LUIS GÁSSER, Professor at the University of Barcelona, holds degrees from Barcelona Conservatory, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and Stanford University. Like his subject, he is active as a composer, writer and performer on guitar and lute.

"... valuable ... impressive ..." - The Times Literary Supplement "For anyone interested in Milon's music, this is an excellent source of information." - Renaissance Quarterly

• Foreword by George HouleAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. BackgroundBiography of MilanThe Dukes of Calabria and their Valencian courtMilan's religious beliefsNaplesThe Cancioneros3. El CortesanoGeneral planStylePerformance4. El MaestroBackgroundGeneral planModalityTempo indicationsMeter, tactus and time signatureText settingOrnamentationSongsFantasias: Style and structureMilan's tablatureTuning and temperamentNotesBibliographyIncipitsIndex

LUIS GÁSSER, Professor at the University of Barcelona, holds degrees from Barcelona Conservatory, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and Stanford University. Like his subject, he is active as a composer, writer and performer on guitar and lute.

"... valuable ... impressive ..." - The Times Literary Supplement "For anyone interested in Milon's music, this is an excellent source of information." - Renaissance Quarterly

• Foreword by George HouleAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. BackgroundBiography of MilanThe Dukes of Calabria and their Valencian courtMilan's religious beliefsNaplesThe Cancioneros3. El CortesanoGeneral planStylePerformance4. El MaestroBackgroundGeneral planModalityTempo indicationsMeter, tactus and time signatureText settingOrnamentationSongsFantasias: Style and structureMilan's tablatureTuning and temperamentNotesBibliographyIncipitsIndex