22:(born 1957, in New York City) is a Swiss-American lutenist and guitarist. He has attained prominence in his field through his numerous recordings, performances, publications, and teaching engagements. His recorded repertoire includes music from the
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He teaches lute and thoroughbass at the Schola
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Remembrance of Things Past - lute songs & solos by John
Dowland & Peter Croton (Guild, 2010), with Theresia Bothe – voice, and special guest Derek Lee Ragin - voice
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Peter Croton began playing folk guitar as a child, and classical and jazz guitar as a teenager. He began his lute studies with Loris
Chobanian at the
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Love Songs from Five
Centuries – from Baroque to Folk (Centaur Records, 2006), songs and lute solos, with Theresia Bothe - soprano
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THE LUTE PLAYER and other songs (Centaur
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I'll sing a song for you (Zah Zah/Guild, 2008), songs by Peter Croton, with
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Sweeter Than Roses (Balance, 1997), with Derek Lee Ragin, countertenor and Gerd LĂĽnenberger, recorder
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family, but also occasionally performs and records on romantic guitar and jazz guitar.
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manual for classical guitarists and publications of compositions for voice and
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periods, as well as his own compositions. His publications include a
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Renaissance lute - yesterday and today (Musicaphon, 1996))
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