Pesori, Stefano

I concerti di chitarriglia . . . (c. 1660)

Detailed Contents

Prefatory Material
Tablature
Indices
Sources

I. Overview

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Title:
I concerti di chitarriglia . . . (Verona: s.n., n.d. [after 1648]).

Description:
? ff.; movable type and engraving
? pieces
Foliation: none
Page Size -- GB:Lbl: 19.1 cm. (width) X 28 cm.
Plate Size -- GB:Lbl [p. 28]: c. 15 cm X 22.8 cm. [varies widely]

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 [GB:Lbl]

GB:Lbl = Great Britain: London, The British Library (visited in 1992)

Condition: Thick pages with little major damage but some stains (f. 39, etc.); fairly light ink in places but legible.

Binding: Recent green hard cover; gold on spine: "PESORI. I CONCERTI DI CHITARRIGLIA. VERONA."

Manuscript additions:
Cover -- brown tape: "k.1" and "g16"; 2 added folios at front

+f. 1v -- ink: "liber extremamente Raro"
+f. 2v -- pencil: "C.31.m.11" [marked out]; pencil: "k.1.g.16"
[ff. 1-56 numbered in pencil]
f. 1v -- red stamp: "BRITISH MUSEUM"
f. 2r -- t.p. in movable type
f. 2v -- MS addition, poem; and portrait; red stamp: "BRITISH MUSEUM"
f. 4v -- red stamp: "BRITISH MUSEUM 8 JA [18]79"

Corrigenda (in brownish ink):
f. 9 -- st. 2, m. 3, bt. 4: .T. added; st. 2, m. 1, bt. 4: 0/2nd erased
f. 10 -- st. 3, m. 2: downstroke added to 2013 chord
f. 12v -- MS pieces
f. 26r -- st. 6, m. 1: barline added after 3/2nd
f. 40 -- st. 3, m. 3, before I: C added; st. 4, m. 2, bt. 1: 1/5th added; st. 5, m. 3, last note: 0/2nd added; st. 6, m. 1: 3/3rd added
f. 43 -- st. 1, m. 3: 5/1st added

f. 55v -- red stamp: "BRITISH MUSEUM 8 JA [18]79" [and f. 56v]
f. 57 -- blank

2 added folios at end