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A Historical and Performance Companion to the Art Song of the 16th Century Spanish Vihuelistas With Texts and Translations

Author:
Covey, Mark David
Degree Grantor:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Music
Degree Supervisor:
Benjamin Brecher
Place of Publication:
[Santa Barbara, Calif.]
Publisher:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Creation Date:
2015
Issued Date:
2015
Topics:
Music and European history
Keywords:
Translations
16th century
Vihuela
Art Song
Texts
Spanish
Genres:
Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
Dissertation:
D.M.A.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015
Description:

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance in the repertoire and performance practice of the art songs of the 16th century Spanish vihuela composers. The document begins with historical information on the music, discussing its specific genres, tablature, and origins. Further, three composers, Luis Milan (1500-1561), Luys de Narvaez (fl. 1526-1549), and Alonso Mudarra (1508-1580), are discussed in detail. This study examines and offers insight into their lives and musical style. Eventually, my work in this area will expand to include the seven major vihuela composers. In later chapters, issues of performance practice are discussed, such as ornamentation, voice type, diction of early Spanish, and choice of instrument.

Because so little has been written about this music in comparison to other genres of accompanied solo song, research posed no small challenge. The writings of John Ward and John Griffiths have been especially helpful. Both of these scholars have devoted their lives to this music and remain among the most respected experSts in the field. Their writings extensively informed this study.

A unique part of our investigation is a section on the guitarist-singer collaboration. While there are many books dedicated to the pianist-singer collaboration, none familiar to me have been written on the collaboration between guitarist and singer. My own expertise as a performer served as the chief source of information. This section guides people in making the collaboration as effective as possible.

Finally, as resource material, this study includes song texts and translations for compositions of the three composers discussed in detail.

Physical Description:
1 online resource (108 pages)
Format:
Text
Collection(s):
UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
ARK:
ark:/48907/f33b5xbq
ISBN:
9781339083988
Catalog System Number:
990045715500203776
Rights:
Inc.icon only.dark In Copyright
Copyright Holder:
Mark Covey
File Description
Access: Public access
Covey_ucsb_0035D_12637.pdf pdf (Portable Document Format)