Description
Edited by Christopher Stembridge in collaboration with Kenneth Gilbert. Reflecting the latest musicological research. Detailed foreword, critical commentary, index of sources (Ger/Eng) With this volume, Bärenreiter iscontinuing the Frescobaldi Urtext edition which sets new standards offering professional musicians, musicologists and enthusiasts alike an unrivalled musical text.
Volume III includes Frescobaldi’s foreword on the performanceof his keyboard music (“avvertimenti”), eleven toccatas for organ, the “madrigale passagiatio” Ancidetemi pur d’Archadelt (in addition Arcadelt’s madrigal of the same name in the Appendix),sixcanzonas, strictly contrapuntal hymns and Magnificat settings primarily intended for organists, five galliards and six correntes, the Aria detta La Frescobalda and three partitas.
Each volume contains an introduction whichdescribes the genesis of the works, the situation regarding sources, performance practice as well as the editorial technique employed.
A critical commentary rounds off each volume.
