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		Francesca Caccini, Il primo libro delle musiche 1618	$ 24.95
		A Modern Critical Edition of the Secular Monodies. Francesca Caccini (1587ca.1640) composer, singer, and instrumentalist in the tradition of the Florentine Camerata. Her 1618 volume Il primo libro delle musiche was dedicated to her patron the Cardinal de' Medici. This modern critical edition presents 17 secular monodies for one and two voices with figured bass accompaniment from this landmark collection. The book includes text translations, biographical and stylistic essays, recommendations on performance practice, and other commentary. Edited by Ronald James Alexander and Richard Savino.

Instrumental Music Printed Before 1600

by Howard Mayer Brown

$32.95

This work lists and describes all of the 400 books containing music for instrument
that were published during the sixteenth century. This bibliography covers music
for solo lute, guitar, vihuela, harpsichord and organ, music for voice and one
accompanying instrument, and for instrumental ensembles, and instrumental
and ornamentation treatises.

Embellishing 16th - Century Music

by Howard Mayer Brown

$32.00

The players and singers of the 16th century were expected to add elaborate
ornamentation according to very precise rules; but exactly how these rules
should be interpreted and applied has always presented considerable problems
to the modern performer. This book is a clear, concise, practical guide to the
kinds of ornamentation appropriate to sixteenth-century music

		Editing Early Music 2nd Edition by John Caldwell	$55.00
		Editing Early Music is design as a guide to editorial procedures suitable for music written from the Middle Ages to about 1830. There is an introductory chapter on the principles of editing and transcribing, followed by three chapters devoted to medieval and early renaissance music, the Renaissance, and baroque and classical music. The final chapter deals with the preparation of copy and other practical matters.

		"Nobilita di Dame" Fabritio Caroso. Ed. J. Sutton	$18.95
		Courtly Dance of the Renaissance (1600) by Fabrizio Caroso, translated and edited by Julia Sutton. One of the best-known guides to courtly dance of the Renaissance, an Italian dance manual offering a rich repertoire of social dance.

		18th Century Continuo Playing by Jesper Boje Christensen	$ 65.00
		Using 18th century manuals by Dandrieu, St. Lambert, Heinichen, Telemann and others, Christensen in his figured bass tutor shows how to produce stylistically accurate figured bass realizations. In addition, Christiensen has added comments and written examples of his own.

		Guitar Methods and Treatises France 1600-1800 Vol I	$ 68.00
		Guitar Methods and Treatises France 1600-1800 Vol II	$ 68.00
		Guitar Methods and Treatises France 1600-1800 Vols I & II	$120.00

Facsimile compilation of the different introductory prefaces and tutorials found at the start of the following guitar
publications between 1600-1800. Vol. 1 Ancelet - Carpentier (1-2) - Corbetta - Corrette - De Visée - DeRosiers
Don*** - Encyclopédie - Garsault - Lecocq - Merchi (1) - Mersenne - Trichet. Vol. II Alberti - Anonyme - Encyclopédie
méthodique - Gatayes - Guichard - Laborde - Lemoine - Macquer - Merchi (2) - Pollet.

		Esteban Daça. Libro de Música en cifras para Vihuela 1576	$225.00
		Complete facsimile of the original publication "El Parnasso" and a complete transcription into modern notation (Treble clef) Transcription by Rodrigo de Zayas.

		Esteban Daça, The Fantasias for Vihuela Edited by John Griffiths	$ 36.00
		"El Parnasso" Valladolid 1576, is an anthology of music for the vihuela and the last book of tablature known to have been printed for that instrument. The twenty-two fantasias in this edition make up the Libro Primero (i.e., first section) of "El Parnasso", which is divided into three sections, libro primero, segundo & tercero.

		The Collected Lute Music of John Dowland	$110.95
		During His life time J. Dowland (1563-1625-26) was one of the few English composers whose fame spread throughout Europe. This edition of Dowlands's lute music had to be gathered together from diverse sources; source which are scattered throughout the libraries and museums of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, America and the continent of Europe. Transcribed and Edited by Diana Poulton & Basil Lam. 3rd Ed.

		Fernando Ferandiere, Alfredo Vicent	$ 36.95
		Fernando Ferandiere (ca.1740-ca. 1816) Un Perfil Paradigmático de un músico de su tiempo en España. Scholarly research into the life and work of this baroque guitarist. Text in Spanish.

