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The Players and Performance Practice of the Vihuela and Its Related Instruments, the Lute and the Guitar, from c.1450 to c.1650, As Revealed by a Study of Musical, Theoretical and Archival Sources - Antonio Corona Alcalde. Ph.D. Dissertation, 1999, King's College, London
Comment: This is a major survey by a leading scholar of players (from theatre musicians to royalty), performance practice (solo, dance and song accompaniment) and quotations from many literary sources. Not available through Dissertation Express. Contact the British Library, British Thesis Service.
The Vihuela Fantasia - A Comparative Study of Forms and Styles - John Griffiths, Ph.D. Dissertation, 1983, Monash University
Another essential read. Discusses Milan's improvisation; Narvaez's polythematic fantasias; Mudarra's non-imitative fantsasias; Valderrabano's parody fantasias; Pisador's fantasias with and without canti firmi; Fuenllana's monothematic and polythematic fantasias; Daza's polythematic fantasias, and the Ramillete fantasias. The appendix includes the fantasias for vihuela by Esteban Daza, although this part did not arrive when I ordered the dissertation from Dissertation Express.
Vihuela intabulations of Josquin masses: An examination of musical texture and musica ficta (Josquin des Prez, Spain, France) . Dorsey, Sam Brian, PhD. THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA , 2006. 164 pp.
Chromatic inflections in the printed vihuela intabulations of vocal works by Nicholas Gombert (Spain) . Higney, John J., MA. THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO , 1996.
The vihuela fantasias from Miguel de Fuenllana's 'Orphenica Lyra': Introduction and guitar transcription of nine representative works (Spain) . Harder, Thomas Lee, DMA. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY , 1992.
Tuning, temperament and pedagogy for the vihuela in Juan Bermudo's 'Declaracion de Instrumentos Musicales' (1555) (Spain) . Annoni, Maria Therese, PhD. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY , 1989. 245 pp.
Notational systems and practices for the lute, vihuela and guitar from the Renaissance to the present day . Fang, Ming-Jian, DA. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY , 1988
SELECTED MOTETS OF NICHOLAS GOMBERT AND ADRIAN WILLAERT AS REFLECTED IN THE VIHUELA INTABULATIONS OF MIGUEL FUENLLANA, DIEGO PISADOR AND ENRIQUEZ DE VALDERRABANO (ITALY, SPAIN) . EISEL, GUNNAR GEORG, MA. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON , 1980
A MANUAL OF LUTE, VIHUELA, AND GUITAR TABLATURES, WITH SURVEYS OF TRANSCRIPTION PRACTICE, INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUE, AND BEGINNING PEDAGOGY. . STEARNS, ROLAND HUFFMAN-BLAIN, MMus. UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO , 1978.
THE TIENTOS, FUGAS, AND DIFERENCIAS IN ANTONIO DE CABEZON'S 'OBRAS DE MUSICA PARA TECLA, HARPA Y VIHUELA.' . HUGHES, JOHN, PhD. THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY , 1961.
THE 'VIHUELA DE MANO' AND ITS MUSIC (1536-1576) . WARD, JOHN MILTON, PhD. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY , 1953.
"La musica en Napoles en tiempos de Felipe II" Dinko Fabris, in Griffiths and Suarez-Pajares, Pol-Edticas y practicas musicales en el mundo de Felipe II (Madrid: ICCMU, 2004)
'The Spanish plucked viola in Renaissance Italy, 1480-1530' Hiroyuki Minamino (Early Music, May 2004).
"Isabella d'Este and Lorenzo da Pavia, 'Master Instrument Maker' " William Prizer. Early Music History_ 2 (1982), pp. 87-127.
'Courtly Pastimes. The Frottole of Marchetto Cara' William Prizer. UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980
"Insights into Luis Narváez and Music Publishing in Renaissance Spain" Juan Ruiz Jiménez's. JLSA 26 (1993): 1-12.