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Granata, Giovanni Battista
Armoniosi toni di varie suonate musicali . . .
Opera settima (1684)
I. Overview
This is Granata's Op. 7, his last work. Ensemble pieces make up nearly half of the book (24 of 50 pieces), but the first violin part is lacking in the I-Bc copy (all of the parts are missing in the GB-Lbl copy). The solo guitar works are, of course, complete and well worth the attention
Title: Armoniosi toni di varie suonate musicali per la chitarra spagnuola . . . Opera settima. (Bologna: Giacomo Monti, 1684)
Description:
92 pp. (movable type)
50 pieces
Foliation: ABCDEFGHIK (4 ff. each) L (6 ff.)
Page Size -- I-Bc: 23 cm. (width) X 15.9 cm. (heighth); GB-Lbl: 22.2 cm. X 16 cm.
II. Prefatory Material
p. [1] -- ARMONIOSI TONI Di varie Suonate Musicali PER LA CHITARRA SPAGNUOLA. Et altre Suonate concertate a doi Violini, e Basso. OPERA SETTIMA DI GIO. BATTISTA GRANATA DEDICATA All'Illustrissimo Signore IL SIG. CO. GIACOMO ISOLANI. In Bologna, per Giacomo Monti. 1684. Con licenza de'Superiori.
p. [2] -- [shield with lion; no text]
p. 3 -- ILLUSTRISSIMO SIGNORE. . . . [dedication to Giacomo Isolani]
p. 4 -- [dedication finished; signed n.p., n.d.:] Gio. Battista Granata
pp. 5-7 -- L'ORFEO RINOVATO Dalli famosi componimenti Musicali sopra la Chitarra Spagnuola. DEL SIG. GIO. BATTISTA GRANATA. ODA. . . . [poem to Granata]
p. 8 -- [portrait: same as Op. 4, 1659 p. 16]
[No alfabeto chart; hypothetical usage:]
| + | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | G2 | G3 | G5 | G7 | H | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | H7 | H8 | H9 | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | 11 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | 11 | 2 |
| 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | 11 | 2 |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| K2 | K3 | K5 | K7 | K8 | K9 | L | M | M2 | M3 | M5 | M7 | M8 | M2* | M3* | M4* | M5* | M7* | M9* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | X | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | X | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | X | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | X | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | X | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | X | 12 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | X | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | X |
| N2 | N3 | N4 | N5 | N7 | N8 | O | P2 | P3 | P5 | P7 | P8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | X | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | X |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | X |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | X | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
III. Notation
Tablature: Mixed tablature. Ornaments: .T. (trillo) and # (vibrato).
Range (highest fret used on each course):
| 5th course | 11th fret |
| 4th course | 12th fret |
| 3rd course | 11th fret |
| 2nd course | 12th fret |
| 1st course | 14th fret |
Instrument: 5-course guitar
IV. Indices
Title information in brackets [ ] is editorial; information in parentheses ( ) is from the table of contents.
| Page | Title | Key | Meter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Solo Guitar] | p. 9 | PRELUDIO DEDICATO ALL'ILLUSTRISSIMO SIGNORE IL SIG. CO. ALEMANDO MELCHIORRE ISOLANI | g | C |
| p. 13 | Allemanda | g | C | |
| p. 15 | Giga | g | 12/8 | |
| p. 17 | Allemanda | g | C | |
| p. 19 | Sarabanda | g | 3/[4] | |
| p. 20 | Preludio | a | C | |
| p. 23 | Allemanda | a | C | |
| p. 25 | Giga | a | 6/[4] | |
| p. 27 | Preludio | b | C | |
| p. 29 | Allemanda | b | C | |
| p. 30 | Corrente | b | 3/[4] | |
| p. 32 | Allemanda | Bb | C | |
| p. 34 | Corrente | Bb | 3/[4] | |
| p. 36 | Allemanda | c | C | |
| p. 38 | Corrente | c | 3/[4] | |
