Milanuzzi 1625

Milanuzzi, Carlo

Secondo Scherzo delle Ariose Vaghezze . . . Opera Ottava . . . (1625)

I. Overview

A later edition of Milanuzzi's Op. 8, first printed in 1622. The majority of the book is devoted to songs with guitar accompaniment, with a few pages of solo guitar music discussed below.

Title: Secondo Scherzo delle Ariose Vaghezze . . . Opera Ottava . . . Nuovamente ristampata, & corretta dal medemo Auttore. . . . (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti, 1625).

Description:
64 pp. in movable type
26 pieces for voice/guitar and 26 pieces for solo guitar
Foliation: AB (16 ff. each)
Page Size -- I-Bc: 16.5 cm. (width) X 22.3 cm.

II. Prefatory Material

f. 1r -- SECONDO SCHERZO DELLE ARIOSE VAGHEZZE Commode da cantarsi à Voce Sola nel Clavicembalo Chitarrone, Arpa doppia, & altro simile stromento Con le Littere dell'Alfabetto, Con l'Intavolatura, e con la Scala di Musica per la Chitarra alla Spagnola. DI CARLO MILANUZII DA SANTA NATOGLIA ORGANISTA DI S. STEFANO IN VENETIA. Aggiuntevi nel fine dal medemo Autore alcune Sonate facili intavolate per la Chitarra alla Spagnola OPERA OTTAVA. Nuovamente ristampata, & corretta dal medemo Auttore. CON PRIVILEGIO. IN VENETIA, Appresso Alessandro Vincenti MDCXXV.

f. 1v -- blank

f. 2r -- [alfabeto and scales as in Milanuzzi 1622]

Alfabeto Chart:

 

+ABCDEFGHIKLMNO
223000231013131
2020202[3]3231110
000222123230310
031313013223413
030201011013343

 

PQRSTVXYZ&ConRon
342244253423
344224455323
134422445145
124522335256
122452233135

[The following chords are not used: K, N, P, Q, S, T, V, X, Y, Z, &, Con, and Ron.]

[Followed by two scales with appropriate harmonies on the guitar for continuo accompaniment, one of the earliest examples of guitar continuo:]

Milanuzzi f. 2r

&

Scalla di Musica per B. Quadro

alfabeto:ADABCFGAD
equals:GAmG6CDEFGAm
bass note:GABCDEFGA

Scalla di Musica per B. Molle

alfabeto:GODHBEFGODH
equals:FGmAmBbCDmEFGmAmBb
bass note:FGABbCDEFGABb 

III. Notation

Tablature: Alfabeto, stroke, and meter signs are used, and barlines are used somewhat more consistently than in Milanuzzi 1622. There are no rhythm signs.

Instrument: 5-course guitar

IV. Indices

These pieces were reprinted, in slightly altered format, from Milanuzzi 1622. Title information in brackets [ ] is editorial; information in parentheses ( ) is from the table of contents.

Index of Pieces (solo guitar pieces only):

PageTitleKeyMeterReprinted from:
p. 49Passo, e mezoGC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 49--Sciolta del Passo e mezoG3/[4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 50Tenor di NapoliGC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 50PavanaaC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 51--Sciolta della Pavanaa3/[4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 51Folia (Follia) in Triplag3/[4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 51RuggieroGC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 52--Rotta di RuggieroG3/[4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 52GagliardaG3/[2]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 53FantinellaG3/[2]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 53Ruggiero Alla moderno così ridotto dall'AutoreGC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 54--Rotta di RuggieroG3/[4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 54PavanigliagC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 54--Rotta della Pavanigliag3/[4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 55Passagalli diversiG[3/4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 55[Passagallo]D[3/4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 55[Passagallo]A[3/4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 55[Passagallo]a[3/4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 55[Passagallo]C[3/4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 55[Passagallo]G[3/4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 55Bergamasche diverseGC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 55[Bergamasca]CC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 55[Bergamasca]DC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 56RomanescaGC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 56FavoritagC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 56--Rotta della Favoritag3/[4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 56MonicagC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 57--Rotta della Monicag3/[4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 57Ballo di Firenze in AGC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 58--Rotta del BalloG3/[4]= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 58Villan de Spagna DiversoGC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 58[Villan de Spagna] Alio modo in CDC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 58[Villan de Spagna] Alio modo in IAC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 59Ballo di Firenze in BCC= Milanuzzi 1622
p. 59--Rotta del BalloC3/[4]= Milanuzzi 1622

 

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:totalmajorminormeter
Passacaglia (Passagallo)6513/[4]
Bergamasca330C
Villano (Villan de Spagna)330C
Ballo del Gran Duca (Ballo di Firenze)220C
Ruggiero220C
Fantinella1103/[2]
Favorita101C
Folia (Follia)1013/[4]
Galliard (Gagliarda)1103/[2]
miscellaneous dances . . . (Tenor di Napoli)110C
Monica101C
Passamezzo (Passo, e mezo)110C
Pavan (Pavana)101C
Pavaniglia101C
Romanesca110C
Totals:26206C = 17
3/[4] = 7
3/[2] = 2

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 major2 A minor2
B flat major0 B flat minor0
B major0 B minor0
C major3 C minor0
C sharp major0 C sharp minor0
D major3 D minor0
E flat major0 E flat minor0
E major0 E minor0
F major0 F minor0
F sharp major0 F sharp minor0
G major12 G minor4
A flat major0 A flat minor0

Index of Names (not including the songs):

MILANUZII, Carlo [composer]
SECONDO SCHERZO DELLE ARIOSE VAGHEZZE DI CARLO MILANUZII DA SANTA NATOGLIA ORGANISTA DI S. STEFANO IN VENETIA . . . / f. 1r [t.p.]

VINCENTI, Alessandro [printer]
IN VENETIA, Appresso Alessandro Vincenti MDCXXV / f. 1r [t.p.]

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).

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 2743

Tyler, James, and Paul Sparks. The Guitar and Its Music: From the Renaissance to the Classical Era (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002): 97.

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: fairly thin paper with frayed edges; fair condition but very legible

Binding: outer manilla folder tied to grey cardboard original (or older)

Manuscript additions:
Outer Cover -- top left:
"AA325" [ink]
"RISM - M2743"
[red ink]
"1 Partitura" [ink]

Inner Cover -- "AA325 / Milanuzzi Carlo / Ariose Vaghezze Secondo Scherzo / Opera VIII. Venetia 1625"
top right: "2802" [ink -- erased]
lower right: "Partitura"
blue stamp: "[AA]325"

f. 1r -- "BIBLIOTECA DEL LICEO MUSICALE DI BOLOGNA" [blue stamp]

p.(61) -- "LICEO MUSICALE G.B. MARTINI BIBLIOTECA BOLOGNA" [black stamp]


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