[VIHUELA] Re: Peruvian Sonata

[Mjos & Larson]

Thanks, Eloy.

With your information I was pleasantly surprised to find that our  
local university music library has this modern edition and also  
Echecopar's "Cuaderno de musica para guitarra de Math=EDas Maestro".

I have ordered them both.

The Stevenson article I mentioned says the "Libro de Zifra" tablature  
stops after folio 11, with the rest in staff notation. He mentions  
that some of the tablature pieces were actually recopied later in the  
ms. in staff notation.

The 1766 date I mentioned was not Stevenson's dating, but rather the  
year Misson died. He mentions the name of the owner in 1805 and also  
reports an earlier owner (no date given). I don't know where the 1776  
from the baroque lute edition came from.

Thanks again for the information.

-- Rocky


On Mar 23, 2008, at 1:15 AM, Eloy Cruz wrote:

> Dear Rocky, List
>
>
> I have a modern edition of the Libro de Cifra, edited and  
> transcribed by
> Enrique Carrillo Thorne and Javier Echecopar, in the intro they make a
> historic account of the guitar in Peru, but basically say nothing  
> about the
> original ms., not even it's original name or date, so I don't know  
> if the
> dates 1766-1776 that you mention are original. They do say the ms  
> is divided
> in 2 sections, one in tablature and one is staff, but don't  
> indicate which
> pieces are written in which way. In the edition's cover, they  
> include a copy
> of one of the tablature pieces and it's a five-course tablature.
>
> The book includes 5 sonatas: Sonata en la mayor, Sonata en re  
> mayor, Sonata
> de Mison, Sonata en la menor and Gran Sonata. I'm copying from my  
> notes and
> don't have the book with me, but I can remember that these sonatas  
> are very
> simple single-movement works. I know the one and to my knowledge only
> surviving flute sonata by Misson (it's in a Mexican flute ms and  
> it's in 3
> movements) and the Sonata de Mison in the Libro de Cifra doesn't  
> sound in
> Misson style, it's just an arpeggio that looks like some kind of
> accompaniment or something.
>
> The other pieces are closer to the Mexican Tablatura Musical (ms  
> 1560) than
> to the Vargas y Guzman ms.
>
> Best wishes
>
>
> eloy
>
>
>

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