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Vero e facil modo d'imparare a sonare, et accordare da se medesimo la chitarra spagnuola . . . (1666)
I. Overview
This is another edition of Millioni/Monte 1644, with even poorer stroke alignment than the 1652 edition. A newly paginated book of canzonette with lyrics only is attached, not
Title: Vero e facil modo d'imparare a sonare, et accordare da se medesimo la chitarra spagnuola . . . (Venice: Giacomo Bortoli, 1666).
Description:
48 pp. in movable type [plus attached song book of 16 pp.]
48 pieces
Foliation: AB (8 ff. each)
Page Size -- F-Pn: 15.8 cm. (width) X 10.3 cm.
II. Prefatory Material
p. (1) -- VERO / E FACIL MODO D'IMPARARE / A SONARE, ET ACCORDARE DA SE MEDESIMO / La Chitarra Spagnuola, non solo con l'Alfabeto, & accordatura / ordinarij, ma anco con un'altro Alfabeto, & accordatura / straordinarij, nuovamente inventati. / DA PIETRO MILIONI, ET LODOVICO MONTE COMPAGNI. / Con una Regola per imparare il modo d'accordare sei Chitarre, per po/terle sonare insieme in concerto, ciaschuna per differente chiave. / IN VENETIA, Presso Francesco Vieceri MDCXXXXIIII. [Guitar faces to left with 1-5 on frets]
pp. 2-10 -- contents = Millioni/Monte 1637 but reversed (p. 4 with chords M through P2/V; p. 5 with D-L; p. 4 with chords M through P2/V; p. 5 with D-L; p. 8: hands used for repeat signs, not flowers)
[Alfabeto:]
+ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | V | X |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
[The K, P, Q, R, V, and X chords are not used.]
[Alfabeto Straordinario: works with same pieces as normal alfabeto, but with A-c#-f#-c-e' tuning:]
+ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
p. 32 -- ALFABETTO ET INTAVOLATURA / Per la Chitarra alla Spagnuola [additional alfabeto for C and D fascicles]:
[Verbal Alfabeto (with fingerings):]
+ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | V | X |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | [1] | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | [3] | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
S | T | V | X | Z | & | Con | Ron |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
4 | [2] | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
5 | [2] | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
[The +, K, N, Q, S, T, V, X, Y, Z, &, Con, and Ron chords are not used in this section (pp. 33-48).]
III. Notation
Tablature: Equals Millioni/Monte 1644.
Instrument: 5-course guitar
IV. Indices
Title information in brackets [ ] is editorial; information in parentheses ( ) is from the table of contents.
Index of Pieces (solo guitar):
Page | Title | Key | Meter | Reprinted from: |
---|---|---|---|---|
p. 11 | Passacagli diversi | e | [3/4] | Millioni 1631 (p. 17); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 (with identical pagination) |
p. 11 | [Passacaglia] | G | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 10); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 11 | [Passacaglia] | C | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 10); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 11 | [Passacaglia] | a | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 10); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 11 | [Passacaglia] | F | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 11); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 11 | [Passacaglia] | Eb | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 11); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 12 | Ciaccone diverse | G | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 13); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 12 | [Ciaccona] | C | [3/4] | Millioni 1627c (p. 61); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 12 | [Ciaccona] | D | [3/4] | Millioni 1627c (p. 39); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 12 | [Ciaccona] | F | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 13); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 12 | [Ciaccona] | F | [3/4] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 12 | [Ciaccona] | A | [3/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 13); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 13 | Folia | g | [3/4] | Millioni 1631 (p. 23); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 13 | [Folia] | d | [3/4] | Millioni 1631 (p. 24); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 14 | Pavaniglia | g | [4/4] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 14 | Pavaniglia | d | [4/4] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 15 | Gagliarda alla Lombarda | G | [3/2] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 16 | Gagliarda (ordinaria) | G | [3/2] | Millioni 1627a (p. 21); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 17 | Ruggiero | G | [4/4] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 17 | Villan di Spagna | D | [4/4] | Millioni 1627a (p. 54); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 18 | Romanesca | g | [4/4] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 19 | Aria di Fiorenza | G | [4/4] | Millioni 1631 (p. 47); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 20 | --Rotta della dett'Aria (dell'aria di Fiorenza) | G | [3/4] | Millioni 1631 (p. 48); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 21 | Ballo del Monte Verde (verde) | a | [4/4?] | Millioni 1631 (p. 37); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 22 | Spagnoletta | d | [3/4] | Millioni 1631 (p. 38); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 23 | Pass' e mezzo | G | [4/4] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 24 | Pass' e mezzo | a | [4/4] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 25 | Ballo d'Ossona | F | [4/4?] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 26 | Ballo di Mantova | g | [4/4?] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 27 | Corrente Francese | a | [3/4] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 28 | Spagnoletta | g | [3/4] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 29 | --Seconda parte del retroscritto Ballo in gagliardaNote 1 | a | [3/2] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 30 | Corrente Francese | a | [3/4] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 31 | Bertazza di Montagna | e | [4/4?] | Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652 |
