Girolamo Frescobaldi, Canzoni da sonare, additional information

Editorial guidelines.

Two versions of these pieces have been prepared: an Urtext edition, with preface, critical notes and original clefs, and a "practical" edition in which only treble- and bass-clefs are used. Since the latter edition has been prepared for performers, suggested accidentals and corrections are printed directly in the text. For a complete discussion on performing problems, please refer to the urtext edition.

Various meantone temperaments have been used for the MIDI renderings of the canzoni:

1-4 1/4 comma meantone (P. Aaron)
5-7 G. Zarlino
8-11 A. de Zwolle
12-21 1/4 comma meanton (P. Aaron)
22-25 A. de Zwolle
26-30 G. Zarlino
31-40 1/4 comma meantone (P. Aaron)

Continuo realizations have been added to the MIDI files for the canzoni: 1, 5-7, 25, 26, 34.


2001-02-08, Werner Icking (1943-2001), GMD
2004-10-03, Christian Mondrup, Werner Icking Music Archive

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