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Summa Kitharologica, Vol. 2 (eBook + Online Audio)
Los caprichos de Alany - 26 Miniatures, in all Keys, for the Study of Style and Expression - For One and Two Guitars
by Ricardo Iznaola
This second volume of Ricardo Iznaola’s monumental Summa Kitharologica trilogy is, according to its author, “a playbook for self-guided discovery” in matters related to the expressive interpretation of music.

Its 26 short pieces in all keys, in versions for solo guitar and guitar duo, present the reader with an ample array of musical styles and technical procedures that serve as so many opportunities for exploration of the fascinating and complex growth proc ...more
Product Number:
31205MEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Intermediate-Advanced
Notation Type:
Standard Notation
Pages:
140
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-8035-9
ISBN13:
978-15134-8035-0
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
10/17/2024
This second volume of Ricardo Iznaola’s monumental Summa Kitharologica trilogy is, according to its author, “a playbook for self-guided discovery” in matters related to the expressive interpretation of music.

Its 26 short pieces in all keys, in versions for solo guitar and guitar duo, present the reader with an ample array of musical styles and technical procedures that serve as so many opportunities for exploration of the fascinating and complex growth process that brings the player from basic acquaintance with a score to masterful assimilation of its contents.

As the distinguished British guitarist and pedagogue Jonathan Leathwood remarks in his Foreword to the book, at this point, the player “is so at one with the score that they can stretch it – and occasionally contradict it – without ever betraying its essential meaning,” attaining that “desirable imprecision” proposed as a marker of ultimate mastery by cellist and pedagogue Pedro de Alcántara, as Leathwood reminds us.

The musical contents are complemented by brief epigraphs preceding each solo miniature, ranging from the factual to the poetic, whose purpose is to anchor the music in an evocative, affect-charged context that may hopefully stir the player’s imagination, as will the excellent recordings by Laura Husbands and the Arabesque Duo. 

Additional commentaries in the Working Notes section, in the appendix, and in the afterword deal with topics as diverse as mental practice, synesthesia, musical peak experiences, prosody and rhythm theory, the hazards of a performing career, and the performer’s need for (and the challenges of) introspective self-assessment. Throughout, the book advocates, as its core thesis, the importance of a questioning stance: “what if…” as the path to discovery through changes in points of view, a consistently variable perspectivist approach, in which comparison and evaluation of multiple alternatives, rather than prescriptive pre-ordained solutions, is taken as the foundation for true understanding.

Volume 3 of Summa Kitharologica, Handbook of Comparative Fingering Analysis, completes the set with a comprehensive analytical overview of guitar fingering strategies since the early 19th century.

FOREWORD by Jonathan Leathwood

PREFACE

SYMBOLS

LOS CAPRICHOS DE ALANY

(solos)

 Lullaby

 Refrain

 Trällerliedchein

 Romanesca

 Hasapiko

 Lament

 Ländler

 Scena

 Toccatina

 Passacaglia

 Vamp

 Arabesque I

 Napolitana

 Nocturne I

 Verbunkos

 Chorale Prelude – Chorale ohne worte

 Arabesque II

 Valse

 Polonaise

 Nocturne II

 Saltarello

 Brawl and Rigadoon

 Zortziko

 Récit

MARGINALIA – TWO ADDITIONAL MINIATURES

 Sonatina

 Ouverture

LOS CAPRICHOS DE ALANY

(duos)

 Lullaby

 Refrain

 Trällerliedchein

 Romanesca

 Hasapiko

 Lament

 Ländler

 Scena

 Toccatina

 Passacaglia

 Vamp

 Arabesque I

 Napolitana

 Nocturne I

 Verbunkos

 Chorale Prelude – Chorale ohne worte

 Arabesque II

 Valse

 Polonaise

 Nocturne II

 Saltarello

 Brawl and Rigadoon

 Zortziko

 Récit

MARGINALIA – TWO ADDITIONAL MINIATURES

 Sonatina

 Ouverture

WORKING NOTES

Doing Music

   Mentalization: Trained Synesthesia?

   Interpretation and Performance

   Peak Experiences

     The Wow

     The How

     The Tao

On Style

   Content Design

   Prosody

     Pulse

     Beats

     Meter

     Rhythm

     Accent

     A Poet’s Viewpoint

The Miniatures: A Primer

   Stylistic Context

   Pointers

On Expression

   Phrasing and Characterization

On Performance

   From Poiesis to Aesthesis

   Hazards of Performance

   Temperament and the Entheos

AFTERWORD

APPENDIX: Additional Notes on the Lullaby

Solo Version

   Phrase Structure

   Pitch Grouping (Prosodic Design)

   Phrase Rhythm and Hypermeter

   [Parenthesis: A Conversation with ChatGPT]

   Strong and Weak Downbeats

   Note-Value Reduction, Phrase Expansion

   Strong and Weak Cadences

The Duo Version

   Analytical Awareness and Performance

The Lullaby, recomposed

   What if...?

Conclusion

   Additional Thoughts

SOURCES

   Preambles to the Miniatures

   Other References

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

   Laura Husbands

   Arabesque Duo

   Ricardo Iznaola

 
Passacaglia solo
Passacaglia duo
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