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Luis Venegas de Henestrosa, Libro de Cifra Nueva para Tecla, Harpa, y Vihuela.

1557

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Luis Venegas de Henestrosa, Libro de Cifra Nueva para Tecla, Harpa, y Vihuela. 1557 16cent Alcalá de Henares Madrid
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Document type Subject Siglum Archive name Call no.
music source Vihuelas Music Persons
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People mentioned
Name Status when cited Social status
Venegas de Henestrosa, Luis Professional
Notes

ed. Joan de Brocar, 1557.

Contains arrangements of vihuela music (for keyboard) by Narváez, Mudarra and Valderrábano, as well as details about playing the vihuela. Venegas describes the lute as the “vihuela de Flandes” and two types of plicking technique: figueta española (thumb-out) and figueta extranjera (thumb-under).