Pesori, Stefano

Toccate di chitarriglia . . . Parte terza (c. 1660)

Detailed Contents

Prefatory Material
Tablature
Indices
Sources

I. Overview

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Title:
Toccate di chitarriglia . . . Parte terza (Verona: F[rate]lli Rossi, n.d. [after 1648]).

Description:
35 ff.; some pages engraved: f3r, ff7r-10r, ff13r-17r, ff21r-24r, ff27r-28r, ff31r-32r, f35r -- the rest are movable type
? pieces
Foliation: none
Page Size -- I:Vnm: 18.6 cm (width) X 27.4 cm.
Plate Size -- I:Vnm [f8]: c15.5 cm X 23.3 cm.

II. Prefatory Material (6 ff.)

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III. Tablature:

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IV. Indices

Title information in brackets [ ] is editorial; information in parentheses ( ) is from the table of contents.

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Index of Pieces:

Notes:

1. 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.

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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.

Index of Names:

V. Sources [I:Vnm]

I:Vnm = Italy: Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (visited in 1992)

Condition: Darkened and stained pages; engraved on recto only; many back pages have been patched in borders.

Binding: Recent brown hard cover with white spine with gold on black "PESORI TOCC. DI CHITARR."

Manuscript additions:
Spine -- white tape: "BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE DI SAN MARCO VENEZIA MUSICA 98" [and front cover and inside front cover]
Inside front cover -- ink: "98" and "97097"

[added index card: "579. Pesori, Stefano. Toccate di Chitarriglia. Parte terza (vaghissime ed armoniose suonate al modo Italiano, Spagnuolo e Francese). Verona, F.lli Rossi, s.a., in f. . . . Unico esemplare conosciuto Venezia, R. Biblioteca Nazionale."]

1 added folio at front
f. 1r -- title page, bottom: "di Casa [?]in.mi Sig.i Lisci" and "Stefano mass[?]ii . . ." [partially cut off]
f. 3r -- ink: "di Casa Lin.mi Sig.ri Lisci Volf[?]ena" [PESORI highlighted, face marked]
[f. 5r -- St. P.: highlighted]
f. 12v -- ink: "di casa Lin.mi Sig.ri Lisci" [and f. 21r]

Corrigenda (in ink):
f. 17 -- st. 3, m. 2: 7/1st erased and moved back [?]
[f. 24r -- ink: hand drawn imitation of engraving (and f. 31r)]

f. 35v -- black stamp: "BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE DI SAN MARCO VENEZIA"; black stamp: "97097"

1 added folio at back

Inside back cover -- ink: "VII.8"; blue pencil: "747" twice