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Corona-Alcalde, Antonio.

“The vihuela and the guitar in sixteenth-century Spain: A critical appraisal of some of the existing evidence”. The Lute 30 (1990): 3-24.

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Article: journal 1990 corona1990
Summary

A survey of literary, organological, and lexicographical evidence highlights the difficulties in distinguishing between vihuela and guitar. Results are applied to the instrument known as the Jacquemart-Andre vihuela, in the collection of the Musee Jacquemart-Andre, Paris. (Owen, Sharon) RILM NO.: 90-07733-ap


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Instrument VIHUELA, GUITAR

Century 16CENT

Region SPAIN

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Music genre

Research field HISTORY, INSTRUMENTS, ORGANOLOGY, ICONOGRAPHY, MUSIC