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.

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.

References

↑ 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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