p. 33 | Balletto detto l'Allegro | d | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 45) [!]; Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 34 | Balletto detto del Fiore | g | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 45); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 35 | Balletto detto il Romano | G | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 46); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 36 | Balletto detto il Gorno | d | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 46); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 37 | Balletto detto il Canosco | f | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 46); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 38 | Spagnoletta in E | d | [3/4] | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 47); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 39 | Spagnoletta in O | g | [3/4] | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 47); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 40 | Balletto detto l'Aquino | G | [3/4] | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 48); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 41 | Balletto detto il Catanio | G | [3/4] | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 48); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 42 | Balletto detto il Rubino | E | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 48); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 43 | Ballo del gran Duca in G | F | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 52); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 44 | --Sciolta del Ballo | F | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 52); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 45 | Pavaniglia in O | g | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 53); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 45 | --Secondo modo | g | [C] | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 53); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 46 | Pavaniglia in E | d | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 53); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 46 | --Secondo modo | d | [C] | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 53); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 47 | Balletto | G | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 53); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 47 | Balletto | a | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 54 [missing]); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 48 | Ruggiero in G | F | C | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 54 [missing]); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
p. 48Note 2 | --Secondo modo | F | [C] | Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 54 [missing]); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652 |
Notes:
1. This piece should have come after the Ballo del Monte Verde on p. 21. Return to text
2. [Appended after p. 48 with new pagination:] NOVISSIME CANZONETTE MUSICALI DE DIVERSI AUTTORI . . . IN VENETIA, Appresso Camillo Bortoli. M.DC.LXVI. Con Licenza de' Superiori. . . [Songs with text only (no alfabeto chords); these songs are all titled Canzonetta and are sung by characters such as Achille, Ciro, and Cleopatra; they are not indexed here.] 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 (solo guitar only): | total | major | minor | meter |
---|---|---|---|---|
miscellaneous dances . . . (Ballo d'Ossona, Ballo di Mantova, Ballo del Monte Verde, Bertazza di Montagna, Balletto . . .) | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 in [4/4] and 2 in [3/4] |
Chaconne (Ciaccona) | 6 | 6 | 0 | [3/4] |
Passacaglia (Passacagli) | 6 | 4 | 2 | [3/4] |
Pavaniglia | 4 | 0 | 4 | [4/4] |
Spagnoletta | 4 | 0 | 4 | [3/4] |
Ballo del Gran Duca (Aria di Fiorenza) | 2 | 2 | 0 | [4/4] |
Corrente (Francese) | 2 | 0 | 2 | [3/4] |
Folia | 2 | 0 | 2 | [3/4] |
Galliard (Gagliarda alla Lombarda, Gagliarda ordinaria) | 2 | 2 | 0 | [3/2] |
Passamezzo (Pass'e mezzo) | 2 | 1 | 1 | [4/4] |
Ruggiero | 2 | 2 | 0 | [4/4] |
Romanesca | 1 | 0 | 1 | [4/4] |
Villano (Vilan di Spagna) | 1 | 1 | 0 | [4/4] |
Totals: | 48 | 24 | 24 | [4/4] = 24 [3/4] = 22 [3/2] = 2 |
Index of Keys Used (solo guitar only):
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 | 6 | |
B flat major | 0 | B flat minor | 0 | |
B major | 0 | B minor | 0 | |
C major | 2 | C minor | 0 | |
C sharp major | 0 | C sharp minor | 0 | |
D major | 2 | D minor | 7 | |
E flat major | 1* | E flat minor | 0 | |
E major | 1 | E minor | 2 | |
F major | 6 | F minor | 1 | |
F sharp major | 0 | F sharp minor | 0 | |
G major | 11 | G minor | 8 | |
A flat major | 0 | A flat minor | 0 |
Index of Names:
MILIONI, Pietro
VERO E FACIL MODO D'IMPARARE A SONARE . . . DA PIETRO MILIONI, ET LODOVICO MONTE COMPAGNI. . . / p. (1)
MONTE, Lodovico
VERO E FACIL MODO D'IMPARARE A SONARE . . . DA PIETRO MILIONI, ET LODOVICO MONTE COMPAGNI. . . / p. (1)
VIECERI, Francesco [printer]
IN VENETIA, Presso Francesco Vieceri / 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).
Boye, Gary R. "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).
Répertoire international des sources musicales: Einzeldrucke vor 1800. RISM B/VI/2 p. 586
Tyler, James, and Paul Sparks. The Guitar and Its Music: From the Renaissance to the Classical Era (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002): 86.
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, Département de la Musique (visited in 1992)
Condition: dark, very thin paper; but little bleeding and very legible.
Binding: Recent hard-cover with red and blue designs on brown paper.
Manuscript additions:
Cover -- white tape: "MUSIQUE/Rés.VmF/43 (1-2) and spine, brown tape "MILIONI" Inside Cover -- blue/white tape: "EX-LIBRIS ALFRED CORTOT"; red stamp: "BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE MUSIQUE"; in pencil: "MET 14 MILIONI"
1 folio added in front
+f1r: entry from French dictionary on Millioni/Monte pasted in, as well as red stamp: "B.N.MUS.DON 79-291 (179)"
p. 1 -- pencil: "Rès. VmF.43 (1)"; ink (very faded): "Gio[...?] Giac[?]mo Sort[?egno?]"; red stamp: "BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE MUSIQUE" and green stamp: "CA"
p. 17 -- red stamp: "BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE MUSIQUE"
p. 25 -- green stamp: "CA"
p. 48 -- red stamp: "BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE MUSIQUE"
Inside back cover -- white tape: "Bibliothèque nationale Désinfection 1979 No. 2920"