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Luis Milan on Sixteenth-Century Performance Practice Luis Gasser

Luis Milan on Sixteenth-Century Performance Practice By Luis Gasser

Luis Milan on Sixteenth-Century Performance Practice by Luis Gasser

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Summary

The musical and literary works of Luis Milton reveal the performance practices and theoretical conventions of the early 16th century.

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Luis Milan on Sixteenth-Century Performance Practice by Luis Gasser

. . . valuable . . . impressive . . . -The Times Literary Supplement

For anyone interested in Milan's music, this is an excellent source of information. -Renaissance Quarterly

Luis Milan (1536-1561) was a lutenist, singer, composer, and poet. His collection of lute tablatures, El Maestro, is the first book of instrumental music known to have been printed in Spain. Luis Gasser discusses Milan's attention to modality, his use of meter, and the ornamentation in his songs and fantasias.

Luis Milan on Sixteenth-Century Performance Practice Reviews

... valuable ... impressive ... - The Times Literary Supplement For anyone interested in Milon's music, this is an excellent source of information. - Renaissance Quarterly

About Luis Gasser

LUIS GASSER, Professor at the University of Barcelona, holds degrees from Barcelona Conservatory, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and Stanford University. Like his subject, he is active as a composer, writer and performer on guitar and lute.

Table of Contents

Foreword by George Houle
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
2. Background
Biography of Milan
The Dukes of Calabria and their Valencian court
Milan's religious beliefs
Naples
The Cancioneros
3. El Cortesano
General plan
Style
Performance
4. El Maestro
Background
General plan
Modality
Tempo indications
Meter, tactus and time signature
Text setting
Ornamentation
Songs
Fantasias: Style and structure
Milan's tablature
Tuning and temperament

Notes
Bibliography
Incipits
Index

Additional information

NLS9780253210180
9780253210180
0253210186
Luis Milan on Sixteenth-Century Performance Practice by Luis Gasser
Luis Gasser
New
Paperback
Indiana University Press
1996-10-22
232
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