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Coriandoli, Francesco
Diverse sonate ricercate sopra la chitarra spagnuola . . . (1670)
I. Overview
This is a conservative, somewhat awkward book by a young and apparently inexperienced composer. It contains numerous typographical errors and
Title: Diverse sonate ricercate sopra la chitarra spagnuola . . . (Bologna: Giacomo Monti, 1670)
Description:
37 pp. (movable type)
35 pieces
Foliation: (A)BCDE (4 ff. each)
Page Size -- I-FEc: 20.9 cm. (width) X c. 15.8 cm.
II. Prefatory Material
p. [1] -- DIVERSE SONATE RICERCATE SOPRA LA CHITARRA SPAGNUOLA Composte DA FRANCESCO CORIANDOLI FERRARESE DEDICATE Al Glorioso Merito degl'Illustrissimi Signori ALESSANDRO, GUIDO, ET ALOIGI DE SANTI NOBILI FERRARESI. OPERA PRIMA. IN BOLOGNA, Per Giacomo Monti. MDCLXX. Con licenza de'Superiori
p. [2] -- [blank]
p. 3 -- ILLUSTRISSIMI SIGNORI E Padroni Colendissimi . . . [dedication signed without date and location:] Francesco Coriandoli.
p. 4 -- Al Virtuoso, e cortese Professore di Chitarra . . . [no technical information]
[No alfabeto chart; hypothetical usage:]
| + | A | B | C | C4 | C7 | D | E | F | G | G2 | G3 | G5 | G7 | G8 | H | H2 | H3 | H5 | H8 | I | I7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | X | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | X | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | X | 2 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | X | 2 | 9 |
| 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | X | 2 | 9 |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| K2 | K3 | L | M | M3 | M5 | M7 | M8 | M5* | N | N2 | N3 | N4 | N5 | O | P3 | P5 | P7 | S | T2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | X | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | X | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | X | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
III. Notation
Tablature: Mixed tablature. Ornaments: .T. (tremolo) and # (vibrato).
Range (highest fret used on each course):
| 5th course | 10th fret |
| 4th course | 10th fret |
| 3rd course | 10th fret |
| 2nd course | 11th fret |
| 1st course | 12th fret |
Instrument: 5-course guitar
IV. Indices
Title information in brackets [ ] is editorial; information in parentheses ( ) is from the table of contents.
Index of Pieces (all solo guitar):
| Page | Title | Key | Meter |
|---|---|---|---|
| p. 5 | Alemanda La SANTINote 1 | g | ¢ |
| p. 5 | Alemanda | g | ¢ |
| p. 6 | --Altra Alemanda | g | ¢ |
| p. 8 | --Altra Alemanda | g | ¢ |
| p. 9 | --Sua Serabanda | g | 3/4 |
| p. 9 | --Altra Alemanda | g | ¢ |
| p. 11 | Serabanda | G? | 3/4 |
| p. 11 | Giga | C | C |
| p. 13 | --Sua Alemanda | C | ¢ |
| p. 14 | --Sua Serabanda | C | 3/4 |
| p. 15 | Giga | C | 6/8 |
| p. 16 | --Sua Serabanda | C | 3/4 |
| p. 17 | --Altra Giga | C | C |
| p. 18 | Brando | D | C |
| p. 19 | --Sua Giga | D | 6/8 |
| p. 20 | --Sua Alemanda | D | C |
| p. 21 | --Sua Serabanda | D | 3/4 |
| p. 22 | --Altra Serabanda | D | 3/4 |
| p. 22 | Preludio | a | ¢ |
| p. 23 | --Sua Alemanda | a | ¢ |
| p. 24 | --Sua Corente | a | 3/4 |
| p. 25 | --Sua Serabanda | a | 3/4 |
| p. 25 | Preludio | d | ¢ |
| p. 26 | --Sua Alemanda [sic] | d | [3/4?] |
| p. 28 | --Sua Giga | d | ¢ |
| p. 29 | --Sua Serabanda | d | 3/4 |
| p. 30 | Giga | e | C |
| p. 31 | --Sua Serabanda | e | 3/4 |
| p. 32 | Corrente | F | [3/4] |
| p. 33 | --Sua Alemanda | F | ¢ |
| p. 34 | --Sua Serabanda | F | 3/4 |
| p. 35 | Corrente | F | 3/2 |
| p. 36 | --Sua Serabanda | F | 3/4 |
| p. 36 | Corente | b | 3/2 |
| p. 37 | --Sua Serabanda | b | 3/2 |
Notes:
1. This piece spells out the patrons' name in alfabeto letters: L-A S-A-N3-T2-I7. Return to text
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.
