Luis Milán on sixteenth-century performance practice / Luis Gásser.
| Author/creator | Gásser, Luis, 1951- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1996. |
| Description | vi, 222 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Publications of the Early Music Institute Publications of the Early Music Institute. ^A269942 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Background. Biography of Milán ; The Dukes of Calabria and their Alencian court ; Milán's religious beliefs ; Naples ; The Cancioneros -- El Cortesano. General plan ; Style ; Performance -- El maestro. Background ; General plan ; Modality ; Tempo indications ; Meter, tactus and time signature ; Text setting ; Ornamentation ; Songs ; Fantasías: style and structure ; Milán's tablature ; Tuning and temperament. |
| Abstract | Luis Milan (fl. 1536-1561) was a lutenist, singer, composer, and poet. His collection of lute tablatures, El Maestro, published in 1536, is the first book of instrumental music known to have been printed in Spain; and his novel El Cortesano (1561) describes performances at the Valencian court. Luis Gasser discusses Milan's attention to modality, his use of meter, and the ornamentation in his songs and fantasias, for which Milan provided both written-out figures and verbal instructions. With inferences drawn from both El Maestro and El Cortesano, Gasser provides for present-day musicians--as Milan did for his contemporaries--a text on sixteenth-century performance practice. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index. |
| LCCN | 95047996 |
| ISBN | 0253210186 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.M67 G37 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |