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Diccionario de la lengua castellana, en que se explica el verdadero sentido de las voces, su naturaleza y calidad... 6 vols. Madrid, 1726-1739.

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Diccionario de la lengua castellana, en que se explica el verdadero sentido de las voces, su naturaleza y calidad... 6 vols. Madrid, 1726-1739. 1726 18cent/1/early
Summary

The so-called Diccionario de Autoridades” defines vihuela as a “Stringed musical instrument which according to Covarrubias was the lyre of antiquity; but today it commonly means the same as guitar.”


Document type Subject Siglum Archive name Call no.
Vihuelas Guitar
Original text

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VIGUELA Instrumento Musico de cuerdas, que segun Covarr. Era Ia lyra antigua; pero oy comunmente vale lo mismo que Guitarra.

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Notes

Confirms 18th-century understanding of the vihuela and guitar as synonymous terms.

Bibliography
Code Author Item Pages
corona1999 Corona-Alcalde, Antonio. “The Players and Performance Practice of the Vihuela and its related Instruments, the Lute and the Guitar, from c. 1450 to c.1650. as revealed by a Study of Literary, Musical, Theoretical, and Archival Sources”. Diss. King's College, University of London, 1999.
DLC1726 [Autoridades] Diccionario de la lengua castellana, en que se explica el verdadero sentido de las voces, su naturaleza y calidad... 6 vols. Madrid, 1726-1739.