This topic brings to mind that Antonio de Santa Cruz (c.1699,
according to Tyler) called his 5-course instrument the "Biguela
hordinaria" -- the common vihuela.
What's in a name? That which we call a vihuela
By any other name would sound as sweet.
-- Rocky
On Jun 7, 2008, at 10:17 AM, Monica Hall wrote:
Subject: RE: [VIHUELA] Re: Fuenllana 5c vihuela
Ah, yes! But Fuenllana was published in 1554. That's the latest
date the 5c
music could have been written.
Espinel is much later than that, and Amat even later (probably 1586).
What is unclear is the relationship between the 4-course guitar and
the vihuela, whether there was any appreciable difference between
the two, apart from size and number of courses.
It may have been more to do with the different roles, and kind of
music the two instruments played.
Monica
Monica
By
then, the vihuela must have been fading away (last book: Daça,
1576), and
some bewailed its demise in the wake of the guitar's popularity.
Mike
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