THE VIHUELA de MANO and
THE SPANISH GUITAR
A DICTIONARY OF THE MAKERS OF PLUCKED AND BOWED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OF SPAIN
(1200-2002)
In more than fifteen hundred entries in this first Dictionary about Spanish
guitar makers readers will find five centuries of musical instrument making
in Spain. Several dynasties of instrument makers can be found as well as the
places and streets where they lived and worked and the social conditions of
the times.
In the twenty-eight appendices (the original version in Spanish is also
included) information is given about the Ordinances of the Guilds of instrument
makers; details about the construction of vihuelas de mano and guitars; names
of the masters and apprentices and their personal appearance; working conditions;
indentures and certificates of examination; inventories of workshops listing
the tools and implements of their craft, woods and prices of materials and
instruments.
An extensive bibliography and documented references are given for readers
interested in further research. In the Prologue to this book José L.
Romanillos gives his insight into the development of the vihuela de mano and
the Spanish guitar.
This will be an indispensable reference book for instrument makers, historians,
musicologists, museums, musical instrument collectors, auction houses, dealers
and guitar enthusiasts alike.
A
limited edition of one hundred leather bound books, numbered and signed by
the authors, is also available. Information on request on the contact
page.