Italian Guitar Music of the Seventeenth Century - Battuto and Pizzicato - Grand Format

"An important study for all performers concerned with the relevance of the five-course guitar as a solo instrument and its role in one of the largest printed repertories of secular song in the seventeenth century" —Early Music "Engaging, well written, and well researched. It is a much-needed contribution to the current discussion of baroque guitar history, stringing, and performance. Eisenhardt's summary of past and current thought on performance-related issues, combined with his references to translated original source material, allows even novices to understand and engage with the issues presented" —Lute Society of America "Presents the issue of tuning in a practice-based approach, written by one of the foremost performers on the instrument.
A fascinating ... exploration of the repertoire of the Baroque guitar in Italy, how it was exported to France and how also in Spain there was a revival of instrumental music inspired by folklore in which the guitar played an important role. To make the author's arguments more dear, we can listen to many musical examples online" —Nostalgia "In every sense a worthy successor to [Tyler's] The Early Guitar.
Mr. Eisenhardt has long been known as a skillful and sensitive performer on a wide variety of historical guitars and with the present work he has shown himself to be equally impressive as a scholar and writer. Well worth the attention of anyone with an interest in the music of the seventeenth century" —Early Music Review