A network for historic guitars and vihuelas

7 libros de vihuela

El Maestro by Luis de Milán (1536)

Los seys libros del Delphin by Luis de Narváez (1538)

Tres Libros de Música by Alonso Mudarra (1546)

Silva de sirenas by Enríquez de Valderrábano (1547)

Libro de música de Vihuela by Diego Pisador (1552)

Orphénica Lyra by Miguel de Fuenllana (1554)

El Parnasso by Estevan Daça (1576).

and baroque guitar:

Resumen de acompañar la parte con la guitarra : Murcia, Santiago de - ca. 1682 - ca. 1735

Livre de guittarre.... Visée, Robert de. 1682

Livre de pièces pour la guittarre.... Visée, Robert de. 1686

Instruccion de musica sobre la guitarra española... Sanz, Gaspar 1674

Livro donde se veran...Santa Cruz, Antonio de. 1633

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Permalink Reply by Juan Pablo Pira on October 25, 2011 at 2:59

Apparently, viola toeira is still around and some interesting music is played on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEzIYoal6gM&feature=related

Not bad at all. However, the music is not close to bg music.

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Permalink Reply by Monica Hall on October 25, 2011 at 10:46

Thanks for the link! It's amazing what you can find on You-Tube. The instrument was fairly obviously wire strung. It seemed to have at least six courses. Instruments are always evolving from one thing to another. There are all sorts of "Guitars" used in ethnic music of one sort or another.