Millioni 1636

Millioni, Pietro

Corona del primo, secondo, e terzo libro d'intavolatura di chitarra spagnola (1636)

I. Overview

This book is incomplete, but it's contents appear to equal Millioni 1635a exactly.

Title: Corona del primo, secondo, e terzo libro d'intavolatura di chitarra (Milano: Filippo Ghidolfi, G.B. Cerri & C. Ferrardi, 1636).

Description:
64 pp. in movable type [pp. 51-61 missing in F:Pn copy]
71 + [14] pieces
Foliation: none
Page Size -- F-Pn: 15.2 cm. (width) X 9.7 cm.

II. Prefatory Material

p. (1) -- CORONA DEL PRIMO, SECONDO, E TERZO LIBRO D'INTAVOLATURA DI CHITARRA SPAGNOLA DI PIETRO MILLIONI. Nuovamente ristampata dal medesimo con l'accrescimento di molte lettere false, per poter sonar, senza mai far lettere ordinarie. Una regola per imparar' il modo d'accordare dodici Chitarre, per poterle sonare insieme in concerto ciascheduna per differente Chiave, overo Lettera; & anco l'Alfabeto, & accordatura per il Chitarrino, overo Ghitarra Italiana. . . Milano, Filippo Ghidolfi, G.B. Cerri & C. Ferrardi, 1636 . . . [title page]

p. (2) -- [guitar with 8 frets, 5 courses and hand with fingers labelled]

p. 3 -- [verbal alfabeto: +,A, At, B, C, Ct]

p. 4 -- [verbal alfabeto: C5, D, Dt, E, F, G, H; no Et as in Millioni 1636]

p. 5 -- [verbal alfabeto: I, K, L, M, N, O, P]

p. 6 -- [verbal alfabeto: Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z, &]

p. 7 -- [false alfabeto: +f, Af, Bf, Cf, Df, Ef]

p. 8 -- [false alfabeto: Ff, Gf, Hf, If; note on tablature]

p. 9 -- [alfabeto in tablature; at bottom:] Chi volesse ancor'imparare à far le lettere per sonar' il Chitarrino, overo Chitarra [sic] Italiana per via di numeri, e linee, si servi delli medesimi numeri, e linee, lasciando però la quinta corda, & osservi la medesima regola.

pp. 10-11 -- [verbal alfabeto for "Chitarrino" or 4 course guitar; = above w/o 5th course]

[Alfabeto (with finger dots):]

+AAtBCCtC5DDtEEtFGHIK
220[3]000000023101
2002000220023323
0000222212212323
0331333103301322
0330[2]05001001101

 

LMNOPQRSTVXZ&
3131342124244
1110344114423
0310134312411
4413124412352
3343122242241

Lettere false

 

+fAfBfCfDfEfFfGfHfIf
7570007050
5050705707
0057579536
0857560665
0705050560

[The At, Ct, C5, Dt, Et, and Ff chords are not used. Other chords used in the tablature:]

M3N3Q2R2R4V2X2
3553453
3355655
5345635
6335634
5633433

p. 12 -- [= Millioni 1627a]

p. 13 -- [tuning for 4 and 5 course guitars]

p. 14 -- [chord corrispondence chart]

pp. 15-16 -- [tuning for 12 guitars]

III. Notation

Tablature: Similar to Millioni 1631; alfabeto and stroke signs only; no meter or rhythm signs, or barlines.

Instrument: 5-course guitar

IV. Indices

Title information in brackets [ ] is editorial; information in parentheses

Index of Pieces:

