Giovanni Battista Abbatessa

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Giovanni Battista Abbatessa (? – after 1651), also spelled Abbatesa, was an Italian composer and guitarist of the baroque period. He was likely born in Batonto (near Bari) in the Kingdom of Naples.[1] He wrote four books for the five-coursed baroque guitar, which mainly comprised simple battute solos. His works included instructions for fingering and tuning of the guitar, as well as how to play various ornaments.

[edit] Works

  • Corona di vaghi fiori (Florence, 1627) - contains battute solos in alfabeto notation.
  • Cespuglio di varii fiori (Orvieto, 1635) - contains alfabeto solos, as well as songs in staff notation with alfabeto
  • Intessatura di varii fiori (Naples, 1645) - contains alfabeto solos. Known from a later edition, (Rome and Lucca, 1652).
  • Ghirlanda di varii fiori (Milan, c.1650) - contains alfabeto solos.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tyler, James and Paul Sparks. The Guitar and its Music: From the Renaissance to the Classical Era. (Oxford University Press: 2002), p. 59
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