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Millioni, Pietro
[Quart]o libro d'in[tav]olatura di chitarra spagnola (1635).
I. Overview
This book seems to be a composite of material originally printed in Millioni 1627a and Millioni 1627b and new material, but the only existing copy is incomplete.
Title: [Quart]o libro d'in[tav]olatura di chitarra spagnola di Pietro Millioni . . . Novamente Ristampato dal medesimo Millioni con l'accrescimento di molte Sonate curiose. . . . (Rome: Paolo Masotti, 1635). [title page partially missing]
Description:
[16] pp. in movable type; remainder is missing
[13] pieces
Foliation: none
Page Size -- I-Bc: c15.3 cm. (width) X c9.5 cm.
II. Prefatory Material
p. (1) -- [QUART]O LIBRO D'IN[TAV]OLATURA DI CHITARRA SPAGNOLA DI PIETRO MILLIONI . . . Novamente Ristampato dal medesimo Millioni con l'accrescimento di molte Sonate curiose. . . . [title page]
p. (2) -- [drawing of a guitar marking the strings and of a hand naming the fingers]
p. 3 -- NUOVA, E FACILE DICHIARATIONE . . . [verbal alfabeto]
pp. 4-6 -- [verbal alfabeto, cont.]
p. 7 -- Quando si sapranno far ben lettere, si potra . . . [= Millioni 1627b mostly]
p. 8 -- si sonaranno le sonate . . . [= Millioni 1627b; explanation of letters with no strokes]
p. 9 -- [= Millioni 1627b]
p. 10 -- [approximates Millioni 1627b; option of trilli; explanation of trillo and repicco]
p. 11 -- [tuning]
[Alfabeto (with finger dots):]
| + | A | At | B | C | Ct | C5 | D | Dt | E | Et | F | G | H | I | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | V | X | Z | & |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Lettere false
| +f | Af | Bf | Cf | Df | Ef | Ff | Gf | Hf | If |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
III. Notation
Tablature: Alfabeto and stroke signs only; no meter or rhythm signs, or barlines; ornaments: right hand trill indicated as "t" [= Millioni 1627b; otherwise like Millioni 1627a]
Instrument: 5-course guitar
IV. Indices
Title information in brackets [ ] is editorial; information in parentheses
| Page | Title | Key | Meter | Reprinted from: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| p. 12 | Passacaglij per A con trillo | G | [3/4] | = Millioni 1627b (p. 9) |
| p. 12 | Passacaglij per D con Trillo | a | [3/4] | expansion of Millioni 1627a (p. 10) with trilliNote 1 |
| p. 12 | Passacaglij per O con trilli | g | [3/4] | = Millioni 1627b (p. 9) |
| p. 13 | Ciaccona per A con Trilli | G | [3/4] | = Millioni 1627b (p. 10) |
| p. 13 | Ciaccona per G con Trillo | F | [3/4] | = Millioni 1627b (p. 10) |
| p. 14 | Bergemasca per A con trilli | G | [4/4] | expansion of Millioni 1627a (p. 11) with trilli |
| p. 14 | Bergamasca per B | C | [4/4] | |
| p. 14 | Bergamasca per I | A | [4/4] | |
| p. 15 | Folias per O con trilli | g | [3/4] | expansion of Millioni 1631 (p. 23) with trilli |
| p. 15 | Folias per D | a | [3/4] | cf. Millioni 1627b (p. 13) |
| p. 16 | Folias per + | e | [3/4] | |
| p. 16 | Folias per P | f | [3/4] | |
| [I-Bc copy incomplete after p. 16] |
Notes:
1. Trilli are ornamental strums that divide the normal rhythm into smaller groups. Return to text
Index of Genres (incomplete):
The following chart summarizes the solo guitar contents of the book by genre. Major genres are given by the form used in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2d ed., with the forms actually used in the book in parentheses. Lesser known titles are grouped under "miscellaneous dances" and "songs." Rhythmic variations and rotte are considered part of the main work. Note that since the book is incomplete and there is no contents page, the following chart represents only those pieces present . . .
| Genres: | total | major | minor | meter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folia (Folias) | 4 | 0 | 4 | [3/4] |
| Bergamasca | 3 | 3 | 0 | [4/4] |
| Passacaglia (Passacaglij) | 3 | 1 | 2 | [3/4] |
| Chaconne (Ciaccona) | 2 | 2 | 0 | [3/4] |
| Totals: | 12 | 6 | 6 | [3/4] = 9 [4/4] = 3 |
Index of Keys Used (incomplete):
Keys used in the book; an * indicates that the key is only used in a passacaglia. Note that the pitch is relative and that since the guitarist was using tablature, there was no need to think in terms of traditional key signatures.
| A major | 1 | A minor | 2 | |
| B flat major | 0 | B flat minor | 0 | |
| B major | 0 | B minor | 0 | |
| C major | 1 | C minor | 0 | |
| C sharp major | 0 | C sharp minor | 0 | |
| D major | 0 | D minor | 0 | |
| E flat major | 0 | E flat minor | 1 | |
| E major | 0 | E minor | 0 | |
| F major | 1 | F minor | 1 | |
| F sharp major | 0 | F sharp minor | 0 | |
| G major | 3 | G minor | 2 | |
| A flat major | 0 | A flat minor | 0 |
Index of Names:
MASOTTI, Paolo [printer]
In Roma Appresso Paolo Masotti, 1635. Con licenza de'Superiori. / p. (1)
MILLIONI, Pietro [composer]
[QUART]O LIBRO D'IN[TAV]OLATURA DI CHITARRA SPAGNOLA DI PIETRO MILLIONI . . . Novamente Ristampato dal medesimo Millioni con l'accrescimento di molte Sonate curiose. . . . [partly missing] / p. (1)
V. Bibliography
Boye, Gary R. "Giovanni Battista Granata and the Development of Printed Guitar Music in Seventeenth-Century Italy" (diss., Duke Univeristy, 1995).
________. "Performing Seventeenth-Century Italian Guitar Music: the Question of an Appropriate Stringing" in Performance on Lute, Guitar and Vihuela: Historical Practice and Modern Interpretation, ed. V.A. Coelho (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997).
________. "The Case of the Purloined Letter Tablature: The 17th-Century Guitar Books of Foriano Pico and Pietro Millioni." Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music 11:1 (2005).
Hudson, Richard. Passacaglio and Ciaccona: From Guitar Music to Italian Keyboard Variations in the 17th Century (Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1981).
Répertoire international des sources musicales: Einzeldrucke vor 1800. RISM A/I [M 2839
Tyler, James, and Paul Sparks. The Guitar and Its Music: From the Renaissance to the Classical Era (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).
Weidlich, Joseph. "Battuto Performance Practice in Early Italian Guitar Music." Journal of the Lute Society of America 11 (1978): 63-86.
VI. Exemplars
I-Bc = Italy: Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale G. B. Martini (visited in 1991-1992)
Condition: very poor; title page mutilated and partially illegible; pp. 17+ missing; pages badly torn around edges; stained and wrinkled; pp. 1-4 are loose
Binding: none [in small paper folder]
Manuscript additions:
p. (1) -- some illegible marks; almost illegible name [?; in same place as Millioni 1627b]
pp. 4-5 -- small slashes through capital letters of chords C, D, Dt, E, Et, F, G, H, I, L, O
p. 14 -- left margin: "I / di [s? r?] e [?]" ?? line 5
p. 15 -- line 4 "+" ??; line 5 "+" with scribble ??
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