthersJames Tyler1977Compil.
Music for Merchants and MonarchsJames Tyler1975Album
My Lute Awake!Anthony Rooley And James Tyler1974Album
Renaissance DuetsAnthony Rooley - James Tyler1972Album
The EntertainerMax Morath With James Tyler1968Album
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