Annotated Bibliography LMAguilera

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NAME Luis M. Aguilera

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Paper Topic: Plucked String instruments and their music in Renaissance Spain

Full bibliographical listing in correct form according to Turabian manual:

Coelho, Victor A. Performance on Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela. Cambridge University

Press, 1997.

Where this item was found:_X_ 1) UTEP main library. Catalog number ML 1003 .P47

____ 2) UTEP Music Library. Catalog number ___________________________

____ 3) UTEP on-line journal database (which) __________________________

4) Other _________________________________________

How this item was found:____ 1) Bibliography in a book or encyclopedia give author, title

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_X_ 2) Catalog, UTEP main library

____ 3) Catalog, UTEP Music Library

_X_ 4) Other (utep main library catalog through online search function)

Information contained in this item that will be useful for my topic:

This book contains chapters on the established performance practices of the Lute andVihuela, in their various iterations and speaks on its uses in many countries during the

same time frame of my paper. It also addresses problems that the established

performance practice gives its students, while also showing how some of these issues

have been phased out by modern instruments from the same chordophone family. Manyof the chapters also verify the same historical information I have found in other of my

sources.


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Schechter, John M. The Indispensable Harp: Historical Development, Modern Roles,

Configurations, and Performance Practices in Ecuador and Latin America. Kent State

University Press, 1992

Where this item was found:

_X_ 1) UTEP main library. Catalog number ML 1005 .S26____ 2) UTEP Music Library. Catalog number ___________________________

____ 3) UTEP on-line journal database (which) __________________________4) Other _________________________________________


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This book contains information on the historical development of the harp through its

earliest inceptions, with a large focus on the harps developing performance practice. Thebook also shows the many iterations of harps in different countries, specifically during

15th-16th century Spain and how the instrument eventually was exported to Latin

American countries where it developed even further.


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Milan, Luis de. El Maestro. Valencia, 1536. Reprint: Pennsylvania State University,1971.


_X_ 1) UTEP main library. Catalog number M2 .M36 M3f



How this item was found:

____ 1) Bibliography in a book or encyclopedia give author, title

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This book is one of the first printed collections of music for the Spanish vihuela, with

many highlights how to go about performing the pieces. The performance notes are some

of the first in Spanish music to explain specific tempos for the music, and also include

insight into the tablature score method used by vihuelists. The books performancenotes also explain the mensurations used for vihuela music by many of its composers.

The preface by the reprint translator and Luis de Milan include historical references to the

Renaissance in Spain.


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Karson, Burton L. ed.,Festival Essays for Pauline Alderman. Bringham Young

University Press, 1976.

Where this item was found:_X_ 1) UTEP main library. Catalog number _ML 55 .A4___

____ 2) UTEP Music Library. Catalog number _______________________________ 3) UTEP on-line journal database (which) __________________________

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This book contains an extensive essay on a very notable vihuelist Diego Pisador.Pisador published many books on vihuela practice of the mid-16th century, but focuses on

the method of using the vihuela to accompany singers with a specific method to notate

the voice. The essay also speaks on the various tuning methods used for the instrumentand how performers and composers used modes to dictate their tuning.


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Buetens, Stanley. Method for the Renaissance Lute Vol.1. Instrumenta Antiqua, 1969.

(Fourth Printing, 1977)


_X_ 1) UTEP main library. Catalog number __MT 640.2 .B85 M48 v.1f_____ 2) UTEP Music Library. Catalog number ___________________________

____ 3) UTEP on-line journal database (which) __________________________

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This book contains instructional information to performing on renaissance style lute

instruments. It includes a lot of insight on the methods of playing a lute, allowing me to

compare these methods to those used in performance of other plucked string instrumentsof the time. The lute technique presented in this book is not a modern one, so it presents

its information based on the principles set during the renaissance.


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Thomasin, Lamay. ed.,Musical Voices of Early Modern Women. Ashgate Publishing

Company, 2005.


_X_ 1) UTEP main library. Catalog number _ML 82 .M798____ 2) UTEP Music Library. Catalog number ___________________________



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This book contains an expansive section on the women of Renaissance Spain mainly

talking about the discrepancies exists between educational theory and musicalpractice. Many examples are given on how the most notable male writers of the time

believed women had no place in the extensive study of music. The source shows that

even the higher class society found women to be out of place as musicians and believed itwas a bit demeaning. The chapter of this book talks about the instruments women did

perform on, including the lute and vihuela, and highlights some of the female virtuoso

performers of the time.


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Klaus Wachsmann, et al. "Lute." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://0-www.oxfordmusiconline.com.lib.utep.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/40074pg4

(accessed September 19th, 2010).


____ 1) UTEP main library. Catalog number ___________________________


_X_ 3) UTEP on-line journal database (which) __Oxford Music Online4) Other _________________________________________



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_X_ 4) Other (Oxford/Grove Music online search function)


This article includes many historical accounts of the western lute, and its construction

across various countries including Spain. It gives information on many of the ways the

instrument arrived in Europe and also confirms some of my previous sources on the

instruments activity in Spain that lead it to Latin America. The article talks extensivelyon the various tunings used for the lute and talks of its many variations in construction to

apply a larger range through its courses.


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Sue Carole DeVale, et al. "Harp." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://0-

www.oxfordmusiconline.com.lib.utep.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/45738pg5


Where this item was found:____ 1) UTEP main library. Catalog number ___________________________

____ 2) UTEP Music Library. Catalog number ____________________________X_ 3) UTEP on-line journal database (which) _ Oxford Music Online

4) Other _________________________________________



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_X_ 4) Other (Oxford/Grove Music Online search function)


The article gives information on the various iterations of the harp, including its known

forms during ancient times up to modern times. The article speaks about how specifically

Gothic & Renaissance harps were tuned, and also speaks of how the Spanish harp wasdesigned to allow for further chromaticism with a cross string formation. The article

shows further links between the three instruments from my paper, including how many

performers/composers in Spain played and wrote for all three instruments.


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Diana Poulton and Antonio Corona Alcalde. "Vihuela." In Grove Music Online. Oxford

Music Online, http://0-www.oxfordmusiconline.com.lib.utep.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/29360


Where this item was found:____ 1) UTEP main library. Catalog number ___________________________


_X_ 3) UTEP on-line journal database (which) _Oxford Music Online__4) Other _________________________________________


____ 1) Bibliography in a book or encyclopedia give author, title____________________________________________



_X_ 4) Other (Oxford/Grove Music Online search function)


The article contains further information on the history of the instrument including what isbelieved to be its origins into Spain. The article also speaks of how the vihuela was

initially labeled by its means of performance, either bowed, quilled or plucked by hand.

It also touches base on how many different styles of right-hand plucking where labeledand also how court musicians used the instrument. The article gives historical

information on the two surviving Renaissance Vihuelas and how their physical

dimensions give insight into how these instruments where made.


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