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Minamino, Hiroyuki.

“The Spanish Plucked Viola in Renaissance Italy, 1480-1530”. Early Music 32 (2004): 177-193.

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Article: journal 2004 minamino2004-2
Summary

Best summary of Italian iconographical and historical sources. Breaks little new ground. Accepts Woodfield’s version of the development of the vihuela de mano in Spain. Arranged by location:
• Naples: Tinctoris, a couple of documents mentioning violas, Neapolitan tablature with ex. from Bologna 596 fragment.
• Rome: Borgia popes, papal apartments, Cortese
• Orvieto: Signorelli painting. Symbolic connection with the Borgias
• Milano: discussion solely of the Gaffurio 1496 frontispiece.
• Mantua: Isabella d’Este and Lorenzo di Pavia
• Venice:


Keywords

Composer

Instrument VIHUELA, LUTE

Century 15CENT, 16CENT

Region ITALY

Medium

Music genre

Research field HISTORY, INSTRUMENTS, ICONOGRAPHY