Marco Dall'Aquila

Marco Dall'Aquila (c.1480-after 1538) was a Venitian lutenist and composer known for polyphonic ricercars.[1] He often performed at concerts in the houses of nobles in the city, and in 1505 he published Tabullatura et rasone de metter ogni canto in liuto.[2] Also, on 11 March 1505 he received a grant for a petition where he claimed to have developed a method of printing tablature to score any lute composition into tablature. In the petition for the grant also asked for a ban on other printing methods and imports of music scored by other methods, and for a portion of penalties paid for infringement. However, no printed editions demonstrating his method survive.[3]

Works

Selected works include:

References

  1. ^ Randel, Don Michael (1999). The Harvard concise dictionary of music and musicians. 
  2. ^ Molmenti (1907). Venice: its individual growth from the earliest beginnings to the fall: Volume 4. 
  3. ^ Boorman, Stanley (2006). Ottaviano Petrucci: catalogue raisonné. 
  4. ^ "Marco dall'Aquila (1480-)". http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/8864.html. Retrieved 19 February 2011.