The Cambridge Companion to the Guitar

282 Pages·2003·5.14 MB·English

by  Victor Anand Coelho

TheCambridgeCompaniontotheGuitar
FromitsoriginsinthecultureoflatemedievalEuropetoenormous
globalpopularityinthetwentieth,theguitaranditsdevelopment
comprisemultiplehistories,eachcharacterizedbydistinctstyles,
playingtechniques,repertories,andsocio-culturalroles.These
historiessimultaneouslyspanpopularandclassicalstyles,
contemporaryandhistoricalpractices,writtenandunwritten
traditions,andWesternandnon-Westerncultures.Thisisthefirst
booktoencompassthebreadthanddepthofguitarperformance,
featuringtwelveessayscoveringdifferenttraditions,styles,and
instruments,writtenbysomeofthemostinfluentialplayers,
teachers,andguitarhistoriansintheworld.Thecoverageofthe
bookallowstheplayertounderstandboththeanalogiesandthe
differencesbetweenguitartraditions;allstyles–frombaroque,
classical,country,blues,androcktoflamenco,African,and
Celtic–willsharethesameplatform,alongwithinstrument
making.Asmusicaltrainingisincreasinglybroadenedthis
comprehensivebookwillbecomeanindispensableresource.
victor anand coelhoisProfessorofMusicattheUniversityof
Calgary.HispublicationsincludePerformanceonLute,Guitar,and
Vihuela(Cambridge,1997),TheManuscriptSourcesof17th-Century
ItalianLuteMusic,andMusicandScienceintheAgeofGalileo.Asa
lutenisthehasperformedthroughoutNorthAmericaandEurope
andasaguitaristhasjustreleasedaCD,ComeoninmyKitchen,
withhisbluesband.
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Contents
Listofillustrations [pageviii]
Notesoncontributors [ix]
Prefaceandacknowledgments [xi]
Noteonpitch [xiii]
PartI (cid:1) Newguitarhistoriesandworldtraditions
1 Pickingthroughcultures:aguitarist’smusichistory
VictorAnandCoelho [3]
2 Flamencoguitar:history,style,status PeterManuel [13]
3 TheCelticguitar:crossingculturalboundariesinthetwentieth
century ChristopherJ.Smith [33]
4 Africanreinventionsoftheguitar BanningEyre [44]
PartII (cid:1) Jazz,roots,androck
5 Theguitarinjazz GraemeM.Boone [67]
6 Acenturyofbluesguitar JasObrecht [87]
7 Theturntonoise:rockguitarfromthe1950sto
the1970s SteveWaksman [109]
8 Contestingvirtuosity:rockguitarsince1976 SteveWaksman [122]
9 Theguitarincountrymusic GordonRoss [133]
PartIII (cid:1) Baroqueandclassicalguitartoday
10 Radicalinnovations,socialrevolution,andthe
baroqueguitar CraigH.Russell [153]
11 Perspectivesontheclassicalguitarinthetwentieth
century DavidTanenbaum [182]
12 AntonioStradivariandbaroqueguitarmaking StewartPollens [207]
Glossary [229]
Notes [232]
Selectbibliography [249]
Generalindex [252]
Indexofsongandalbumtitles [262]
[vii]
Illustrations
1 French10-francnoteissuedc.1964ofcomposerHectorBerliozwithguitar [4]
2 KeithRichards,1999,OklahomaCity(photocourtesyofGuidoKarp) [6]
3 MapofAndalusia,showinghistoricalcentersofflamenco [14]
4 DiegodelGastor(photobySteveKahn) [19]
5 PacodeLuc´ıa(photobyPacoSanchez) [20]
6 UnidentifiedGypsies(photobySteveKahn) [21]
7 Ngoni [46]
8 RighthandofDjelimadyTounkara [48]
9 KooNimoofGhana [49]
10 Kora [52]
11 AliFarkaToure´ofMaliatWOMADUSA2000 [54]
12 JohnnyCleggofSouthAfrica,CentralPark,NewYork,1998 [60]
13 JoshuaDube´ofZimbabwe [62]
14 Martin000M,Auditorium-sized(photocourtesyoftheMartinGuitar
Company) [135]
15 MartinDM,Dreadnought-sized(photocourtesyoftheMartinGuitar
Company) [136]
16 FenderTelecaster(photocourtesyofFender) [143]
17 FenderStratocaster(photocourtesyofFender) [144]
18 “Catalogue”fromFeuilletandPe´cour,Recu¨eildedanses(1709),BibliotecaNacional,
Madrid [166]
19a AguirreManuscript,fol.19r [176]
19b AguirreManuscript,fol.20r [177]
19c AguirreManuscript,fol.21r [177]
19d AguirreManuscript,fol.22v [178]
19e AguirreManuscript,fol.27r [178]
19f AguirreManuscript,fol.29r [179]
20a Co´diceSalv´ıdarNo.4,fol.45r,“Zarambeques,”238 [180]
20b Co´diceSalv´ıdarNo.4,fol.43r,“Cumbe´es,”238 [180]
21a–d The“Hill”Stradivariguitar,1688(AshmoleanMuseum,Oxford) [208]
22 Stradivaripeg-headtemplates(Cremona,MuseoStradivariano,MS376–381) [217]
23 Stradivaripaperpatternforguitar(Cremona,MuseoStradivariano,MS374) [219]
24 Stradivariwoodguitarform(Paris,Muse´edelaMusique,MME901d) [220]
25 Stradivarineckpatternshowingarrangementofstrings(Cremona,Museo
Stradivariano,MS375) [225]
[viii]