This is a guest post by Clive Titmuss Also see Part I of this series or go to the bottom of this page for more articles by Clive Titmuss. The Paper Chase: How Bach acquired and lost a reputation as a composer of lute music: The Bach Gesellschaft began publishing Bach’s entire oeuvre in 1851. The [...]
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Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted – Part I
This is a guest post by Clive Titmuss Also see Part II of this series or go to the bottom of this page for more articles by Clive Titmuss. Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted! Part I “I don’t just re-tell the myth—I explode it.” As student guitarists, we learned that J. S. Bach wrote four suites [...]
The Vihuela—Part Three: Confessions of a Vihuelista
This is a guest post by lutenist, early guitar specialist, and luthier Clive Titmuss Also see part one: The Vihuela: History and Style – Part One, Part Two The Vihuela—Part III: Confessions of a Vihuelista First Encounter “A quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore…” That famous line from Poe’s “The Raven” popped into my head while [...]
The Vihuela: History and Style – Part Two
This is a guest post by lutenist, early guitar specialist, and luthier Clive Titmuss Also see part one: The Vihuela: History and Style – Part One, Part Three The Vihuela: Part Two The Sources of Vihuela Music The vihuela books contain distinct genres of music: movements in the Italian chordal dance style, such as Pavanes or Galliards; variation forms [...]
The Vihuela: History and Style – Part One
This is a guest post by lutenist, early guitar specialist, and luthier Clive Titmuss Also see: The Vihuela: History and Style – Part two, Part three The Vihuela: Part One The Ideal Instrument for Guitarists Interested in Early Music? I recently completed construction a set of four vihuelas, having made more than twenty over the last 25 years. [...]
An overview of the six-course guitar
A big thank you to Clive Titmuss for this excellent post. Make sure to check out his Scarlatti transcriptions on his site. Clive Titmuss is a luthier and player, all photos of guitars are by Mr. Titmuss of guitars he built himself. He mentioned: “I made two of these instruments for my colleague Alan Rinehart and [...]
Panormo Guitars and Vihuelas by Clive Titmuss
This is a guest post by luthier Clive Titmuss Website: clivetitmuss.com Classical period Guitar by Clive Titmuss modelled on Panormo c.1809 built in 2011 This instrument is a near copy of a guitar whose maker was declared by Fernando Sor, the father of the classical guitar, to be his favorite. I created it after playing the [...]
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