The Lira Da Braccio
- Author: Jones, Sterling Scott
The Lira Da Braccio
- Author: Jones, Sterling Scott
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"This is an essential book for those interested in renaissance instrumentation as well as for potential players." —Early Music Review
"Sterling Scott Jones wrote a marvelous and very welcome work which can be warmly recommended to all musicians, musicologists, and instrument makers interested in early music, its instruments, and performance pratice. . . . This work is of the highest scholarly and, at the same time, practical value (which is extremely rare!): It certainly opens up a new era in the research and use of the lira da braccio." —RIdIM/RCMI Newsletter
"Sterling Scott Jone's exceptional book is . . . welcome as a practical study of the instrument, with its emphasis on iconography, and with its fingering charts, tuning instructions and playable musical examples." —The Consort: European Journal of Early Music
The 16th-century lira da braccio may be the missing link between the medieval fiddle and the modern violin. This is a brief history of the lira da braccio, a handbook for its use, and selected repertoire.
Contents
- Preface
- 1. A Short History of the Lira da Braccio
- 2. Some Early Citations
- 3. Extant Instruments
- 4. The Lira da Braccio in Works of Art
- 5. Chords and Fingering Charts
- 6. Selected Repertoire
- Marco Cara, S'io sedo a l'ombra amor
- Jacob Arcadelt, O felici occhi miei
- Annonymous, Con pianto e con dolore
- Marco Cara, Io non compro piu speranza
- Alfonso della Viola, Music tol Sacrificio
- Anonymous, Romanesca, Pasamezo de lira (fragment)
- Anonymous, Aime sospiri
- Biagio Marini, Capriccio
- Appendix
- Pesaro Manuscript and Transcription
- Anonymous, Ayme sospiri (Excorial Manuscript)
- Biagio Marini, Capriccio per Sonare il Violino con tre corde a modo di
- Lira
- Fingering Chart for Alto Tuning
- List of Instrument Makers
- Bibliography
