The guitar and its music : from the Renaissance to the Classical era / James Tyler and Paul Sparks.
| Author/creator | Tyler, James |
| Other author | Sparks, Paul, author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| Description | xxv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford early music series Early music series (London, England : 1976) ^A86514 |
| Contents | Part I: The guitar in the sixteenth century / James Tyler. Spain: La Guitarra de quatro ordenes -- France: the creation of the repertory -- England: ' ... yused of gentilmen, and of the best sort ... ' -- Italy: La Chitarra da sette corde -- Italy: the role of the guitar in the rise of monody -- Part II. The Spanish guitar (c.1600-c.1750) / James Tyler. Italy: the creation of the repertory -- France: the royal guitarists -- England, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia -- Germany and the Austrian Empire -- Spain, Portugal, and the New World -- Appendices to Part II. A brief guide to reading and interpreting Baroque guitar tablatures ; Sources of specific information on the tuning and stringing of the five-course guitar ; The mandora -- Part III. The origins of the classical guitar / Paul Sparks. 1750-69: the emergence of the six-course guitar -- 1770-89: the first six-string guitars -- 1790 to the early 1800s: the triumph of the six-string guitar -- The guitar 1750-c. 1800: practical information. The instrument ; Strings ; Playing positions ; Specialist techniques and ornamentation -- Appendices to Part III. Guitar music published in Paris, 1750-c. 1800 ; Selected list of songs with guitar accompaniment published in Paris, 1750-c. 1800 ; Guitar methods, 1750-c. 1800 ; Non-Parisian guitar music, 1750-c. 1800 ; A selection of pieces for guitar, c. 1750-c. 1800. |
| Abstract | This book presents new ideas and research on the history and development of the guitar and its music from the Renaissance to the dawn of the Classical era. The authors' systematic study of the two main guitar types found between about 1550 and 1750 focuses principally on what the sources of the music (published and manuscript) and the writings of contemporary theorists reveal about the nature of the instruments and their roles in the music making of the period. The annotated lists of primary sources, previously published in The Early Guitar but now revised and expanded, constitute the most comprehensive bibliography of Baroque guitar music to date. The appendices of performance practice information should also prove indispensable to performers and scholars alike. This book breaks new ground, offering an extensive study of a period in the guitar's history--notably c.1759-c.1800--which the standard histories usually dismiss in a few short paragraphs. Far from being a dormant instrument at this time, the guitar is shown to have been central to music-making in France, Italy, the Iberian Peninsula, and South America. The authors provide a wealth of information about players, composers, instruments, and surviving compositions from this neglected but important period, and he examines how the five-course guitar gradually gave way to the six-string instrument, a process that occurred in very different ways (and at different times) in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Britain. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001058231 |
| ISBN | 019816713X |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1015.G9 T96 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |