The Baroque guitar is a guitar from the baroque era (c1600-1750), an ancestor of the modern classical guitar. The term is also used for modern instruments made in the same style.

The instrument was smaller than a modern guitar, of lighter construction, and had gut strings. The frets were also usually made of gut, and tied to the neck. A typical instrument had five courses, of which either four or five were double-strung making a total of nine or ten strings.

The conversion of all courses to single strings and the addition of a bass E-string occurred during the era of the early romantic guitar.

Contents 1 Tuning 2 Repertoire 3 Baroque guitar maker 3.1 Historic baroque guitar makers 3.2 Modern baroque guitar makers 4 Baroque guitarists 4.1 Historic performers 5 Modern performers 6 See also 7 External links 8 References 9 Bibliography

[edit] Tuning

Composer	Tuning
Gaspar Sanz (Spain)
Robert de Visée (France) [1]
Girolamo Montesardo (Italy)

[edit] Repertoire

• Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710)
• Robert de Visée (ca 1658-1725)
• Francisco Guerau's Poema harmonico
• Francesco Corbetta (1615 – 1681)
• Santiago de Murcia (ca. 1682 - ca. 1740)

[edit] Baroque guitar maker

[edit] Historic baroque guitar makers

The Voboam family, Paris, France.

• Nicholas Alexandre Voboam II
• René Voboam
• Domenico Sellas

[edit] Modern baroque guitar makers

• Stephen Barber and Sandi Harris
• Daniel Larson
• John J van Gool

[edit] Baroque guitarists

[edit] Historic performers

David Ryckaert III (Antwerp 1612-1661)

[edit] Modern performers

• Eduardo Egüez
• Paul O'Dette
• Hopkinson Smith
• Stephen Stubbs
• Lex Eisenhardt

[edit] See also

• Ten string guitar

[edit] External links

• Technique "Baroque guitar for the modern performer - a practical compromise", by Don Rowe and Richard d’A Jensen.
• The Baroque Guitar Printed Music from 1606-1737 by Dr. Gary R. Boye
• Francois Campion - Pieces for Baroque guitar in alternate tunings
• Baroqueguitar.net
• INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE BAROQUE GUITAR by the The Lute Society, UK.
• Musical Instruments in Vermeer's Paintings: The Guitar, by Adelheid Rech
• The Guitar, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• Antoni Pizà: Francesc Guerau i el seu temps (Palma de Mallorca: Govern de les Illes Balears, Conselleria d'Educació i Cultura, Direcció General de Cultura, Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics, 2000) ISBN 84-89868-50-6

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