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Performance on Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela: Historical Practice and Modern Interpretation (Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice) [Hardcover]

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January 13, 1998 0521455286 978-0521455282
This is the first book-length study in any language dedicated specifically to lute, guitar, and vihuela performance. Written by specialists of this music, it is intended for players, teachers, and scholars who are interested both in the history of performance, as well as in the specific interpretation of lute, guitar and vihuela music from the end of the fifteenth century to approximately 1850. It brings to light various new ideas about performance and technique for a wide range of instruments, including the fifteenth-, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italian lute, archlute, theorbo, French baroque lute, vihuela, and baroque and classical guitar, as well as for lute-accompanied English and Italian song.

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'... a very valuable addition to the lute player's library.' Early Music Today

'Victor Coehlo has assembled a fine team of collaborators for this excellent collection of essays ... All in all, a collection worth having: the essays are thought provoking and of a high standard.' The Lute

Book Description

This is the first book-length study in any language dedicated specifically to lute, guitar, and vihuela performance. Written by specialists of this music, it is intended for players, teachers, and scholars who are interested both in the history of performance, as well as in the specific interpretation of lute, guitar and vihuela music from the end of the fifteenth century to approximately 1850. It brings to light various new ideas about performance and technique for a wide range of instruments, including the fifteenth-, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italian lute, archlute, theorbo, French Baroque lute, vihuela, and Baroque and classical guitar, as well as for lute-accompanied English and Italian song.

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  • Hardcover: 251 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 13, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0521455286
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521455282
  • Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.8 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,891,517 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Modern performance of the so-called 'early Renaissance' lute repertory continues to be restricted to a small circle of sources and composers, generally revolving around Joanambrosio Dalza, Francesco Spinacino, and Vincenzo Capirola. Read the first page
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plectrum lute, theorbo manuscripts, lute song composers, pratum musicum, chitarra spagnola, lute tab, tablature accompaniments, tablature letters, del liuto, vihuela music, lute technique, lute arrangements, baroque guitar, opera terza, plectrum technique, lute manuscripts, rhythmic signs, choirbook format, concordant versions, vocal model, mensural notation, lute music, alla napolitana, broadside sheets, tuning instructions
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New York, Victor Coelho, Instrumental Music, Francesco da Milano, Thomas Campion, Alessandro Piccinini, Dinko Fabris, Biblioteca Nazionale, Howard Mayer Brown, Vincenzo Galilei, Giovanni Battista, Orazio Vecchi, John Griffiths, Orlando Cristoforetti, Dionisio Aguado, Fernando Sor, Pier Francesco Valentini, San Gimignano, Venegas de Henestrosa, Denis Gautier, Fernando Ferandiere, Francesco Spinacino, Ippolito Tromboncino, Joan Maria, John Dowland
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