GOR29$2.00

June1966

GR-29 THE AUTHORS

Published and copyrighted 1966 by The Society of theClassic Guitar (a non-profit membership corporation),409 East 50th Street, New York 22, N. Y.

EDMUND A. BOWLES is Manager of ProfessionalActivities, Departmnent of Educational Affairs, at theInternational Business Machines Corporation. Follow-ing graduate studies in musicology and art history atYale Untversity, Mr. Bowles taught in the Departmentof Humanities at M.I.T. He is an internationally-known specialist in musical instruments and perform-ance practices during the Middle Ages, and has writ-ten extensively on this subject in various scholarlyjournals. Mr. Bowles is currently working on a bookdevoted to 15th Century musical life and performancepractices for the series, Musikgeschichte in Bildern.

Editor: Vladimir BobriAssociate Editors:Gregory d'Alessio, Franz C. HessContributing Editors: Suzanne Bloch,Jack Duarte, Eithne Golden,Carl Miller, Martha Nelson, John C. TannoIllustrations and Decorations:George Giusti, V. Bobri, Irving SloaneLayout: V. Bobri, George GiustiTypography: F. C. HessAdvertising: Michael J. KellyCirculation: L. TrettThe Guitar Review is issued irregularly... it is sold involume form and can be ordered serially by either threeor six consecutive issues.SUBSCRIPTIONS:No. 25-30Six consecutive issues.. $8.00 Single copies......... $2.00Three consecutive issues $4.50 Available back numbers $2.00

MICHAEL JAFFEE, guitarist and lutenist, has been ac-tive in New York City as both a performer and teacher.He is founder and director of the Waverly Consort, anensemble of six musicians specializing in the perform-ance of music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance andBaroque. In 1964, Mr. Jaffee received a degree of Mas-ter of Arts in musicology from New York University.The article published in this issue is a condensed ver-sion of his master's thesis, which was written underthe advisorship of Gustave Reese. Mr. Jaffee is on thefaculties of the Henry Street and Third Street Settle-ment music schools.

CONTENTSCover: Detail from woodcut on title page of "Carcel de

Amor" by San Pedro (1547)

ArticlesThe Guitar in Medieval LiteratureNote on Medieval Music

BART JORDAN Studied at the monastery El Escorialand became acquainted with the entabulated vihuelaworks that lay in its ancient repository. Eventually hisconcern with the problems of transcribing tablatureinto modern notation led him to discover the "emphatic

Edmund BowlesSuzanne Bloch

The Legacy of Carlo Gesualdo, Virtuoso,Lutenist-Composer Bart Jordan line principle and to trace its development in instru-

Harmony in The Solo Guitar Music mental and vocal compositions by lutenist-composers.Last year, Mr. Jordan introduced his theories in a bookentitled A Performer's Approach to Music of theRenaissance." He is now engaged in a more compre-hensive study which includes sacred as well as secularmaterial. The Guitar Review has anticipated that cer-tain persons may wish to direct questions of a technicalnaure to the author for which purpose this addressis given: 30-31 Hobart Street, Woodside 77, New York.

of Heitor Villa-LobosDomenico PellegriniThe Guitar on Discs

Michael JaffeeAlexander Bellow

Carl Miller

MusicLamento di Tristan with RottaTant con je vivraiPlus dureDiex soit

14th Century DanceAdam de la Halle

Guillaume de MachautAdam de la HalleCarlo GesualdoCarlo Gesualdo

Domenico Pellegrini

Moro Lasso (tablature)Moro Lasso (transcription)Corrente detta la Savellina

ALEXANDER BELLOW, noted teacher, comnposer,usicologis t, has made important contributions to theliterature of the guitar, including his InternationalAnthology for guitar, published in fourlanguages.Hisextensiveresearch of the guitar tablature resulted inninevolumes of original guitar music from the Renais-sance and Baroque periods. Commissioned by FrancoColombo, N.Y., he recently completed a History of theGuitar, tracing its origin back to 2500 B.C.

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