Pietro Paolo Borrono Explained

Pietro Paolo Borrono, or Petro Paulo da Milano or Petter Paul Borrono (born about 1490, Milan - died 1563) was an Italian composer and lutenist of the renaissance.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Known works

• 1536 Italian: Intabolatura de leuto de diversi autori (Milan: Giovanni Antonio Casteliono), seven of the nineteen pieces in this anthology are by Borrono
• 1546 Italian: Intabulatura di lauto del divino Francesco da Milano et dell’eccellente Pietro Paulo Borrono da Milano (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), a shared volume, also containing pieces by Francesco Canova da Milano. This is book two of Scotto's ten-volume series of lute tablatures. A German edition of this book was published in 1550 by Rudolf Wissenbach of Zürich.
• 1546 Italian: Libro secondo di una collanna di Intabolatura di lauto, Antonio Casteliono
• 1548 Italian: Intavolatura di lauto dell'eccellente Pietro Paolo Borrono da Milano (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), a collection of pavanes. This is book eight of Scotto's ten-volume series of lute tablatures.
• 1563 Italian: La intabolatura de lauto (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), a collection of dance music

References

Sources

• Oscar Chilesotti Note circa alcuni liutisti italiani della prima metà del Cinquecento (Milan, 1902).
• Geo Pistarino Un episodio della vita di Pietro Paolo Borrono (1949)

Notes and References

1. Hannu Annala; Heiki Mätlik: Handbook of Guitar and Lute Composers, Mel Bay Publications, 2007, S. 24
2. [Konrad Ragossnig]
3. Douglas A. Smith: A history of the lute from antiquity to the Renaissance, Lute Society of America, 2002, S. 100