Alonso de Mudarra ~ Fantasia no.10 (ed. Abloniz) ~ Printed Music

The most popular of Mudarra's compositions for the Vilhuela, this Fantasia imitates the harp with melodies played across multiple strings that ring together and create some surprising dissonances, then goes into a section of driving, syncopated rhythms, with more funky dissonance. Mudarra was the Bishop of Sevilla in the mid 16th Century, which makes this piece all the more surprising to today's ears.