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Book Review: "Performance On Lute, Guitar And Vihuela: Historical Performance Practice And Interpretation" By Victor Anand Coelho, Daniel Zuluaga

Performance Practice Review

Zuluaga reviews Coelho's 2005 book.

Coelho, Victor Anand, ed. "Performance on Lute, Guitar and Vihuela: Historical Performance Practice and Interpretation." Cambridge University Press, 2005. Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice, no. 6. ISBN 0-521-10943-5.

The Role Of The Lute In Sixteenth-Century Consorts: Evidence From Terzi's Intabulations, Suzanne Court

Performance Practice Review

RILM abstract: "In his Venetian lute books of 1593 and 1599, Giovanni Antonio Terzi did not define the frequently used terms contrappunto and concerto, which are assigned to ensemble-intabulation lute parts. An attempt to clarify their meanings helps determine intended functions within ensembles. It appears that Terzi's ensemble intabulations were conceived in a purely instrumental context, and that the two distinct styles for lute are written manifestations of foundation and ornamental functions in ensembles, such as described by Agostino Agazzari (1607). Both in terms of the possibilities for instrumentation and the explicit examples of elaborating and foundation lute arrangements, Terzi's …

Interpretive Left-Hand Fingerings For Lute In Nicholas Vallet's "Le Secret Des Muses" (1615), Susan G. Sandman

Performance Practice Review

Lute fingerings for the left hand are a valuable source of information about the Articulation of Baroque music. Vallet's fingerings are given for 49 pieces in Le secret des muses. They affect linear Articulation, often indicating a preference for breaks before strong beats, before an anacrusis, and prior to ornaments, as well as articulating dance rhythms and sequential passages. His fingerings contribute to our understanding of some of the many performance details of early 17th-c. French music that may be mined for artistic guidance today.

"Continuo Playing On The Lute, Archlute And Theorbo" By Nigel North, James Tyler

Performance Practice Review

Tyler discusses and reviews North's 1987 book.