PageTitleKeyMeterReprinted from:
p. 17Passacagli (diversi) sopra tutte le lettere per B. quadroG[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 10), Millioni 1631 (p. 17), and Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 17[Passacaglia]C[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 10) and Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 17[Passacaglia]D[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 10) and Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 17[Passacaglia]E[3/4]Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 17[Passacaglia]F[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 11), Millioni 1631 (p. 17), and Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 17[Passacaglia]Bb[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 11) and Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 17[Passacaglia]A[3/4]Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 17[Passacaglia]Eb[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 11), Millioni 1631 (p. 17), and Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 17[Passacaglia]Ab[3/4]Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 17[Passacaglia]F#[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 18) and Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 17[Passacaglia]B[3/4]Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 17[Passacaglia]C#[3/4]Millioni 1635a (p. 17)
p. 18Passacagli sopra tutte le lettere per B mollee[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 17) and Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 18[Passacaglia]a[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 10), Millioni 1631 (p. 17), and Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 18[Passacaglia]d[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 10), Millioni 1631 (p. 17), and Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 18[Passacaglia]bb[3/4]Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 18[Passacaglia]c[3/4]Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 18[Passacaglia]g[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 11), Millioni 1631 (p. 18), and Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 18[Passacaglia]f[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 11), Millioni 1631 (p. 18), and Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 18[Passacaglia]eb[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 18) and Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 18[Passacaglia]ab[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 18) and Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 18[Passacaglia]f#[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 18) and Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 18[Passacaglia]b[3/4]Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 18[Passacaglia]c#[3/4]Millioni 1635a (p. 18)
p. 19Giaccone (Ciaccone) diverseG[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 13), Millioni 1631 (p. 19), and Millioni 1635a (p. 19)
p. 19[Ciaccone]C[3/4]Millioni 1627c (p. 61), Millioni 1631 (p. 19), and Millioni 1635a (p. 19)
p. 19[Ciaccone]D[3/4]Millioni 1627c (p. 39), Millioni 1631 (p. 19), and Millioni 1635a (p. 19)
p. 19[Ciaccone]E[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 19) and Millioni 1635a (p. 19)
p. 19[Ciaccone]F[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 13), Millioni 1631 (p. 19), and Millioni 1635a (p. 19)
p. 19[Ciaccone]Bb[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 19) and Millioni 1635a (p. 19)
p. 20Giaccone (Ciaccone) con mutanzeG[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 20) and Millioni 1635a (p. 20)
p. 20[Ciaccone con mutanze]F[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 20) and Millioni 1635a (p. 20)
p. 21Bergamasca (per A)G[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 21) and Millioni 1635a (p. 21)
p. 21Favorita (per H)g[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 21) and Millioni 1635a (p. 21)
p. 22Favorita (per G)d[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 22) and Millioni 1635a (p. 22)
p. 22Bergamasca (per G [C])D[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 22) and Millioni 1635a (p. 22)
p. 23Folias per Og[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 23) and Millioni 1635a (p. 23)
p. 23Folias passeggiata per Ed[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 23) and Millioni 1635a (p. 23)
p. 24Folias per O, con mutanzag[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 24) and Millioni 1635a (p. 24)
p. 24Folias per Ed[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 24) and Millioni 1635a (p. 24)
p. 25Pavaniglia per Og[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 25) and Millioni 1635a (p. 25)
p. 25Ballo del fiore (per O)g[4/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 16), Millioni 1631 (p. 25), and Millioni 1635a (p. 25)