Denis Gaultier, La Rhetorique Des Dieux,

Edited by David Buch

$ 41.00

$ 30.00 Facsimile

This publication of Gaultier's eleven suites for lute from the La Rhetorique des Dieux, compiled
between 1648-1652, makes available for the first time in faithful transcription and in facsimile
the complete tablature of this well-known manuscript. Transcription Ed. by D. Buch

		Francisco Guerau. Poema Harmónico 1694	$150.00
		Complete facsimile of the original publication "Poema Harmónico 1694" and a complete transcription into modern notation (treble clef) Transcription by Thomas Schmitt

		Fondo Desconocido de Música para Guitarra by Luis Briso de Montano	$ 40.00
		Spanish and French music for guitar from around 1790 to 1808 in the Biblioteca Histórica Municipal de Madrid. Catalog and notes about the various composers. Antonio Abreu, Charles Doisy, Fernando Ferandiere, François de Fossa, Federico Moretti are amongst the guitarists discussed. Text in Spanish

THE FOLIA, THE SARABAND, THE PASSACAGLIA,

AND THE CHACONNE

Vol. I Folia

Vol II Saraband

Vol III Passacaglia

Vol. IV Chaconne

$ 70.00

The historical Evolution of Four Forms that Originated in Music for the Five-Course Spanish
Guitar by Richard Hudson The folia, saraband, passacaglia, and chaconne, each trace a long
history that began around 1600 in the popular guitar music of Italy and Spain. Development
taking place between 1606 & 1640 in guitar tablatures was crucial for the evolution of these
forms. The present volumes include significant examples demonstrating the transformation of
each form.

		Luis Milan on the 16th-Century Performance Practice by Luis Gasser	$ 32.95
		A study of the unique history behind Milan's vihuela book El Maestro (Valencia 1536). Issues analyzed include modality, use of meter, ornamentation, and performance.

		Complete Works for Lute of Francesco Da Milano. Ed.Ruggero Chiesa Transcription in modern notation treble clef.
		Volume 1 - Original Compositions	$250.00
		Volume 2 - Intabulations	$250.00

		Ramillete de Flores. Música Española del XVI para vihuela	$ 32.95
		Collection of pieces for vihuela from an anonymous manuscript from the Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid. Transcription by Juan José Rey. Includes the original tablature realization and a modern notation transcription.

		Luys de Narváez. Música Española del XVI para vihuela	$250.00
		Complete facsimile of the original publication "Los Seys Libros del Delphin de Música", and a complete transcription into modern notation (treble clef) Arr. Rodrigo de Zayas. Out of Print

		Spanish Romances of the Sixteenth Century Thomas Binkley & Margit Frenk Permanently Out of Print!	$ 28.00
		The Spanish romance had strong ties to both medieval and Renaissance performance. This book presents all 35 of the extant romances preserved as solo songs, transcribed in modern notation with accompaniment for the vihuela de mano. Includes English translations of the romances.

		Songs with Theorbo (ca. 1650-1663) Edited by Gordon Callon	$ 55.00
		The two manuscripts Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Broxbourne 84.9 and London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 1041 contain 44 songs, mostly with theorbo or luteaccompaniment; 29 songs are in English, with seven in French and eight in Italian. The English composers of these songs include Henry and William Lawes, Nicholas Lanier, and Charles Colman. Three French songs can be identified as the work of François de Chancy, Michel Lambert, and Jean de Cambefort. Seven of the English songs (by Locke, Goodgroome, Marsh, Edward Colman, Henry Lawes, and an anonymous source) are in a later section of the Lambeth Palace Manuscripts (ca. 1665–1670), and are with a thorough-bass accompaniment. Many songs are embellished with written-out ornamentation.

		Continuo Playing on the Lute, Archlute and Theorbo by Nigel North Click to view table of Contents	$64.00
		In this extraordinarily broad survey, Nigel North discusses the history of the lute, the archlute, and the theorbo and gives practical advice on technique, the choice of instrument for particular music, and the preparation of scores. Hard cover.

		Diego Ortiz, Trattado de Glossas. Ed. Otterstedt	$ 74.00
		Ortiz's 1553 Trattado is a classic in the art of musical ornamentation. Part 1 provides examples of every cadence while part 2 discusses the interplay between viola da gamba and harpsichord, including many pieces for this combination of instruments as illustrations. Translation into English and German, an introduction by A. Otterstedt, and standard notation transcription of the Trattado.

		Diego Pisador. El libro de música de vihuela (1552)	$105.00
		Complete facsimile of the original publication, complete transcription into modern notation (treble clef), and research study. Transcription by Francisco Roa & Felipe Gértrudix.

		A Tutor for the Renaissance Lute by Diana Poulton	$ 49.00
		Matters of practical concern, such as choosing, maintaining and tuning a lute, tablature notation, exercises for the left and right hands, to realizations of French, German and Italian tablature.

		Gaspar Sanz. Música Española para Guitarra Barroca	$195.00
		Complete facsimile of the original publication, tablature realization, and a complete transcription into modern notation (treble clef) Transcription by Rodrigo de Zayas.

		Gaspar Sanz Complete Works for Guitar. Robert Strizich	$ 94.00
		Transcribed and Edited for Classical Guitar by Robert Strizich. A Transcription and Translation of the Complete Music and Text in Sanz's Instrucción de Música Sobre la Guitarra Espagñola (Zaragoza, 1674/5 & 1697)

		G. A. Terzi: The Lute Fantasias Edited by Suzanne Court	$ 64.00
		Giovanni Antonio Terzi, of whom little is known biographically, composed music collected in two important lute books published in Venice in 1593 and 1599. A large proportion of those books is given to intabulations of vocal music which are of considerable interest to both performer and scholar. However, the fantasias presented in this edition are some of the most accomplished of the generation after Francesco da Milano. They represent a last flowering of the lute fantasia in the imitative style often found with motets and, as a consequence, demonstrate a debt to vocal forms and structures. The fantasias, canzona-fantasia, toccatas and prelude of this volume, presented in conventional grand staff notation and Italian tablature, provide both performers and scholars access to exemplary examples of the late-sixteenth-century solo fantasia genre.

