Luis Milán on Sixteenth-Century Performance Practice: Luis Milan on Sixteenth-Century Performance Practice (Publications of the Early Music Institute) [Paperback]

Luis Gasser (Author)

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Publication Date: October 22, 1996

"... valuable... impressive..." —The Times Literary Supplement

"For anyone interested in Milán's music, this is an excellent source of information." —Renaissance Quarterly

Luis Milán (1536-1561) was a lutenist, singer, composer, and poet. His collection of lute tablatures, El Maestro, is the first book of instrumental music known to have been printed in Spain. Luis Gásser discusses Milán's attention to modality, his use of meter, and the ornamentation in his songs and fantasías.

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LUIS GÁSSER, Professor at the University of Barcelona, holds degrees from Barcelona Conservatory, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and Stanford University. Like his subject, he is active as a composer, writer and performer on guitar and lute.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (October 22, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0253210186
• ISBN-13: 978-0253210180
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #951,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Luis Milán on Sixteenth-Century Performance Practice: Luis Milan on Sixteenth-Century Performance Practice (Publications of the Early Music Institute) (Paperback)

Luis Milan is well-known among classical guitarists and enthusiasts. Here is insight into his music and the world in which he created it. It presumes that the reader has an understanding of music notation and terminology. It includes an extensive bibliography, and refers a lot to his fantasias for vihuela and his songs for vihuela and voice. While there are excerpts included in the book, having access to the scores has been helpful. I've been playing his music on the guitar and gaining insight about it through this book. I can't imagine it being beneficial in any other way.