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Granata, Giovanni Battista
Nuove suonate di chitarriglia spagnuola piccicate, e battute . . . (c. 1650)
I. Overview
This is Granata's Op. 2 and his first of two engraved tablatures. It is very closely related to Op. 3 (Granata 1651), with most of the pieces being reused in the later book.
Title: Nuove suonate di chitarriglia spagnuola piccicate, e battute . . . (n.p.: [after 1646, before 1651]).
Description:
21 pp., engraved (on recto only)
19 pieces
Foliation: none
Page Size -- I-Bc: 26.5 cm. (width) X 16.4 cm.
Engraved Plate Size -- I-Bc: 21.6 cm. X 12.5 cm.
II. Prefatory Material
f. 1r -- NUOVE SUONATE. Di Chitarriglia Spagnuola piccicate, e battute di GIOVANBATTISTA, GRANATA da TORINO, Con vera regola, e distintione de'tempi musicali intierame[n]te co[n]partite; Modo non più da altri in tal guisa dato alle stampe; dedicate ALL'ILLUSTRISSIMO ET ECCELLENTISS. PRENCIPE D. FERDINANDO GONZAGA DUCA di Guastalla, PRENCIPE di Molsetta &c. . . . Fran.co Curti fec. [engraved plate with 2 guitars, 1 music book, 1 music sheet, 2 eagles w/ laurels holding curtain in their beaks, topped by a crown; guitar on right: 5 courses (clear-- but peghead not visible), 5th course much thinner but with 10 strings, others are equal, flat back, no decoration, 7 frets visible; guitar on left: 8 strings in 4 courses, 3 pegs visible, flat back, 3 frets (improperly spaced) visible -- music book: TAB of 3 staves, incomplete, barely legible; music sheet: TAB of 4 staves]
f. 1v -- [blank]
f. 2r -- ILL.mo ET ECCELL.mo PRENCIPE Pron. Col.mo Non v'hà frà le Arti Liberali chi sia più degna d'impiegar l'animo d'un Prencipe della MUSICA posciache con le misure, e con le consonanze unendo questa in soave concerto le voci discordi, mostra in se una vera imagine della prudenza con cui deve un PRENCIPE governare i suoi STATI concordando (quasi buon Musico) le voci sregolate à è Sudditi, e mantenendoli nella perfetta armonia dello Stato politico. QUEsto considerando io, ECCELLENTISSIMO P[ad]rone, mi muovo à ragione à farle umilmente dono di questa mie brieve factica, e con'essa dell'affetto dell'animo mio e di tutto me stesso, massime restando io accertato quanto il di lei Nobilissimo Ingegno fiorisca nelle VIRTU' degne di Cavagliere, e di Prencipe trà le quali non dovendo avere il minor luogo, come hò detto, la MUSICA, mi persuado d'essere dalla di lei magnanimità non totalmente malgradito di che con ogni affetto, e riverenza supplicandola profondamente m'inchino à protestarmi eternamente . . . Di V.E. Humilissimo e Divotiss. Ser. Gio. Bat[is]ta Granata.