| p. 40 | Allemanda | d | C | |
| p. 43 | Giga | d | 6/4 | |
| p. 44 | Giga | d | 6/[4] | |
| p. 45 | Alemanda | e | C | |
| p. 47 | Allemanda | e | C | |
| p. 49 | Balletto | D | C | |
| p. 50 | Allemanda | e | C | |
| p. 52 | Allemanda | e | C | |
| p. 53 | Sarabanda | e | 3/[4] | |
| p. 55 | Balletto | F | C | |
| p. 57 | Giga | F | 3/[4] | |
| [Pieces for Guitar, 2 Violins and Continuo:] | p. 59 | Grave [Sonata?] | a | C |
| p. 62 | Allemanda | g | C | |
| p. 63 | Allemanda | g | C | |
| p. 65 | Giga | g | 12/8 | |
| p. 66 | Corrente | G | 3/[4] | |
| p. 67 | Balletto | a | C | |
| p. 68 | Giga | a | 12/8 | |
| p. 70 | Allemanda | b | C | |
| p. 71 | Corrente | b | 3/[4] | |
| p. 72 | Giga | b | 12/8 | |
| p. 73 | Allemanda | c | C | |
| p. 75 | Corrente | c | 3/[4] | |
| p. 76 | Balletto | d | C | |
| p. 77 | Allemanda | d | C | |
| p. 78 | Balletto | e | C | |
| p. 80 | Allemanda | e | C | |
| p. 81 | Giga | e | 12/8 | |
| p. 82 | Allemanda | g | C | |
| p. 84 | Balletto | A | C | |
| p. 85 | Corrente | a | 6/[4] | |
| p. 86 | Giga | d | 12/8 | |
| p. 87 | Allemanda | Bb | C | |
| p. 89 | Corrente | Bb | 3/[4] | |
| p. 90 | Corrente | F | 3/[4] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allemande (Alemanda) | 19 | 2 | 17 | C |
| Gigue (Giga) | 10 | 1 | 9 | 6 in 12/8, 3 in 6/8, and 1 in 3/[4] |
| Corrente | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 in 3/[4] and 1 in 6/8 |
| miscellaneous dances . . . (Balletto) | 6 | 3 | 3 | C |
| Prelude (Preludio) | 3 | 0 | 3 | C |
| Sarabande (Sarabanda) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3/[4] |
| [Sonata] | 1 | 0 | 1 | C |
| Totals: | 50 | 10 | 40 | 29 in C, 11 in 3/4, 6 in 12/8, and 4 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 | 1 | A minor | 7 | |
| B flat major | 4 | B flat minor | 0 | |
| B major | 0 | B minor | 6 | |
| C major | 0 | C minor | 4 | |
| C sharp major | 0 | C sharp minor | 0 | |
| D major | 1 | D minor | 6 | |
| E flat major | 0 | E flat minor | 0 | |
| E major | 0 | E minor | 8 | |
| F major | 3 | F minor | 0 | |
| F sharp major | 0 | F sharp minor | 0 | |
| G major | 1 | G minor | 9 | |
| A flat major | 0 | A flat minor | 0 |
Index of Names:
ISOLANI, Alemano Melchiorre
PRELUDIO DEDICATO ALL'ILLUSTRISSIMO SIGNORE IL SIG. CO. ALEMANDO MELCHIORRE ISOLANI / p. 9
ISOLANI, Giacomo
ARMONIOSI TONI Di varie Suonate Musicali PER LA CHITARRA SPAGNUOLA. . . . DI GIO. BATTISTA GRANATA DEDICATA All'Illustrissimo Signore IL SIG. CO. GIACOMO ISOLANI. / p. [1]
GRANATA, Gio. Battista [composer]
ARMONIOSI TONI Di varie Suonate Musicali PER LA CHITARRA SPAGNUOLA. Et altre Suonate concertate a doi Violini, e Basso OPERA SETTIMA DI GIO. BATTISTA GRANATA DEDICATA All'Illustrissimo Signore IL SIG. CO. GIACOMO ISOLANI. In Bologna, per Giacomo Monti. 1684. Con licenza de'Superiori. / p. [1]
[dedication finished; signed n.p., n.d.:] Gio. Battista Granata / p. 4
L'ORFEO RINOVATO Dalli famosi componimenti Musicali sopra la Chitarra Spagnuola. DEL SIG. GIO. BATTISTA GRANATA. ODA. . . . [poem to Granata] / p. 5
MONTI, Giacomo [printer]
ARMONIOSI TONI Di varie Suonate Musicali PER LA CHITARRA SPAGNUOLA. Et altre Suonate concertate a doi Violini, e Basso OPERA SETTIMA DI GIO. BATTISTA GRANATA . . . In Bologna, per Giacomo Monti. 1684. Con licenza de'Superiori. / 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).
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 [G 3396
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
GB-Lbl = Great Britain: London, The British Library (visited in 1992)
Condition: Fairly thin pages with some bleeding but very legible; some stains [from red edges of paper?].
Binding: Recent hard-cover with brown spine and edges and marbled interior; front cover disconnected; gold on spine: "GRANATA. ARMONIOSI "[top of spine missing; NO PARTS].