José de Torres's Treatise of 1736

Annotated Ed. Paul Murphy General Rules For Accompanying on the Organ, Harpsichord, and Harp,
by Knowing Bass in Canto Figurado (Figured Bass)

$ 40.00

Maestro de Capilla in the court of Philip V, Torres's book was Spain's first printed treatise to
deal with thorough bass keyboard accompaniment in a modern context. Torres teaches practical
approach to creating harmonies according to melodic movement and an unfigured bass. Includes
an edited transcription of Torres's Spanish original and an annotated English translation.

The Guitar And Its Music. Renaissance to the Classical Era
James Tyler and Paul Sparks Back in Print

$55.00

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This book presents new research on the history and development of the guitar and its music from
the Renaissance to the dawn of the Classical era. A systematic study of the two main guitar types
found between about 1550 and 1750 focusing on sources of music and writings of contemporary
theorists. Additional research of the guitar's history from the 1750's to 1800's examines how the
five-course guitar gradually gave way to the six-string instrument, a fascinating process that
occurred in different ways and times in France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Britain. Soft Cover.

		The Early Mandolin - The Mandolino and the Neapolitan Mandoline by James Tyler and Paul Sparks	$35.95
		This possibility that there might have been two main types of early mandolin - the gut-stringed mandolino, played with the fingers, and the later Neapolitan mandoline with metal strings, played with a plectrum - seems not to have been considered. This book identifies the two early mandolins, their history and their repertories, which include works by Handel, Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Hummel, Beethoven, and Samartini.

		The Classical Mandolin by Paul Sparks	$35.95
		A "hidden" instrument in the classical music world, the mandolin's repertoire of original music remains largely unknown. The Classical Mandolin examines the lives and works of the mandolin's great composers and, together with Sparks's earlier the Early Mandolin (1989), provides the first comprehensive survey of the instrument's history. The book also explores aspects of technique and looks at present-day orchestras and soloists.

Robert de Visée, Thematic index with a table of concordance

by Gérard Rebours

Text in French, English, Italian and Spanish

$38.00

		Santiago de Murcia "Códice Saldívar No. 4" by Craig Russell The "Códice Saldívar No. 4", one of the few extant instrumental sources from "New Spain", is a large, anthology of compositions for the five-course baroque guitar. The first volume includes a biography of Murcia, an analysis and critical commentary for all the manuscript's music, concordances of variants and correspondences, and a bibliography and index. The second features a facsimile of the entire manuscript and a transcription of the ninety-four dance pieces into standard modern notation.	Volume I
			$ 62.95
			Volume II
			$ 42.95

		The Lute in Britain, History of the Instrument & Its Music by Matthew Spring - Click to view table of Contents	$48.00
		The lute was one of the most important instruments in use in Europe from late medieval times up to the eighteenth century, as a solo instrument, in combination with other instruments, or with the voice. Spring focuses on the lute in Britain from 1285 into the eighteenth century, but also includes two chapters devoted to continental developments: one on the transition from medieval to renaissance, the other on renaissance to baroque. Paper Back.

		Intavolatura di Liuto. Sylvius Leopold Weiss. Ed. R. Chiesa	$475.00
		Transcribed into modern notation by Ruggero Chiesa from the original at the British museum. The work of Weiss, all in manuscript with the exception of one piece, is preserved principally in the vast collections of the British museum and the Library in Dresden.

		Weiss, Lute Concerti. Lute Concerti w/ Instrumental Part	$ 88.00
		Only four concerti by Dresden lutenist Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) are known to survive. The four works comprising this volume were composed during Weiss’s tenure as lutenist at Dresden, and include a concerto for lute with four- part strings; a concerto grosso for lute, flute, violin, viola da gamba, and cello with ripieno strings; and two concerti for lute with two violins and cello. All were reconstructed from the extant lute tablatures in Dresden and Augsburg; any other accompanying parts or scores are lost. Edited Richard Stone

		Weiss, The Moscow Manuscript. Facsimile and Transcription	$ 65.00
		Transcribed and edited by Tim Crawford. This edition presents a photographic reproduction and a treble and bass transcription. The tablature of the Moscow Weiss MS is for the 13-course baroque lute, as used by Weiss after about 1720. The six basic stopped courses of the instrument are tuned to a D-minor chord: f' d' a f d A

		The Wickhambrook Lute Manuscript, Edited by D. Stephens	$ 28.00
		Originating in England during the 16th century, Contains pieces for one and two lute by composers of the Elizabethan period. Eighteen dances, consisting of nine pavans, six galiards, two almans and one jig by lutenist, J. Johnson, J. Dowland, P. Philips, and A. Holborne. Trans. in grand-staff & tablature.

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