Italian Guitar Music of the Seventeenth Century: Battuto and Pizzicato
- Author: Eisenhardt, Lex
In every sense a worthy successor to [Tyler's] The Early Guitar. Mr. Eisenhardt has long been known as a skillful and sensitive performer on a wide variety of historical guitars and with the...
Italian Guitar Music of the Seventeenth Century: Battuto and Pizzicato
- Author: Eisenhardt, Lex
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In every sense a worthy successor to [Tyler's] The Early Guitar. Mr. Eisenhardt has long been known as a skillful and sensitive performer on a wide variety of historical guitars and with the...
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One of Europe's foremost experts on early guitar music explores this little-known but richly rewarding repertoire. In the seventeenth century, like today, the guitar was often used for chord strumming ("battuto" in Italian) in songs and popular dance genres, such as the ciaccona or sarabanda. In the golden age of the baroque guitar, Italy gave rise to a unique solo repertoire, in which chord strumming and lute-like plucked ("pizzicato") styles were mixed. Italian Guitar Music of the Seventeenth Century: Battuto and Pizzicato explores this little-known repertoire, providing a historical background and examining particular performance issues. The book is accompanied by audio examples on a companion website. Lex Eisenhardt is one of Europe's foremost experts on early guitar. He teaches both classical guitar and historical plucked instruments at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. He has produced a number of highly acclaimed CD recordings, and has given concerts and masterclasses in Europe, the United States, and Australia.
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
Awards and reviews
Early Music Review
In every sense a worthy successor to [Tyler's] The Early Guitar. Mr. Eisenhardt has long been known as a skillful and sensitive performer on a wide variety of historical guitars and with the present work he has shown himself to be equally impressive as a scholar and writer. Well worth the attention of anyone with an interest in the music of the 17th century
