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The guitar from the Renaissance to the present day

Harvey Turnbull

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Today the guitar holds the enviable position among musical instruments. It has strengthened its traditional appeal for amateur music-makers and, in addition has achieved an unprecedented stature on the concert platform at the hands of such masters as Andres Segovia, Julian Bream and John Williams. Its present position is being consolidated by the ever-increasing repertory of music expressly conceived for it. Harvey Turnbull, himself a professional and specialised scholarship to tracing the instruments development from its lowly beginnings in the sixteenth century when it had to compete with the more aristocratic vihuela, viola de mano and lute, through the times of neglect and gradual recognition to its present day eminence. The author pieces together, drawing extensively on contemporary written and pictorial sources, the intricate development of the guitar's structure, the various playing techniques favoured through the centuries, the music created for the instrument and its changing role in musical life throughout Western Europe since the Renaissance.

Language: English

Pages: 168

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Batsford

Release: October 21, 2022

ISBN: 0713427841

ISBN 13: 0713427841

The guitar from the Renaissance to the present day

Harvey Turnbull

0/5 ( ratings)

Today the guitar holds the enviable position among musical instruments. It has strengthened its traditional appeal for amateur music-makers and, in addition has achieved an unprecedented stature on the concert platform at the hands of such masters as Andres Segovia, Julian Bream and John Williams. Its present position is being consolidated by the ever-increasing repertory of music expressly conceived for it. Harvey Turnbull, himself a professional and specialised scholarship to tracing the instruments development from its lowly beginnings in the sixteenth century when it had to compete with the more aristocratic vihuela, viola de mano and lute, through the times of neglect and gradual recognition to its present day eminence. The author pieces together, drawing extensively on contemporary written and pictorial sources, the intricate development of the guitar's structure, the various playing techniques favoured through the centuries, the music created for the instrument and its changing role in musical life throughout Western Europe since the Renaissance.

Language: English

Pages: 168

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Batsford

Release: October 21, 2022

ISBN: 0713427841

ISBN 13: 0713427841

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