Italian Guitar Music of the Seventeenth Century: Battuto and Pizzicato. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2015.
Previous Next| Publication type | Year | ISBN/ISSN | Bibliog code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book | 2015 | eisenhardtITALIAN |
ISBN: 9781580465335.
In the seventeenth century, like today, the guitar was often used for chord strumming ("battuto" in Italian) in songs and popular dance genres, such as the ciaccona or sarabanda. In the golden age of the baroque guitar, Italy gave rise to a unique solo repertoire, in which chord strumming and lute-like plucked ("pizzicato") styles were mixed. Italian Guitar Music of the Seventeenth Century: Battuto and Pizzicato explores this little-known repertoire, providing a historical background and examining particular performance issues. The book is accompanied by audio examples on a companion website.
Contents
1 List of Illustrations
2 List of Audio Examples
3 Preface
4 Introduction
5 The Rise of the Five-Course Guitar in Spain and Italy, 1580-1630
6 Italian Guitarists at Home and Abroad
7 Accompaniment
8 Solo Music
9 Counterpoint
10 Stringing Matters
11 Pandora's Lyre
12 The Baroque Guitar Unmasked?
13 Appendix
14 Notes
15 Bibliography
16 Index
Composer
Instrument VIHUELA, GUITAR
Century 16CENT, 17CENT, 18CENT
Region SPAIN, ITALY
Medium
Music genre
Research field MUSIC, SOURCE STUDIES, PERFORMANCE PRACTICE