2014 | Topic

Rome, Venice, Salzburg, Wien, München: An Organ Trail in the south of Europe in the 17th century

The course covers the most important and the most significant stylistic aspects of the organ literature of Southern Europe, in particular the relations between Italy and Germany. In addition, it addresses and explores the practice of the basso continuo and improvisation, through the analysis of some of the most important theoretical sources of the seventeenth century.

Literature

Organ works of Frescobaldi, Froberger, Kerll, Poglietti, Muffat, Pasquini.

  • Frescobaldi:
    • Fiori Musicali (1635): Messa della Madonna, Ed. Suvini Zerboni or facs. Forni
    • Toccatas I, III e IV per l'elevatione; Toccata V e VI sopra i pedali (Libro Secondo) facs Spes or Ed. Suvini Zerboni
    • Capricci (1624): Capriccio I, II, III Ed. Suvini Zerboni
  • Froberger:
    • Toccata I in d, Toccata VI per la levatione, Fantasia Ut re mi fa sol la Ed. Bärenreiter
  • Kerll:
    • Toccate I, III, VI, Canzoni I, II, Passacaglia, Ed. Doblinger or Universal
  • Poglietti:
    • Suite Rossignolo: Ricercari, Capriccio, Aria Bizzarra Ed. Ricordi or Denkmaler der Tonkunst in Osterreich, Band 27
  • Muffat:
    • Toccate I, VI, VII Ciacona “Apparatus Musico-Organisticus”, facs, or Ed. Doblinger
  • Pasquini:
    • Toccata con lo scherzo del cucu, Partite diverse di Follia
    • Ricercare con la fuga in più modi facs. Fuzeau or Ed. Andromeda (Carideo)
  • Continuo und Improvisation:
    • Adriano Banchieri: Organo Suonarino, 1605, facs. Forni
    • Spiridionis a Monte Carmelo, Nova Instructio pro pulsandis Organis, Bamberg, 1670, edited by E.Bellotti, 2 vol, Andromeda, 2003-2007
    • Muffat, Regulae Concentuum Partiturae, 1699, facs. or modern edition