Vihuela - Viola da mano, SL 55cm |
Vihuela - Viola da mano, SL 56cm |
Welcome to vihuelademano.com - home of the fluted-back VIHUELA de MANO designed and made by Alexander
Batov ...with the ultimate purpose of recreating of the art of making the fluted-back vihuela as is so explicitly manifested in one of the finest surviving instruments of this kind, made by the Belchior Dias, Lisbon 1581 |
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My most recent projects:
5-course Italian baroque guitar, based on the original Sellas model, c.1640, SL 71cm |
Fluted-back vihuela
with cocobolo back ribs, E.0748 'Chambure' model, SL 60cm |
Fluted-back vihuela, with
African blackwood and cocobolo back ribs, SL 57cm |
Flat-back vihuela with inlays, SL 66cm |
Fully-featured reproduction of the original vihuela by Belchior Dias, Lisbon 1581 Listen to the sound of this vihuela, as played by Rob MacKillop: Mille Regrets by Narvaez and Fantasia VIII by Fuenllana (book IV) |
Two more versions of Mille Regrets by Narvaez 1 2 played by Rob MacKillop on the vihuelas in F and in E
The Vihuela and Guitar Crossroads: looking for evidence (a series of articles dedicated to the study of the vihuela and its close historic companion - the guitar):
Do Regimento dos Violeiros 1572: an important 16th century document on the vihuela construction
The Royal College Dias - guitar or vihuela?
Roses in late 16th – early 17th century vihuelas: some thoughts and ideas ANJO COM VIOLA – a unique 16th century representation of the vihuela from Abrantes, Portugal
Rose of the E. 0748 'Chambure' vihuela * * *
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Last updated 22 June 2019
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