14Jul17: Posted cleaned up copy of v.1 (of 4) of Vincenzo Galilei’s autograph MS Libro d’intavolatura di liuto (1584)., consisting of 131 pages of Italian tab, consisting of a variety of passemezzos, romanescas, and saltarellos in every possible key,. Galilei was demonstrating that the lute was best conceived as an equal-tempered instrument, as Bach did with his “Well-Tempered Clavier”.
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