Music Notation in the Renaissance and Baroque Era (Antonio

Music Notation in the Renaissance and Baroque Era (Antonio

Music Notation in the Renaissance and Baroque Era
(Antonio Delfino)
1. The instrumental tablatures in the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century: related theory writings and main
sources, especially a) the earliest lute tablatures; b) scores and Italian keyboard tablatures between
sixteenth- and seventeenth-century.
2. German keyboard anthologies of the late sixteenth-century (Ammerbach15711, 15751 e 15832, Paix 15834
e 15896, Rühling 15836, Schmid 15776): repertories and notation.
Practical transcriptions.
Essential bibliography:
J. W OLF, Handbuch der Notationskunde, 2 voll., Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel, 1919 (rist.
Hildesheim, Olms, 1963);
W. APEL, La notazione della musica polifonica dal X al XVII secolo, trad. it. di P. Neonato, Firenze,
Sansoni, 1984, pp. 1-88 (ed. orig.: Die Notation der polyphonen Musik. 900-1600, Leipzig,
Breitkopf und Härtel, 1970);
M. KIRNBAUER – CC. YOUNG, Frühe Lautentabulaturen im Facsimile / Early Lute Tablatures in
Facsimile, Winterthur, Amadeus Verlag, 2003;
C. TH. JOHNSON, Keyboard intabulations preserved in sixteenth- and seventeenth century German
organ tablatures: a catalogue and commentary, New York – London, Garland, 1989.
The detailed bibliography and facsimiles will be given at lesson.