Manuscript additions:
Cover -- ink: "k4b3" twice
"b3"
1 added folio at front
1 blank folio at front [original], ink: "Sercil[?]" "Di me Cesare Lod.o [R? P?] indaldi [?] / Cev[or r?]oni da S[?]onola 1684"
+ f. 2v -- pencil: "k4b.3"; pencil: "a.43" XX out
p. [1] -- pencil: "a43" XX out
p. 2 -- red stamp: "BRITISH MUSEUM"
"BRITISH MUSEUM 11 JY [18]77"
Corrigenda (also see I-Bc below):
p. 40 -- patch
p. 44 -- ink, st. 3, m. 1: downstroke added
p. 49 -- st. 3, last note: 0/1st erased for 2/1st
p. 51 -- patch: st. 2, m. 3: 7/3rd > 7/2nd; st. 3, m. 2: 8 > 9
p. 54 -- st. 2, m. 1, bt. 2: 9/3rd erased for 9/5th; st. 2, m. 7, bt. 2: 7/4th erased for 7/3rd
p. 58 -- st. 2: 7/2nd > 8/2nd
p. 61 -- st. 4, last m.: downstroke added
p. 78 -- patch
p. 82 -- st. 4, last chord: dotted 1/4 added
p. 91 -- patch
"BRITISH MUSEUM 11 JY [18]77"
1 added folio at end
[no parts]
I-Bc = Italy: Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale G. B. Martini (visited in 1991-1992)
Condition: Fairly sharp page edges and corners; no major damage. Very legible; some pages darkened (p. 12, etc.); p. 85 cut in the middle with some worm holes; p. 90 on p. 85v [?]; pp. 87, 88, 89 MISSING.
Binding: White paper on cardboard; somewhat wrinkled with a few holes in the front; back in much better condition.
Manuscript additions:
Cover -- top left, blue tape: "AA.9/a" [and "3/3" XX]; blue tape: "9"; ink: "Granata Gio. Battista / Suonate per La Chittara Spagnola -- Opera VII / Bologna 1684 / Parte unica."
"AA.9/a"
p. [1] -- blue stamp: "BIBLIOTECA DEL LICEO MUSICALE DI BOLOGNA"
p. 91 -- black stamp: "LICEO MUSICALE G.B. MARTINI BIBLIOTECA BOLOGNA"
1 blank folio at end [with clear water mark]
Corrigenda (in ink; here compared with GB-Lbl copy):
p. 15 -- st. 2, m. 1, bt. 1: 8/3rd erased for 8/2nd [I-Bc only]
p. 16 -- st. 3, m. 1, bt. 1: X/2nd erased for 11/2nd twice [I-Bc only]; m. 3, 2&: X/2nd erased for 11/2nd twice [I-Bc only]
p. 24 -- st. 2, m. 4, bt. 2: .S. added under staff [I-Bc only]; st. 3, m. 4, bt. 1: .S. added under staff [I-Bc only]
p. 25 -- st. 2, m. 3, 2&: 3/3rd > 0/3rd [I-Bc only]; 0/2nd erased for 3/2nd [I-Bc only]
p. 26 -- st. 3, m. 3, bt. 2: .S. added [I-Bc only]; st. 4, m. 3, 6&: .S. added [I-Bc only]; m. 4, bt. 1: 2/3rd added [I-Bc only]
p. 27 -- st. 3, 2nd #: 3/4th > 2/4th [I-Bc only]
p. 30 -- st. 2, mm. 2 & 4, bts.1 & 4: .S. added [I-Bc only]
p. 33 -- st. 3, m. 1, bt. 4: .S. added [I-Bc only]; m. 3, bt. 1: .S. added [I-Bc only]
p. 37 -- st. 3, m. 1, bt. 2: M3 > M5? [I-Bc only]
p. 40 -- st. 1, m. 1, 4&: 7/4th erased for 7/3rd [I-Bc only]; 6/3rd > 6/2nd [I-Bc only]; 5/2nd > 5/1st [I-Bc only] added; [st. 3, m. 1, bt. 3: ? > patch added; [= GB-Lbl]; st. 4, m. 1, bt. 2: 8/2nd > X/2nd [I-Bc only]; X/1st > 8/1st [I-Bc only]
p. 44 -- st. 3, m. 1, bt. 3: downstroke added [= GB-Lbl]
p. 49 -- st. 3, last #: 0/1st > 2/1st [= GB-Lbl]
p. 51 -- [st. 1, m. 1: large patch = GB-Lbl]; st. 2, m. 4, last #: 7/3rd erased for 7/2nd [= GB-Lbl]; st. 3, m. 2, bt. 1: H8 > H9 [= GB-Lbl]