| Genres: | total | major | minor | meter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarabande (Serabanda) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 11 in 3/4 and 1 in 3/2 |
| Allemande (Alemanda) | 10 | 3 | 7 | 8 in ¢, 1 in C, and 1 in 3/4 |
| Gigue (Giga) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 in C, 2 in 6/8, and 1 in ¢ |
| Corrente | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 in 3/2, 2 in 3/4 |
| Prelude (Preludio) | 2 | 0 | 2 | ¢ |
| Brando | 1 | 1 | 0 | C |
| Totals: | 35 | 17 | 18 | 14 in 3/4, 11 in ¢, 5 in C, 3 in 3/2, and 2 in 6/8 |
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 major | 0 | A minor | 4 | |
| B flat major | 0 | B flat minor | 0 | |
| B major | 0 | B minor | 2 | |
| C major | 6 | C minor | 0 | |
| C sharp major | 0 | C sharp minor | 0 | |
| D major | 5 | D minor | 4 | |
| E flat major | 0 | E flat minor | 0 | |
| E major | 0 | E minor | 2 | |
| F major | 5 | F minor | 0 | |
| F sharp major | 0 | F sharp minor | 0 | |
| G major | 1 | G minor | 6 | |
| A flat major | 0 | A flat minor | 0 |
Index of Names:
CORIANDOLI, Francesco [composer]
DIVERSE SONATE RICERCATE SOPRA LA CHITARRA SPAGNUOLA Composte DA FRANCESCO CORIANDOLI FERRARESE DEDICATE Al Glorioso Merito degl'Illustrissimi Signori ALESSANDRO, GUIDO, ET ALOIGI DE SANTI NOBILI FERRARESI. OPERA PRIMA. IN BOLOGNA, Per Giacomo Monti. MDCLXX. Con licenza de'Superiori / p. [1]
ILLUSTRISSIMI SIGNORI E Padroni Colendissimi . . . [dedication signed
MONTI, Giacomo [printer]
IN BOLOGNA, Per Giacomo Monti MDCLXX . . . / p. [1]
SANTI, Alessandro [patron]
DIVERSE SONATE RICERCATE SOPRA LA CHITARRA SPAGNUOLA Composte DA FRANCESCO CORIANDOLI FERRARESE DEDICATE Al Glorioso Merito degl'Illustrissimi Signori ALESSANDRO, GUIDO, ET ALOIGI DE SANTI NOBILI FERRARESI. . . . / p. [1]
SANTI, Aloigi [patron]
DIVERSE SONATE RICERCATE SOPRA LA CHITARRA SPAGNUOLA Composte DA FRANCESCO CORIANDOLI FERRARESE DEDICATE Al Glorioso Merito degl'Illustrissimi Signori ALESSANDRO, GUIDO, ET ALOIGI DE SANTI NOBILI FERRARESI. . . . / p. [1]
SANTI, Guido [patron]
DIVERSE SONATE RICERCATE SOPRA LA CHITARRA SPAGNUOLA Composte DA FRANCESCO CORIANDOLI FERRARESE DEDICATE Al Glorioso Merito degl'Illustrissimi Signori ALESSANDRO, GUIDO, ET ALOIGI DE SANTI NOBILI FERRARESI. . . . / p. [1]
SANTI, La [family name spelled out in alfabeto letters]
Alemanda La SANTI [L-A S-A-N3-T2-I7] / p. 5
V. Bibliography
Boye, Gary R. "Giovanni Battista Granata and the Development of Printed Guitar Music in Seventeenth-Century Italy" (diss., Duke Univeristy, 1995).
