Millioni/Monte 1666

Millioni, Pietro and Lodovico Monte

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:]

+ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRVX
22300023101313134242
20202023323111034444
00022212323031013424
03131301322341312423
03020101101334312222

[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:]

+ABCDEFGHIKLMNOP
2230002310131313
3131313443422214
1113332343411212
4202024021133020
0302010110133431

p. 32 -- ALFABETTO ET INTAVOLATURA / Per la Chitarra alla Spagnuola [additional alfabeto for C and D fascicles]:

[Verbal Alfabeto (with fingerings):]

+ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRVX
223000231013[1]3134242
20202023323111034444
00022212323031013424
03131[3]01322341312423
03020101101334312222

 

STVXZ&ConRon
24423423
22445323
4[2]245145
5[2]235256
45223135

[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):

PageTitleKeyMeterReprinted from:
p. 11Passacagli diversie[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. 12Ciaccone diverseG[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. 13Foliag[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. 14Pavanigliag[4/4]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 14Pavanigliad[4/4]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 15Gagliarda alla LombardaG[3/2]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 16Gagliarda (ordinaria)G[3/2]Millioni 1627a (p. 21); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 17RuggieroG[4/4]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 17Villan di SpagnaD[4/4]Millioni 1627a (p. 54); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 18Romanescag[4/4]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 19Aria di FiorenzaG[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. 21Ballo del Monte Verde (verde)a[4/4?]Millioni 1631 (p. 37); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 22Spagnolettad[3/4]Millioni 1631 (p. 38); Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 23Pass' e mezzoG[4/4]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 24Pass' e mezzoa[4/4]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 25Ballo d'OssonaF[4/4?]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 26Ballo di Mantovag[4/4?]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 27Corrente Francesea[3/4]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 28Spagnolettag[3/4]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 29--Seconda parte del retroscritto Ballo in gagliardaNote 1a[3/2]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 30Corrente Francesea[3/4]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 31Bertazza di Montagnae[4/4?]Millioni/Monte 1637, 1644, 1647, and 1652
p. 33Balletto detto l'AllegrodCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 45) [!]; Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 34Balletto detto del FioregCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 45); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 35Balletto detto il RomanoGCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 46); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 36Balletto detto il GornodCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 46); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 37Balletto detto il CanoscofCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 46); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 38Spagnoletta in Ed[3/4]Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 47); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 39Spagnoletta in Og[3/4]Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 47); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 40Balletto detto l'AquinoG[3/4]Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 48); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 41Balletto detto il CatanioG[3/4]Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 48); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 42Balletto detto il RubinoECMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 48); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 43Ballo del gran Duca in GFCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 52); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 44--Sciolta del BalloFCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 52); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 45Pavaniglia in OgCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 53); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 45--Secondo modog[C]Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 53); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 46Pavaniglia in EdCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 53); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 46--Secondo modod[C]Milanuzzi 1623 (p. 53); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 47BallettoGCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 53); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 47BallettoaCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 54 [missing]); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 48Ruggiero in GFCMilanuzzi 1623 (p. 54 [missing]); Millioni/Monte 1644 and 1652
p. 48Note 2--Secondo modoF[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):totalmajorminormeter
miscellaneous dances . . . (Ballo d'Ossona, Ballo di Mantova, Ballo del Monte Verde, Bertazza di Montagna, Balletto . . .)146812 in [4/4] and 2 in [3/4]
Chaconne (Ciaccona)660[3/4]
Passacaglia (Passacagli)642[3/4]
Pavaniglia404[4/4]
Spagnoletta404[3/4]
Ballo del Gran Duca (Aria di Fiorenza)220[4/4]
Corrente (Francese)202[3/4]
Folia202[3/4]
Galliard (Gagliarda alla Lombarda, Gagliarda ordinaria)220[3/2]
Passamezzo (Pass'e mezzo)211[4/4]
Ruggiero220[4/4]
Romanesca101[4/4]
Villano (Vilan di Spagna)110[4/4]
Totals:482424[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 major1 A minor6
B flat major0 B flat minor0
B major0 B minor0
C major2 C minor0
C sharp major0 C sharp minor0
D major2 D minor7
E flat major1* E flat minor0
E major1 E minor2
F major6 F minor1
F sharp major0 F sharp minor0
G major11 G minor8
A flat major0 A flat minor0

 

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"


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