p. 54 -- st. 2, m. 1, bt. 2: 9?/3rd erased for 9/5th [= GB-Lbl]; m. 7, 2&: 7/4th erased for 7/3rd [= GB-Lbl]
p. 58 -- st. 1, m. 6, bt. 3: .S. added [I-Bc only]; st. 2, m. 8, bt. 1: .S. added [I-Bc only]; st. 2, m. 6, bt. 1: 7/2nd > 8/2nd [= GB-Lbl]
p. 60 -- st. 1, m. 4, bt. 1: 3/4th erased for 3/5th [= GB-Lbl]
p. 61 -- st. 4, m. 7, bt. 1: downstroke added [= GB-Lbl]
p. 66 -- st. 1, m. 6, bt. 1: 2/5th > 0/5th [I-Bc only]
p. 68 -- st. 1, m. 4, over 1st 5/2nd: 4/4th erased [I-Bc only]
p. 73 -- st. 4, m. 1, bt. 4: 3/3rd erased for 3/4th [I-Bc only]
p. 75 -- st. 3, last m., 2&: 3 4/3rd > 2 3/3rd [I-Bc only]
p. 77 -- st. 2, m. 3, bt. 2: 0/3rd erased for 2/3rd [I-Bc only]
[p. 78 -- st. 3, m. 3, patch: covers barline in GB-Lbl (barline is original)]
p. 79 -- st. 4, m. 5, bt. 3: ?/3rd erased for 4/3rd and 2/3rd ?/1st erased for 0/1st [filled in for weak print? = GB-Lbl?]
p. 81 -- st. 1, m. 3, bt. 1: K3 > K2 [I-Bc only]; st. 3, m. 4, bt. 1: dotted 1/4 erased for 1/4 [= GB-Lbl]
p. 82 -- st. 4, last m.: dotted 1/4 added [= GB-Lbl]
[p. 90 on p. 85v! Original pagination error in I-Bc copy; pp. 87, 88, 89 MISSING (never printed?)]
[only FGH fascicles corrected in GB-Lbl?]
Parts:
A Violino Primo [MISSING]
B Violino Secondo [I-Bc only]
C Clavicembalo [I-Bc only]
B/C:
page size: 16.3 cm. (width) X 21.8 cm.
foliation: BC (16 ff.)
B
p. [1] -- Violino Secondo. ARMONIOSI TONI Di varie Suonate Musicali concertate A DUE VIOLINI E BASSO, Con la Chitarra spagnuola, OPERA SETTIMA DI GIO. BATTISTA GRANATA DEDICATA All'Illustrissimo Signore IL SIG. CO. GIACOMO ISOLANI IN BOLOGNA, MDCLXXXIV. Per Giacomo Monti. Con licenza de'Superiori.
p. [2] -- [blank]
pp. 3-4 -- ILLUSTRISSIMO SIGNORE . . . [dedication as in guitar part]
Condition: pages somewhat darkened but very legible; water stains towards end
Cover: grey, cardboard somewhat loosely bound
C
p. [1] -- Clavicembalo. ARMONIOSI TONI Di varie Suonate Musicali concertate A DUE VIOLINI E BASSO, Con la Chitarra spagnuola, OPERA SETTIMA DI GIO. BATTISTA GRANATA DEDICATA All'Illustrissimo Signore IL SIG. CO. GIACOMO ISOLANI IN BOLOGNA, MDCLXXXIV. Per Giacomo Monti. Con licenza de'Superiori.
p. [2] -- [blank]
pp. 3-4 -- ILLUSTRISSIMO SIGNORE . . . [dedication as in guitar part]
Corrigenda [I-Bc only]
B
Cover -- tape: "AA9/b2"
ink: "Violino Secondo. / Varie cose di Gio. Batt[ist]a: / Granata. / Opera VIIa" [hand similar to Op.6 cover]; lower left, different "Manca il Violino primo"
p. [1] -- recent: "AA9/b2"; blue stamp: "BIBLIOTECA DEL LICEO MUSICALE DI BOLOGNA" ["Violino Secondo" printed at
p. [30] -- black stamp: "LICEO MUSICALE G.B. MARTINI BIBLIOTECA "
C
Cover -- tape: "AA9/b1"; [Title:] "Violone, ò Spinetta "
p. [1] -- recent: "AA9/b1"; blue stamp: "BIBLIOTECA DEL LICEO MUSICALE DI BOLOGNA" ["Clavicembalo" printed at top
p. [30] -- black stamp: "LICEO MUSICALE G.B. MARTINI BIBLIOTECA "
1 blank folio at end
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