Walter Rowe
Walter Rowe (born around 1584 in England ; buried May 3, 1671 in Berlin ) was an English gambist and composer .
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No sources exist about his early years. Hans Joachim Moser's assumption that Walter Rowe could have been a pupil of Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger is not considered certain. In 1614 Rowe was accepted as a viola player and viola bastarda player in the Brandenburg court orchestra in Berlin, for which he received an annual salary of 400 Reichstalers. In the same year he stayed in Hamburg , probably at the invitation of the composer and council musician William Brade , who also came from England. In 1621 his salary was initially increased to 900 Reichstaler. In 1626 he went on a concert tour to Duke Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg-Güstrow . But Rowe seems to have lost his job in 1628 due to the effects of the Thirty Years' War , which caused the decline of court music all over Germany. It was not until 1647 that he asked for a new appointment, which he also received for 300 Reichstaler and an additional wage.
Rowe was a sought-after teacher. He trained several students for court chamber music at the expense of the elector . His students included u. a. Sigmund Theophil Staden , who received a multi-month scholarship from the Nuremberg Council for learning the viola bastarda, and boys who had been sent to him from Mecklenburg-Güstrow and from Crown Prince Christian of Denmark . He also taught the electoral princesses Luise Charlotte and Hedwig Sophie . In 1632 he put together a songbook for Luise Charlotte, in which four of his compositions, the songs Oh God, why do I have to lament so , N'obtiendra je rien mon amour fidele , How utterly pathetic is this time and goodbye to all sadness and lament are preserved. Rowe also has a courante for viola bastarda or viola da gamba, three pieces for bastarda in tab notation and a chorale melody .
Rowe's son of the same name Walter (* before 1616; † Berlin, August 29, 1672) was one of his pupils, he played the viola da gamba in the Brandenburg court orchestra from 1638 and performed at the court of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow until 1657.
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| SURNAME | Rowe, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer and viol player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1584 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |
| DATE OF DEATH | buried May 3, 1671 |
| Place of death | Berlin |