Josef Ulsamer
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Josef Ulsamer was a German musician specializing in historical performance practice as a gambist and ensemble leader. He initially studied cello but later focused on the viola da gamba. In 1955, he founded the Nuremberg Viola da Gamba Collegium, later renamed the Ulsamer Collegium. From 1948 to 1966, Ulsamer worked as a music editor at Bavarian Radio in Nuremberg, co-founding the program "Musikalisches Tafelkonfekt" and also establishing and heading the Folk Music Department there. In 1967, he was appointed to the Würzburg University of Music, where he led the Department of Historical Instruments and Viola da Gamba. Ulsamer gained international recognition through numerous concerts and recordings across Europe, Africa, South and North America, and Japan, and was also noted for his work with contemporary composers writing for historical instruments. He received several awards, including the Edison Prize in 1968 and the Federal Cross of Merit in 1985. Ulsamer died on December 15, 2008, in Würzburg.
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- Couperin: Nouveau Concert No. 8 in G major ("Dans le goût Théatral") - 1. Ouverture featuring Christiane Jaccottet
- Couperin: Nouveau Concert No. 8 in G major ("Dans le goût Théatral") - 2. Grande Ritournéle (Gravement) featuring Christiane Jaccottet
- Couperin: Nouveau Concert No. 8 in G major ("Dans le goût Théatral") - 3. Air (Noblement) featuring Christiane Jaccottet
- T. Simpson: Alman featuring Ulsamer Collegium
- Basse danse La Magdalena featuring Fritz Neumeyer
- Branle de Champagne by Ulsamer Collegium
- Dalza: Calata ala Spagnola featuring Konrad Ragossnig
- Noel's Galliard by Ulsamer Collegium
- Neusidler: Welscher Tantz Wascha mesa - Hupfauff featuring Konrad Ragossnig
- Phalèse: Passamezzo d'Italye - Reprise - Gaillarde featuring Ulsamer Collegium
- Couperin: Nouveau Concert No. 8 in G major ("Dans le goût Théatral") - 5. Air Léger featuring Christiane Jaccottet
- L. Couperin: 2 Fantaisies pour violes (In G Minor): 1 featuring August Wenzinger
- Telemann: Der getreue Music-Meister, Lieder und Arien: Säume nicht, geliebte schöne TWV 25:38 featuring Ulsamer Collegium
- Telemann: Der getreue Music-Meister, Aria from Aesopus bei Hofen, TWV 21:26: Bum, bum, bum featuring Ulsamer Collegium
- Couperin: Nouveau Concert No. 8 in G major ("Dans le goût Théatral") - 6. Loure (Pesamment) featuring Christiane Jaccottet
- Telemann: Der getreue Music-Meister, Aria from Die verkehrte Welt, TWV 21:23: Glückselig ist, wer alle Morgen featuring Ulsamer Collegium
- Couperin: Nouveau Concert No. 8 in G major ("Dans le goût Théatral") - 7. Air (Animé, et léger) featuring Christiane Jaccottet
- Gagliarda del Principe di Venosa by Ulsamer Collegium
- Couperin: Nouveau Concert No. 8 in G major ("Dans le goût Théatral") - 4. Air Tendre (Rondeau) featuring Christiane Jaccottet
- Lamento di Tristano - La Rotta featuring Fritz Neumeyer
- Purcell: Fantasia in Nomine for 7 Viols in G Minor, Z. 747 featuring August Wenzinger
- Basse danse La brosse - Tripla - Tourdion featuring Fritz Neumeyer
- Couperin: Nouveau Concert No. 8 in G major ("Dans le goût Théatral") - 8. Sarabande grave, et tendre featuring Christiane Jaccottet
- Anonymous: Mascherade featuring Josef Ulsamer
