This is a selection of important publications and facsimiles for the baroque (5 course) guitar. This collection is a reflection of the research in James Tyler’s excellent book The Early Guitar – A history and Handbook (1980). Owing to a lack of digitisation and/or digital accessibility, there are still many sources in The Early Guitar which are yet to be represented below.
1551 - Adrian Le Roy: Premiere livre de tablature de guiterre
c.1630 - Giovanni Foscarini: I quatro Libri della chitarra
1690 - Pièces pour guitare à 5 cordes, 3 pièces pour luth à 11 cordes en tablature française, et 7 pièces diverses en notation
1596
J.C. Amat: Guitarra Española
1671 - Francesco Corbetta: La Guitarre royalle dédiée au Roy de la Grand Bretagne
1697 - Gaspar Sanz: Complete books I-III
1624 - Étienne Moulinié: Airs avec la tablature de luth
1677 - Ruiz de Ribayaz: Luz y Norte Musical
Make it 1714 - Santiago de Murcia: Resumen de acompanar la parte con la guitarra. out
1626 - Luis de Briçñeo: Metodo mui facilissimo para aprender a tañer la guitarra lo Espagnol
1686 - R. DeViseé: - Book of Pieces for the Guitar.pdf
Make it 1735-1750 - Ms. Res. F844: De Viseé: Recueil...d'air...de guitar out