The use of renaissance vocal polyphonic music in the vihuela and lute repertoire
Introduction
The craft of recreation, of using pre-existing material as a source for a new work of art, is replete with examples in the history of music. From the use of plainchant in the Middle Ages and Renaissance to twentieth-century Neoclassicism, composers have always been inclined to rework the music of a past era in their own ways. Great masters such as Mozart and Beethoven were no exception to this case, as both adopted the contrapuntal textures of Bach in their later...