Are the illustrations from the copy in the British Library? Not all are included in the facsimile published by S.P.E.S. Great to have them reproduced in this way! The music in the two copies varies too. The pieces are arranged in a different order and the facsimile includes a piece which doesn't seem to be in the B.L. copy.
The music is passing strange, primarily because the rhythmic notation is not clear, but the tuning is standard 5-course guitar. A manocordo is usually a keyboard instrument. I wouldn't assume that the illustrations of the instruments are 100% accurate, especially not the 12 pegs! The engraver was probably more interested in the artistic appearance! Cheers Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 11:20 PM Subject: Stefano Pesori > I put up a few pages about a rather obscure composer for the five-course guitar - Stefano Pesori. He published five books and they are disticntly odd (if the only one I've seen is anything to go by). If the music could be sorted out, it's probably no great shakes. > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/s.walsh > > ----------------------------------------- > Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/ > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
