The guitar and its music : from the Renaissance to the classical era / James Tyler and Paul Sparks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyler, James, author.

Sparks, Paul, 1955- author.

Series:

Oxford early music series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford early music series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guitar--History.

Guitar.

Guitar music--History and criticism.

Guitar music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 322 p. ) ill., music

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This publication is an authoritative guide to the history and repertory of the guitar from the Renaissance to the dawn of the classical era.

Contents:

DEDICATION; PREFACE; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I: THE GUITAR IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY; 1. Spain: La Guitarra de quatro ordenes; 2. France: The Creation of the Repertory; 3. England: '... yused of gentilmen, and of the best sort ...'; 4. Italy: La Chitarra da sette corde; 5. Italy: The Role of the Guitar in the Rise of Monody; PART II: THE SPANISH GUITAR (C.1600-C.1750); 6. Italy: The Creation of the Repertory; 7. France: Les Guitarristes Royals; 8. 1. England; 2. The Low Countries; 3. Scandinavia; 4. Germany and the Austrian Empire; 9. Spain, Portugal, and the New World; APPENDIX I. A BRIEF GUIDE TO READING AND INTERPRETING BAROQUE GUITAR TABLATURES; APPENDIX II. SOURCES OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE TUNING AND STRINGING OF THE FIVE-COURSE GUITAR; APPENDIX III. THE MANDORA; PART III: THE ORIGINS OF THE CLASSICAL GUITAR; 10. 1750-69: The Emergence of the Six-Course Guitar; 1. Spain, Portugal, and South America; 2. France; 3. Britain; 11. 1770-89: The First Six-String Guitars; 1. A Short History of String Making; 2. Spain, South America, and Portugal; 3. Italy; 4. France; 5. England. Germany, and Austria; 12. 1790 to the Early 1800's: The Triumph of the Six-String Guitar; 1. Spain and Portugal; 2. Britain; 3. Italy; 4. France; 5. Germany, Austria, and Elsewhere; 13. The Guitar 1750-c.1800: Practical Information; 1. The Instrument; 2. Strings; 3. Playing Positions; 4. Specialist Techniques and Ornamentation; APPENDIX IV: PRIMARY SOURCES (1750-C. 1800); 1. Paris - Instrumental Music (Published); 2. Paris - Songs with Guitar Accompaniment (Published); 3. Guitar Methods (Published and Manuscript); 4. Non-Parisian Guitar Music (Published and Manuscript); APPENDIX V: PIECES FOR GUITAR (C.1750-C.!800); BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDARY SOURCES; INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-00884-1

1-281-34602-0

0-19-151851-4

OCLC:

1406782190