f. 2v -- [blank]
f. 3r -- [no alfabeto chart; hypothetical usage bases on Op.1:]
| + | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| G2 | H3 | H5 | K2 | K3 | K5 | K7 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M7 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N5 | N6 | N7 | P3 | P5 | P7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| H3+ | H5+ | M2+ | M3+ | M4+ | B)3 | H3)5 | I)3 | M3)6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
III. Notation
Tablature: Alfabeto only without measure lines but with meter and rhythm
Alfabeto and Italian tablature with measure lines, meter signs,
Range (highest fret used on each course):
| 5th course | 7th fret (9 in chords) |
| 4th course | 7th fret (9 in chords) |
| 3rd course | 7th fret (9 in chords) |
| 2nd course | 10th fret |
| 1st course | 12th fret |
Left-hand ornaments used: trillo (.T. )/vibrato (SS)
Instrument: 5-course guitar
IV. Indices
Index of Pieces (all for solo guitar):
| Page | Title | Key | Meter | Reused in Op. 3 (Granata 1651): |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| p. 3 | Capricci di Chiaccona | C | 3/[4] | p. 32 (with additions) |
| p. 5 | Passacalli | d | 3/[4] | p. 31 |
| p. 5 | [Passacalli] | a | 3/[4] | p. 31 |
| p. 7 | [Passacalli] | b | 3/[4] | |
| p. 7 | [Passacalli] | D | 3/[4] | |
| p. 9 | Romanesca | Bb | ¢ | |
| p. 10 | Corrente | d | 3/[4] | p. 25 |
| p. 11 | Corrente | g | 3/[4] | p. 9 (with additions) |
| p. 12 | Corrente | b | 3/[4] | |
| p. 13 | Sarabanda | b | 3/[4] | p. 52 |
| p. 14 | Alemanda | C | ¢ | |
| p. 15 | Sarabanda | C | 3/[4] | p. 21 |
| p. 15 | Ciaccone | C | 3/[4] | |
| p. 16 | Corrente | C | 3/[4] | p. 20 |
| p. 17 | Alemanda Francese | C | C | p. 19 (with additions) |
| p. 18 | Corrente | D | 3/[4] | p. 5 (with additions) |
| p. 19 | Corrente | D | 3/[4] | |
| p. 20 | Sarabanda | d | 3/[4] | p. 26 |
| p. 21 | Corrente Francese | g | 3/[4] | p. 44 (with additions); tuning: A-D-G-Bb-D |
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 | C | 3/[4] | ¢ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrente (Corrente, Corrente Francese) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Passacaglia (Passacaglio) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sarabande (Sarabanda) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Allemande (Alemanda, Alemanda Francese) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Capriccio (Cappricci di Chiaccona) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chaconne (Ciaccone) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Romanesca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals: | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 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 major | 0 | A minor | 1* | |
| B flat major | 1 | B flat minor | 0 | |
| B major | 0 | B minor | 3 | |
| C major | 6 | C minor | 0 | |
| C sharp major | 0 | C sharp minor | 0 | |
| D major | 3 | D minor | 3 | |
| E flat major | 0 | E flat minor | 0 | |
| E major | 0 | E minor | 0 | |
| F major | 0 | F minor | 0 | |
| F sharp major | 0 | F sharp minor | 0 | |
| G major | 0 | G minor | 2 | |
| A flat major | 0 | A flat minor | 0 |
Index of Names:
CURTI, -- [engraver?]
Fran.co Curti fec. / f. 1r [t.p.]
GONZAGA, Ferdinando [patron]
NUOVE SUONATE. Di Chitarriglia Spagnuola . . . dedicate ALL'ILLUSTRISSIMO ET ECCELLENTISS. PRENCIPE D.
FERDINANDO GONZAGA DUCA di Guastalla, PRENCIPE di Molsetta &c. / f. 1r
[dedication to] / f. 2r
GRANATA, Giovan Battista [composer]
NUOVE SUONATE. Di Chitarriglia Spagnuola piccicate, e battute di GIOVANBATTISTA, GRANATA da TORINO . . . / f. 1r
[dedication signed:] Gio. Batt[ist]a Granata / f. 2r
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 3391
Tyler, James, and Paul Sparks. The Guitar and Its Music: From the Renaissance to the Classical Era (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002): 74, 89.
VI. Exemplar
I-Bc = Italy: Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale G. B. Martini (visited in 1991-1992)
Condition: Plate much darker than border; very legible; less mildew and spots than Op. 3 (I-Bc).
Binding: Heavy grey rag paper (like Op. 3).
Manuscript additions:
Spine -- tape: "AA4"
Cover -- tape: "AA.4/1 Intavol."; ink: "Granata Gio. Battista Nuove Suonate di Chitarriglia Spagnuola Opera seconda (1650?)"
f. 1r -- blue stamp: "BIBLIOTECA DEL LICEO MUSICALE DI BOLOGNA"; ink: "Opera 2.a come si lege dalla lett.a ad lectore della 3.a però quest'edizione è anteriore al Sett. 1651"
p. 21 -- stamp: "LICEO MUSICALE G.B. MARTINI BIBLIOTECA BOLOGNA"
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