I have now added a big chunk of new stuff on my web page - [1]www.monicahall.co.uk
It all forms part of my project with the title "The baroque guitar made simple" and it consists of translations of the instructions to the player from the guitar books of Montesardo, Colonna, Sanseverino and Millioni with comments and musical examples and a separate section on alfabeto songs. There is a general introduction and then the pages about Foscarini and Bartolotti follow on. Any comments and corrections will be gratefully received. I hope someone will find it as interesting as I do. The books do throw up quite a lot of interesting background details. For example Colonna and Sanseverino both dedicated books to the Milanese nobleman Conde Iulio Borromeo who was related to Saint Charles Borromeo and Colonna says he was living in Iulio Cesare's household when he composed his pieces. There is more to these books than meets the eye. cheers Monica -- References 1. http://www.monicahall.co.uk/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