p. 26Ballo del fiore (per E)d[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 26) and Millioni 1635a (p. 26)
p. 26Pavaniglia per Ed[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 26) and Millioni 1635a (p. 26)
p. 27Gagliarda per AG[3/2]Millioni 1627a (p. 21), Millioni 1631 (p. 27), and Millioni 1635a (p. 27)
p. 28Gagliarda per CD[3/2]Millioni 1631 (p. 28) and Millioni 1635a (p. 28)
p. 29Ruggiero per AG[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 29) and Millioni 1635a (p. 29)
p. 30Ruggiero per CD[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 30) and Millioni 1635a (p. 30)
p. 31Tenor di Napoli per AG[4/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 27), Millioni 1631 (p. 31), and Millioni 1635a (p. 31)
p. 32Tenor di Napoli per CD[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 32) and Millioni 1635a (p. 32); cf. Millioni 1627c (p. 25)
p. 33Romanesca per Hg[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 33) and Millioni 1635a (p. 33)
p. 34Romanesca per Gd[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 34) and Millioni 1635a (p. 34)
p. 35Fantinella per Hg[4/4?]Millioni 1631 (p. 35) and Millioni 1635a (p. 35)
p. 36Fantinella per G (O)d[4/4?]Millioni 1631 (p. 36) and Millioni 1635a (p. 36)
p. 37Spagnoletta per Og[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 37) and Millioni 1635a (p. 37); cf. Millioni 1627a (p. 44)
p. 38Spagnoletta (per E)d[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 38) and Millioni 1635a (p. 38)
p. 39Monica per Og[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 39) and Millioni 1635a (p. 39); cf. Millioni 1627a (p. 43)
p. 40Monica per Ed[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 40) and Millioni 1635a (p. 40); cf. Millioni 1627c (p. 36)
p. 41Marchetta per AG[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 39), Millioni 1631 (p. 41), and Millioni 1635a (p. 41)
p. 41GiacconaG[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 13), Millioni 1631 (p. 41), and Millioni 1635a (p. 41)
p. 42Marchetta per CD[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 42) and Millioni 1635a (p. 42); cf. Millioni 1627c (p. 39)
p. 42GiacconaD[3/4]Millioni 1627c (p. 39), Millioni 1631 (p. 42), and Millioni 1635a (p. 42)
p. 43Aria Nuova per Hg[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 48), Millioni 1631 (p. 43), and Millioni 1635a (p. 43)
p. 43Passacagliog[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 11), Millioni 1631 (p. 43), and Millioni 1635a (p. 43)
p. 44Aria Nuova per Gd[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 44) and Millioni 1635a (p. 44)
p. 44Passacagliod[3/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 10), Millioni 1631 (p. 44), and Millioni 1635a (p. 44)
p. 45Pass'e mezzo passeggiato per C (A)G[4/4]Millioni 1627b (p. 66), Millioni 1631 (p. 45), and Millioni 1635a (p. 45)
p. 46Pass'e mezzo passeggiato per CD[4/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 46), Millioni 1631 (p. 46), and Millioni 1635a (p. 46)
p. 47Aria di Fiorenza per AG[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 47) and Millioni 1635a (p. 47)
p. 48--Rotta dell'Aria di Fiorenza per AG[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 48) and Millioni 1635a (p. 48)
p. 49Aria di Fiorenza con mutanza per AG[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 49) and Millioni 1635a (p. 49)
p. 50Aria di Fiorenza per CD[4/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 50) and Millioni 1635a (p. 50)
p. 51(Pass'e mezzo passeggiato per D)a[4/4]MISSING; = Millioni 1631 (p. 51) and Millioni 1635a (p. 51)?
p. 52(Pass'e mezzo passeggiato per B)d[4/4]MISSING; = Millioni 1631 (p. 52) and Millioni 1635a (p. 52)?
p. 53(Siciliana per D)a[4/4]MISSING; = Millioni 1627a (p. 55), Millioni 1631 (p. 53), and Millioni 1635a (p. 53)?
p. 54(Sinfonia per O)g[4/4]MISSING; = Millioni 1627b (p. 59), Millioni 1631 (p. 54), and Millioni 1635a (p. 54)?
p. 55(Allegrezza d'Amore)D[3/4]MISSING; = Millioni 1627a (p. 42), Millioni 1631 (p. 55), and Millioni 1635a (p. 55)?
p. 56(Brando di Malta per C)D[3/2?]MISSING; = Millioni 1627a (p. 54), Millioni 1631 (p. 62), and Millioni 1635a (p. 56)?
p. 56(Villan di Spagna per C)D[4/4]MISSING; = Millioni 1627a (p. 54), Millioni 1631 (p. 62), and Millioni 1635a (p. 56)?
p. 57(Corrente Francese)g[3/4]MISSING; = Millioni 1635a (p. 57)?
p. 58(Ballo d'Ossona)F[4/4?]MISSING; = Millioni 1635a (p. 58)?
p. 59(Balletto di Mantova)d[4/4?]MISSING; = Millioni 1635a (p. 59)?
p. 60(Aurilla mia)D[4/4?]MISSING; = Millioni 1635a (p. 60)?
p. 61(Girometta per C)D[4/4?]MISSING; = Millioni 1631 (p. 61) and Millioni 1635a (p. 61)?
p. 61(Ballo di Trapollino per G)D?[4/4?]MISSING; = Millioni 1631 (p. 61) and Millioni 1635a (p. 61)?
p. 62(Novella son pentio)d[4/4?]MISSING; = Millioni 1635a (p. 62)