Boye, Gary R. "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).
Répertoire international des sources musicales: Einzeldrucke vor 1800. RISM A/I [C 3934
Tyler, James, and Paul Sparks. The Guitar and Its Music: From the Renaissance to the Classical Era (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002): 75, 89.
VI. Exemplars
I-FEc = Italy: Ferrara, Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea (visited in 1992)
Condition: Thin, fragile, rag-like paper with rough but even cut on some pages; yellowed with some bleeding but legible.
Binding: Recent hard-cover purple and black spots with dark white spine.
Manuscript additions:
Cover -- white tape: "Biblioteca Comunale ARIOSTEA FERRARA S17.2.18"
Inside cover -- white tape: "Biblioteca Comunale ARIOSTEA FERRARA "
1 added page at front
"S-17-2-18"
p. [1] -- top left, red ink: "E46"; left of RICER. . ., pencil: "11" [?]; lower right, purple stamp: "BIBLIOTECA COMUNALE FERRARA"; bottom, pencil: "S.T."
p. [2] -- ink: "Del Co.e Ercolantonio Riminaldi / Nobile Ferrarese "
p. [38] -- blank
[1 darkened blank folio at end (original) with purple stamp: "ESPOSTO"]
1 added folio at back
Corrigenda (in only slightly lighter ink):
p. 6 -- st. 2, m. 1, bt. 4: downstroke added to 311 chord; .T. added to 2/3rd
p. 9 -- st. 2, m. 5, bt. 1: .T. added to C downstroke; m. 7, bt. 2: slur over 875 > under
p. 10 -- st. 2, m. 3, bt. 2: slur over 313 > under 31
p. 11 -- st. 3, m. 3, bt. 2: slur over 875 > under; st. 4, m. 2, bt. 4: 0/3rd added; 4&: 0/3rd > 0/4th
p. 12 -- st. 1, m. 3: slur over 013/2nd > over 13/2nd 0/1st; slur under 131 > slur under 31; 013/2nd > slurred
p. 13 -- st. 1, m. 3, bt. 2: .T. added to 5/2nd; st. 3, m. 3, bt. 4: X/3rd crossed out for X/2nd
p. 15 -- st. 3, m. 5, bt. 4: .T. added to chord
p. 18 -- st. 1, m. 3, last note: .T. added to 0/1st
p. 20 -- st. 3, m. 5, bt. 2: 32320/3rd crossed out for 2nd
p. 21 -- st. 1, m. 3, bt. 2: 4/3rd > 4/4th
p. 22 -- st. 2, m. 3, bt.2: 0/1st crossed out for 0/2nd
p. 24 -- st. 3, mm. 5-6: slur above staff crossed out and moved down
p. 25 -- st. 4, m. 3, bt. 3: 2/3rd added; 2/2nd added; 0/1st added
p. 26 -- st. 2, m. 4, bt. 1: .T. added 3/1st; st. 4, m. 4, bt. "4": barline added in pencil
p. 27 -- st. 4, mm. 2-3, 3&: 0/2nd > 0/1st in next m.; m. 4, bt. "4": barline added in pencil
p. 28 -- st. 1, m. 3, last note: .T. added to 5/2nd; st. 2, m. 1, last note: .T. added to 4/3rd; st. 3, m. 3, bt. 4: slur over 310 > to under; m. 4, bt. "5": barline added in pencil
p. 30 -- st. 1, m. 3, bt. 3: .T. added on 2/1st
p. 31 -- st. 3, m. 3, bt. 3: 1/4 note added in pencil; m. 6, bt. "4": barline added in pencil
p. 32 -- st. 1, m. 3, bt. 1: 1/4 note added in pencil
p. 33 -- st. 4, m. 3, bt. 1: 7/4th marked out for 7/3rd; m. 4, bt. 4: 0/3rd > 8/3rd; 2/2nd > X/2nd
p. 35 -- st. 3, m. 1, bt. "4": barline added in pencil
p. 37 -- st. 1, m. 1, bt. 1: whole > 1/2 note in pencil; st. 3, m. 6, bt. "4": barline added in pencil; bt. "7": barline added in pencil
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