Italian Guitar Music of the Seventeenth Century - Battuto and Pizzicato

One of Europe's foremost experts on early guitar music explores this little known but richly rewarding repertoire.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
List of Audio Examples
Preface
Introduction
The Rise of the Five-Course Guitar in Spain and Italy, 1580-1630
Italian Guitarists at Home and Abroad
Accompaniment
Solo Music
Counterpoint
Stringing Matters
Pandora's Lyre
The Baroque Guitar Unmasked?
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Lex Eisenhardt

Summary

One of Europe's foremost experts on early guitar music explores this little known but richly rewarding repertoire.

Product details

• Authors: Lex Eisenhardt
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2015
• EAN: 9781580465335
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-533-5
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 556 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music; Eastman Studies in Music
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Organology