Index of Genres:

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. The missing pieces are added, based on Millioni 1635a and the surviving table of contents of this book.

Genres:totalmajorminormeter
Passacaglia (Passacaglij, Passacaglio)261214[3/4]
Chaconne (Ciaccona, Giaccone)10100[3/4]
miscellaneous dances . . . (Tenor di Napoli, Girumetta, Ballo di Mantova, Ballo d'Ossona, Ballo di Trapollino, Marchetta)8626 in [4/4] and
2 in [3/4]
Folia (Folias)404[3/4]
Passamezzo (Pass'e mezzo)422[4/4]
Romanesca (Ballo del Fiore)404[4/4]
Ballo del Gran Duca (Aria di Fiorenza)330[4/4]
Galliard (Gagliarda)220[3/2]
miscellaneous songs . . . (Aria Nuova, Allegrezza d'Amore, Aurilla mia, Novello son pentio)5143 in [3/4] and
2 in [4/4]
Bergamasca (Bergamasche)220[4/4]
Fantinella202[4/4]
Favorita202[4/4]
Monica (Monicha)202[4/4]
Pavaniglia202[4/4]
Ruggiero220[4/4]
Spagnoletta202[3/4]
Brando110[3/2?]
Corrente (Francese)101[3/4]
Siciliana101[4/4]
Sinfonia101[4/4]
Villano (Vilan di Spagna)110[4/4]
Totals:854243[3/4] = 48
[4/4] = 34
[3/2] = 3

Index of Keys Used:

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 major1* A minor3
B flat major2 B flat minor1*
B major1* B minor1*
C major2 C minor1*
C sharp major1* C sharp minor1*
D major14 D minor17
E flat major1* E flat minor1*
E major2 E minor1*
F major4 F minor1*
F sharp major1* F sharp minor1*
G major12 G minor14
A flat major1* A flat minor1*

Index of Names:

GHIDOLFI, Filippo [printer]
In Milano . . . Filippo Ghidolfi . . . 1636 . . . / p. (1)

MILLIONI, Pietro [composer]
CORONA DEL PRIMO, SECONDO, E TERZO LIBRO D'INTAVOLATURA DI CHITARRA SPAGNOLA DI PIETRO
MILLIONI . . . / 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).

Meucci, Renato. "Da 'chitarra italiana' a 'chitarrone': una nuova interpretazione." in Enrico Radesca di Foggia e il suo tempo: Atti del Convegno di studi Foggia, 7-8 Aprile 2000, Francesca Seller, ed. Strumenti della ricerca musicale collana della Società Italiana di Musicologia 5 (Lucca, Italy: Libreria Musicale Italiana, 2001), 37-57.

Répertoire international des sources musicales: Einzeldrucke vor 1800. RISM A/I [M 2835 and [MM 2835 (incorrect as 1631)

Répertoire International des Sources Musicales, RISM B/VI/1: François Lesure, Écrits imprimés concernant la musique. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1971- .

Tyler, James, and Paul Sparks. The Guitar and Its Music: From the Renaissance to the Classical Era (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002): 56, 81.

Weidlich, Joseph. "Battuto Performance Practice in Early Italian Guitar Music." Journal of the Lute Society of America 11 (1978): 63-86.

VI. Exemplars

F-Pn = France: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, épartement de la Musique (visited in 1992)

Condition: Darkened paper but fairly thick pages in good shape; firm print; some bleeding. Copy was transferred from F-Pth.

Binding: Recent plain brown cardboard.

Manuscript additions:
Cover -- white tape: "MUSIQUE Rés.VmF 44"
Inside cover -- "mq pp. 51-62"; white tape: 3 ducks

p. (1) -- red stamp: "BIB. NAT. MUS" [also on pp. 17, 50, 52]; "B.N. MUS. DON 79-291 (161)"; bottom: "Rés "in pencil

[p. 50 and index on same sheet of paper but the rest of fascicle (pp. 51-61) is missing]


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