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Corona del primo, secondo, e terzo libro d'intavolatura di chitarra spagnola (1631)
I. Overview
Of the 71 pieces in this book, 41 are new (including some with only slight alterations of earlier pieces), 25 are taken from Millioni 1627a, 2 from Millioni 1627b, and 3 from Millioni 1627c (see contents below). There is much additional material, pieces transcribed to different alfabeto letters, and a new system for tuning twelve guitars in concert. Two other editions of this source, Millioni 1635a and Millioni 1636, contain similar pieces.
Title: Corona del primo, secondo, e terzo libro d'intavolatura di chitarra spagnola. (Rome: Guglielmo Facciotti, 1631).
Description:
64 pp. in movable type
71 pieces
Foliation: none
Page Size:
I-Rv: 16.3 cm. (width) X 10.5 cm.
US-Wc: 16.5 cm (width) X 10.3 cm
II. Prefatory Material
p. [1]) CORONA DEL PRIMO, SECONDO, E TERZO LIBRO D'INTAVOLATURA DI CHITARRA SPAGNOLA DI PIETRO MILLIONI . . . In Roma, Appresso Guglielmo Facciotti. 1631. . . [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 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):]
+ | A | At | B | C | Ct | C5 | D | Dt | E | F | G | H | I | K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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 |
[The Ff chord is not used. Other chords used in the tablature:]
M3 | N3 | R4 |
---|---|---|
3 | 5 | 4 |
3 | 3 | 6 |
5 | 3 | 6 |
6 | 3 | 6 |
5 | 6 | 4 |
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: 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 (all solo guitar):
Page | Title | Key | Meter | Reprinted from: | Reprinted in: |
p. 17 | Passacagli (diversi) | e | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 18), Millioni 1636 (p. 18) Note 1 | |
p. 17 | [Passacaglia] | G | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 10) | Millioni 1635a (p. 17), Millioni 1636 (p. 17) |
p. 17 | [Passacaglia] | a | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 10) | Millioni 1635a (p. 18), Millioni 1636 (p. 18) |
p. 17 | [Passacaglia] | d | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 10) | Millioni 1635a (p. 18), Millioni 1636 (p. 18) |
p. 17 | [Passacaglia] | F | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 11) | Millioni 1635a (p. 17), Millioni 1636 (p. 17) |
p. 17 | [Passacaglia] | Eb | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 11) | Millioni 1635a (p. 17), Millioni 1636 (p. 17) |
p. 18 | [Passacaglia] | g | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 11) | Millioni 1635a (p. 18), Millioni 1636 (p. 18) |
p. 18 | [Passacaglia] | f | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 11) | Millioni 1635a (p. 18), Millioni 1636 (p. 18) |
p. 18 | [Passacaglia] | F# | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 17), Millioni 1636 (p. 17) | |
p. 18 | [Passacaglia] | eb | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 18), Millioni 1636 (p. 18) | |
p. 18 | [Passacaglia] | ab | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 18), Millioni 1636 (p. 18) | |
p. 18 | [Passacaglia] | f# | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 18), Millioni 1636 (p. 18) | |
p. 19 | Ciaccone diverse | G | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 13) | Millioni 1635a (p. 19), Millioni 1636 (p. 19) |
p. 19 | [Ciaccone] | C | [3/4] | Millioni 1627c (p. 61) | Millioni 1635a (p. 19), Millioni 1636 (p. 19) |
p. 19 | [Ciaccone] | D | [3/4] | Millioni 1627c (p. 39) | Millioni 1635a (p. 19), Millioni 1636 (p. 19) |
p. 19 | [Ciaccone] | E | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 19), Millioni 1636 (p. 19) | |
p. 19 | [Ciaccone] | F | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 13) | Millioni 1635a (p. 19), Millioni 1636 (p. 19) |
p. 19 | [Ciaccone] | Bb | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 19), Millioni 1636 (p. 19) | |
p. 20 | Ciaccone con mutanze | G | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 20), Millioni 1636 (p. 20) | |
p. 20 | [Ciaccone con mutanze] | F | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 20), Millioni 1636 (p. 20) | |
p. 21 | Bergamasca (per A) | G | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 21), Millioni 1636 (p. 21) | |
p. 21 | Favorita (per H) | g | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 21), Millioni 1636 (p. 21) | |
p. 22 | Favorita (per G) | d | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 22), Millioni 1636 (p. 22) | |
