Giovanni Paolo Foscarini (fl. 1627–47) was an Italian guitarist, lutenist, theorist and composer. He was active in Rome, Venice, Brussels, and Paris. His Il primo, secondo e terzo libro is the earliest known engraved Italian guitar tablature. Foscarini issued numerous collections of music, frequently reprinting earlier material; his notation is sometimes incomplete, but the music encompasses the entire Italian guitar repertory of the period and was highly regarded during Foscarini's lifetime. In the preface to Il primo, secondo e terzo libro the composer discusses three playing styles: battute, pizzicato (which Foscarini deemed more appropriate to the lute) and a mixture of the two, which he employed frequently. This mixed style, which may have been invented by Foscarini, was adopted by later composers such as Angelo Michele Bartolotti and Francesco Corbetta.

Contents 1 List of works 1.1 Music 1.2 Writings 2 References

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[edit] Music

1. Libro primo (lost; contents reprinted in (3))
2. Intavolatura di chitarra spagnola, libro secondo (Macerata, 1629)
3. Il primo, secondo e terzo libro della chitarra spagnola (includes (1) and (2))
4. I 4 libri della chitarra spagnola (includes (3))
5. Li 5 libri della chitarra alla spagnola (Rome, 1640; includes (3))
6. Inventione di toccate sopra la chitarra spagnuola (Rome, 1640; contents identical to (5))

[edit] Writings

• Dell'armonia del mondo, lettione due (Paris, 1647)

[edit] References

• Boye, Gary R.. "Giovanni Paolo Foscarini", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 22 December 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).

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