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El MaestroLuis Milan (ca.1500-1561)

Luis Milan was born around 1500 in Valencia, Spain, where he became a well-known court musician and poet. He performed on and composed for the vihuela, an ancestor of the guitar. The vihuela has six courses of strings and was one of the most popular instruments in the 16th century Spain.

In 1536, he published his most important work, "Libro de musica de vihuela de mano intitulado El Maestro." This work is the earliest known example of Spanish tablature in print. "El Maestro" contains forty fantasies, four preludes, six pavanes, six Christmas carols for vihuela and voice, four old romances and six sonnets. Milan died around 1561 in Valencia.

This selection is the third of the six pavanes.
To compare this score with Milan's original vihuela tablature click here.

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The Complete Fantasias of Luys Milan edited and transcribed by David Grimes 
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In his quest to compile an anthology of the best pieces by vihuela composers, David Grimes encountered the rich complexity of the music of Luys Milan. He also noticed many discrepancies in fingering and in the notes themselves in various existing transcribed editions. Following a period of exhaustive research the author prepared this authoritative guitar edition of the fifty fantasias in Milan's seminal 1536 book, El Maestro. The resulting edition provides a more accurate sense of the virtuosity of this music. These extraordinary pieces are presented here in standard notation only with extensive historical and performance notes. Of this collection the author writes, "It is my sincere hope that this new edition will help bring this glorious repertoire to the attention of more of today's many outstanding performers, and that Milan's fantasias will more often take there deserved place on recital programs, alongside the masterworks of John Dowland and Francesco da Milano." Overall Difficulty:  Advanced.
Milan: Complete Solo Works for Guitar I - El Maestro (1536) by Luis Milan edited by Istvan Szabo 
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Luis Milan's volume entitled "El Maestro (Valencia, 1536)" was originally a tablature collection containing both solo pieces for the vihuela ( a guitar-shaped instrument with six pairs of strings) as well as Italian, Spanish and Portuguese songs with vihuela accompaniment. The composer divided his book into two parts: the first featuring technically easier works, the second including more difficult ones. This format has been retained in this edition, which contains every solo piece in the original collection in standard notation for the modern guitar with the 3rd string tuned to F#. In this transcription all the rhythmic values have been reduced to half of their original values, while the barlines (whose meaning in the 16th century differed somewhat from that of today) have been left in their original positions. 72 pages. Overall Difficulty:  Intermediate.
Milan: Complete Solo Works for Guitar II - El Maestro (1536) by Luis Milan edited by Istvan Szabo 
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This second volume of Luis Milan's "Libro de musica de vihuela de mano" entitled "El Maestro (Valencia, 11536)" was originally a tablature collection containing both solo pieces written for the vihuela (a guitar-shaped instrument with six pairs of strings) as well as Italian, Spanish and Portuguese songs with vihuela accompaniment. The composer divided his book into two parts: the first featuring technically easier works, the second including more difficult pieces. This format has been retained in this edition, which presents every solo piece in the original collection in standard notation for the modern guitar with the 3rd string tuned to F#. In this transcription, all the rhythmic values have been reduced to half of their original values, while the barlines (whose meaning in the 16th century differed somewhat from that of today) have been left in their original positions. Besides taking polyphonic voice-leading into account, the editors have striven to create an easily readable score for modern guitarists. 100 pages. Overall Difficulty: Intermediate-Advanced.


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