p. 22 | Bergamasca (per G [C]) | D | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 22), Millioni 1636 (p. 22) | |
p. 23 | Folias per O | g | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 23), Millioni 1636 (p. 23) | |
p. 23 | Folias passeggiata per E | d | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 23), Millioni 1636 (p. 23) | |
p. 24 | Folias per O, con mutanza | g | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 24), Millioni 1636 (p. 24) | |
p. 24 | Folias per E | d | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 24), Millioni 1636 (p. 24) | |
p. 25 | Pavaniglia per O | g | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 25), Millioni 1636 (p. 25) | |
p. 25 | Ballo del fiore (per O) | g | [4/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 16) | Millioni 1635a (p. 25), Millioni 1636 (p. 25) |
p. 26 | Ballo del fiore (per E) | d | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 26), Millioni 1636 (p. 26) | |
p. 26 | Pavaniglia per E | d | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 26), Millioni 1636 (p. 26) | |
p. 27 | Gagliarda per A | G | [3/2] | Millioni 1627a (p. 21) | Millioni 1635a (p. 27), Millioni 1636 (p. 27) |
p. 28 | Gagliarda per C | D | [3/2] | Millioni 1635a (p. 28), Millioni 1636 (p. 28) | |
p. 29 | Ruggiero per A | G | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 29), Millioni 1636 (p. 29) | |
p. 30 | Ruggiero per C | D | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 30), Millioni 1636 (p. 30) | |
p. 31 | Tenor di Napoli per A | G | [4/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 27) | Millioni 1635a (p. 31), Millioni 1636 (p. 31) |
p. 32 | Tenor di Napoli per C | D | [4/4] | cf. Millioni 1627c (p. 25) | Millioni 1635a (p. 32), Millioni 1636 (p. 32) |
p. 33 | Romanesca per H | g | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 33), Millioni 1636 (p. 33) | |
p. 34 | Romanesca per G | d | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 34), Millioni 1636 (p. 34) | |
p. 35 | Fantinella per H | g | [4/4?] | Millioni 1635a (p. 35), Millioni 1636 (p. 35) | |
p. 36 | Fantinella per G (O) | d | [4/4?] | Millioni 1635a (p. 36), Millioni 1636 (p. 36) | |
p. 37 | Spagnoletta per O | g | [3/4] | cf. Millioni 1627a (p. 44) | Millioni 1635a (p. 37), Millioni 1636 (p. 37) |
p. 38 | Spagnoletta per E | d | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 38), Millioni 1636 (p. 38) | |
p. 39 | Monicha per O | g | [4/4] | cf. Millioni 1627a (p. 43) | Millioni 1635a (p. 39), Millioni 1636 (p. 39) |
p. 40 | Monicha per E | d | [4/4] | cf. Millioni 1627c (p. 36) | Millioni 1635a (p. 40), Millioni 1636 (p. 40) |
p. 41 | Marchetta per A | G | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 39) | Millioni 1635a (p. 41), Millioni 1636 (p. 41) |
p. 41 | --Ciaccona doppo la Marchetta | G | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 13) | Millioni 1635a (p. 41), Millioni 1636 (p. 41) |
p. 42 | Marchetta per C | D | [3/4] | cf. Millioni 1627c (p. 39) | Millioni 1635a (p. 42), Millioni 1636 (p. 42) |
p. 42 | --Ciaccona doppo la Marchetta | D | [3/4] | Millioni 1627c (p. 39) | Millioni 1635a (p. 42), Millioni 1636 (p. 42) |
p. 43 | Aria Nuova per H | g | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 48) | Millioni 1635a (p. 43), Millioni 1636 (p. 43) |
p. 43 | --Passacaglio doppo l'aria Nuova | g | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 11) | Millioni 1635a (p. 43), Millioni 1636 (p. 43) |
p. 44 | Aria Nuova per G | d | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 44), Millioni 1636 (p. 44) | |
p. 44 | --Passacaglio doppo l'aria Nuova | d | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 10) | Millioni 1635a (p. 44), Millioni 1636 (p. 44) |
p. 45 | Pass'e mezzo passeggiato per C (A) | G | [4/4] | Millioni 1627b (p. 66) | Millioni 1635a (p. 45), Millioni 1636 (p. 45) |
p. 46 | Pass'e mezzo passeggiato per C | D | [4/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 46) | Millioni 1635a (p. 46), Millioni 1636 (p. 46) |
p. 47 | Aria di Fiorenza per A | G | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 47), Millioni 1636 (p. 47) | |
p. 48 | --Rotta dell'Aria di Fiorenza per A | G | [3/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 48), Millioni 1636 (p. 48) | |
p. 49 | Aria di Fiorenza con mutanza per A | G | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 49), Millioni 1636 (p. 49) | |
p. 50 | Aria di Fiorenza per C | D | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 50), Millioni 1636 (p. 50) | |
