THE RENAISSANCE VIHUELA & GUITAR IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY SPAIN (BOOK)MUSIC TRANSCRIBED AND ADAPTED FOR MODERN GUITARBY FRANK KOONCEFORMAT: BOOKSKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATENOTATION TYPE: TABPAGES: 192BINDING: SPIRALSERIES: FRANK KOONCEPUBLISHER: MEL BAY PUBLICATIONS, INC.DATE PUBLISHED: 11/18/2008DESCRIPTION:-SCHOLARLY EDITIONS, WHICH SERVE DIFFERENT PURPOSES THAN PERFORMANCE EDITIONS, ARE NOT OFTEN DESIGNED WITH THE MODERN GUITARIST IN MIND. FOR INSTANCE, RENAISSANCE VIHUELA TABLATURES ARE USUALLY TRANSCRIBED WITH THE OPEN FIRST STRING AS G, NOT E. MOST ARE PRESENTED IN DOUBLE-STAFF NOTATION, A MEDIUM THAT IS SUPERIOR FOR REALIZING COUNTERPOINT BUT UNCONVENTIONAL AS GUITAR NOTATION. FURTHERMORE, THESE EDITIONS SOMETIMES GIVE IDEALIZED, BUT NOT REALISTIC, SOLUTIONS FOR VOICING, NOTE DURATION, AND OTHER MATTERS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS OF OUR INSTRUMENT. GUITARISTS WHO TRY TO PLAY FROM THESE EDITIONS ESSENTIALLY ARE FACED WITH THE TASK OF TRANSCRIBING THE TRANSCRIPTION!-THIS 188-PAGE ANTHOLOGY IS DESIGNED AS A COMPANION VOLUME TO THE BAROQUE GUITAR IN SPAIN AND THE NEW WORLD (MB21122). IT INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVE SELECTIONS, EDITED FOR MODERN GUITAR, FROM THE SEVEN BOOKS FOR VIHUELA THAT WERE PUBLISHED IN SPAIN BETWEEN 1536 AND 1576.AS WELL AS BEING FUN AND ENTERTAINING MUSIC FOR ALL TO ENJOY, THESE COLLECTIONS ARE INTENDED TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN SCHOLARLY EDITIONS AND PERFORMANCE EDITIONS BY PROVIDING A HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION TO TABLATURE TRANSCRIPTION AND TO ISSUES CONCERNING HISTORICALLY INFORMED PERFORMANCE OF EARLY MUSIC ON THE GUITAR.* A 188-PAGE ANTHOLOGY, EDITED FOR MODERN GUITAR, FROM THE SEVEN BOOKS FOR VIHUELA THAT WERE PUBLISHED IN SPAIN BETWEEN 1536 AND 1576.* A COMPANION VOLUME TO THE BAROQUE GUITAR IN SPAIN AND THE NEW WORLD (MB21122).* INTENDED TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN SCHOLARLY EDITIONS AND PERFORMANCE EDITIONS.* AN INTRODUCTION TO TABLATURE TRANSCRIPTION AND TO ISSUES CONCERNING HISTORICALLY INFORMED PERFORMANCE OF EARLY MUSIC ON THE MODERN GUITAR.CONTENTS:PREFACEACKNOWLEDGEMENTS1. DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIHUELA AND GUITAR2. TUNINGS OF THE VIHUELA AND THE GUITAR3. SURVIVING INSTRUMENTS4. READING AND TRANSCRIBING TABLATURE5. THEORY AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICE6. EDITORIAL PROCEDURES7. LUIS MILÁN-FANTASÍA 1-FANTASÍA 3-FANTASÍA 10-FANTASÍA 11-FANTASÍA 16-PAVANAS 2, 4, 6-DURANDARTE8. LUIS DE NARVÁEZ-FANTASÍA 14-CANCIÓN DE NICOLAS GOMBERT-MILLE REGRETZ (CANCIÓN DEL EMPERADOR)-CUATRO DIFERENCIAS SOBRE GUÁRDAME LAS VACAS-OTRAS TRES DIFERENCIAS SOBRE GUÁRDAME LAS VACAS-BAJA DE CONTRAPUNTO-YA SE SIENTA EL REY RAMIRO-VEINTIDÓS DIFERENCIAS SOBRE CONDE CLAROS9. ALONSO MUDARRA-FANTASÍA 1-PLENI SUNT DE LA MISSA FAYSAN REGRETZ DE JOSQUIN-DIFERENCIAS SOBRE CONDE CLAROS-PAVANA DE ALEXANDRE-GALLARDA-FANTASÍA 10-PIEZAS DEL TERCERO TONO-TRISTE ESTABA EL REY DAVID-ISABEL, PERDISTE LA TU FAJA10. ENRÍQUEZ DE VALDERRÁBANO-FANTASÍA 1-FANTASÍA 19-SONETO-SONETO LOMBARDO A MANERA DE DANZA-AGNUS DEI DE CRISTÓBAL DE MORALES-SIETE DIFERENCIAS FÁCILES SOBRE GUÁRDAME LAS VACAS11. DIEGO PISADOR-PAVANA-DECIRLE AL CABALLERO-SI LA NOCHE HACE OSCURA-¿Y CON QUÉ LA LAVARÉ?12. MIGUEL DE FUENLLANA-DUO-FANTASÍA 27-TANT QUE VIVRAY-¿CON QUÉ LA LAVARÉ?-DE ANTEQUERA SALE EL MORO-FANTASÍA 40-FANTASÍA 46-FANTASÍA 5113. ESTEBAN DAZA-FANTASÍA 12-FANTASÍA 21-FANTASÍA 22-NUNCA MÁS VERÁN MIS OJOS14. FACSIMILES15. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY-NOTA: SI BUSCA ALGUNA PARTITURA O MÉTODO, ENVÍENOS UN MENSAJE Y CON GUSTO ATENDEREMOS SU COMENTARIO, SOMOS ESPECIALISTAS EN MÚSICA IMPRESA, SI REQUIERE FACTURA FAVOR DE SOLICITARLA AL MOMENTO DE SU COMPRA.