Michael Schäffer
German lutenist
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| Intro | German lutenist | |
| Places | Germany | |
| was | Luth player Musician | |
| Work field | Music | |
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| Instruments: | Lute | |
| Birth | 11 November 1937 | |
| Death | 7 September 1978 (aged 40 years) | |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
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Michael Schäffer (11 November 1937 – 7 September 1978) was a German lutenist.
He was a pioneer in the rediscovery of French Baroque lute works and concertized widely as soloist and with chamber ensembles.
Schäffer was born in Cologne. He received a musical education, as a violinist and violist, with his father Kurt Schäffer. His avocation, the guitar, led him to the lute. Schäffer was one of the first to abandon "guitar technique" on the lute: he experimented with traditional lute techniques, and their expressive possibilities and implications: e.g. hand positioning, thumb-index alternation, etc.
He taught at the Hochschule für Musik Köln.