p. 51 | Pass'e mezzo passeggiato per D | a | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 51) | |
p. 52 | Pass'e mezzo passeggiato per E | d | [4/4] | Millioni 1635a (p. 52) | |
p. 53 | Siciliana (per D) | a | [4/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 55) | Millioni 1635a (p. 53) |
p. 54 | Sinfonia per O | g | [4/4] | Millioni 1627b (p. 59) | Millioni 1635a (p. 54) |
p. 55 | Allegrezza d'Amore | D | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 42) | Millioni 1635a (p. 55) |
p. 56 | Barriera (per C) | D | [4/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 58) | |
p. 59 | --Gagliarda di quattro tempi doppo la Barriera | D | [3/2] | Millioni 1627a (p. 61) | |
p. 60 | Canario | d | [4/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 62) | |
p. 61 | Girumetta (per C) | D | [4/4?] | Millioni 1635a (p. 61) | |
p. 61 | Ballo di Trapollino (per G) | d | [4/4?] | Millioni 1635a (p. 61) | |
p. 62 | Brando di Malta per C | D | [3/2?] | Millioni 1627a (p. 54) | Millioni 1635a (p. 56) |
p. 62 | Villan di Spagna (per C) | D | [4/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 54) | Millioni 1635a (p. 56) |
1. The passacagli are similar to those on pp. 17-18 of Millioni 1636, but are in a different order. 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Passacaglia (Passacaglij, Passacaglio) | 14 | 4 | 10 | [3/4] |
Chaconne (Ciaccona, Giaccone) | 10 | 10 | 0 | [3/4] |
miscellaneous dances . . . (Tenor di Napoli, Girumetta, Ballo di Trapollino, Marchetta) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 in [4/4] and 2 in [3/4] |
Folia (Folias) | 4 | 0 | 4 | [3/4] |
Passamezzo (Pass'e mezzo) | 4 | 2 | 2 | [4/4] |
Romanesca (Ballo del Fiore) | 4 | 0 | 4 | [4/4] |
Ballo del Gran Duca (Aria di Fiorenza) | 3 | 3 | 0 | [4/4] |
Galliard (Gagliarda) | 3 | 3 | 0 | [3/2] |
miscellaneous songs . . . (Aria Nova, Allegrezza d'Amore) | 3 | 1 | 2 | [3/4] |
Bergamasca (Bergamasche) | 2 | 2 | 0 | [4/4] |
Fantinella | 2 | 0 | 2 | [4/4] |
Favorita | 2 | 0 | 2 | [4/4] |
Monica (Monicha) | 2 | 0 | 2 | [4/4] |
Pavaniglia | 2 | 0 | 2 | [4/4] |
Ruggiero | 2 | 2 | 0 | [4/4] |
Spagnoletta | 2 | 0 | 2 | [3/4] |
Barriera | 1 | 1 | 0 | [4/4] |
Brando | 1 | 1 | 0 | [3/2?] |
Canario | 1 | 0 | 1 | [4/4] |
Siciliana | 1 | 0 | 1 | [4/4] |
Sinfonia | 1 | 0 | 1 | [4/4] |
Villano (Vilan di Spagna) | 1 | 1 | 0 | [4/4] |
Totals: | 71 | 35 | 36 | [3/4] = 34 [4/4] = 32 [3/2] = 4 |
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 | 3 | |
B flat major | 1 | 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 | 15 | D minor | 15 | |
E flat major | 1* | E flat minor | 1* | |
E major | 1 | E minor | 1* | |
F major | 3 | F minor | 1* | |
F sharp major | 1* | F sharp minor | 1* | |
G major | 12 | G minor | 13 | |
A flat major | 0 | A flat minor | 1* |
Index of Names:
FACCIOTTI, Guglielmo [printer]
In Roma, Appresso Guglielmo Facciotti. 1631 . . . / 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 2836
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, 86.
Weidlich, Joseph. "Battuto Performance Practice in Early Italian Guitar Music." Journal of the Lute Society of America 11 (1978): 63-86.
VI. Exemplars
I-Rv = Italy: Rome, Biblioteca Vallicelliana (visited in 1992)
Condition: some stains but crisp page edges and very legible; early pages: right-hand side folded back; much better alignment than Millioni 1636
Binding: bound in recent leather hard cover with three other books
Manuscript additions:
p. [1] -- top right: "(3" pencil and "Q VI.131" ink; black stamp: "BIBLIOTHECA VALLICELLANA"
p. [2] -- "S.Borr.Q.VI.113 (3)" pencil
p. 64 -- black stamp: "BIBLIOTHECA VALLICELLANA"
US-Wc = United States of America, Washington (D.C.), Library of Congress, Music Division (visited in 2010)
Condition: well worn but in place; page edges beginning to flake away and overall fairly dark, thin paper
Binding: In a fairly modern green box with "MILLIONI -- CORONA 1631" in gold on spine, with Library of Congress stamp; with tie; "MT 582 .M7 C7" on white stamp on front lower left of box; another internal box, opened at both ends.
Original text in white cardboard softbinding (not original?); on front in pencil: "197 170"; on inside front cover: "Registrato completo D.C. 31 carte"
MISSING pp. 63-64 (table of contents)
Manuscript additions:
title page: in pencil by "MILLIONI": "Milioni"
p. [2], pencil: "acc. 291240" "MT582 .M7 C7 197170 13"
p. 3, pencil: "H.B. 9 ?? 1929"
pp. 32-33: very dark stains on both pages; text still legible