Well folks believe it or not...
I have what appears to be a study of this manuscript in Spanish which
someone - I think an Internet friend in Spain - sent me some time ago. I
have never got around to reading it but a quick look now suggests that it is
about the 5-course guitar - including setting out the chords according to
Amat's system. And why not? The vihuela deosn't have to be a vihuela.
I could if anyone wants to look at it try posting it on my ning page.
Regards to all
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Taco Walstra" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 10:32 AM
Subject: [LUTE] antiqua (guatemala) vihuela manuscript
Dear all,
A few weeks ago I happened to be in Antiqua in Quatemala. They have a tiny
museum containing old manuscrips and books which were printed in 16th and
17th century in quatemala. Among the books shown there were 4 books
containing music and one manuscript where the description mentioned that
it was about vihuela tuning. 23 pages following were to contain religious
music. Of course it would have been nice if this manuscript contains
vihuela tablature, but the museum description didn't mention this,
although it looks like that the music was intended to be played on
vihuela. Unfortunately there was nobody available to provide more
information. I made 2 pictures of the pages and will put them on a website
this week. Anybody more info about this book?
Taco
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