Piece of the Month - March 2002

Fantasia
From Enriquez de Valderràbano's Silva de Sirenas (1547), Libro V, f.70. The text which precedes the piece is Esta fantasia se a de tañer conforme al tiempo, por que es de contrapunto.

Tant que vivray
Claudin de Sermisy's famous chanson, followed by a variation, from Miguel de Fuenllana's Orphenica Lyra (1554), Libro V, f.118. The repeats are editorial.

Soneto
Back to Valderràbano, Libro VI, f.89v., Este soneto es lombardo, y es a manera de dança. The same dance is found in Pierre Attaignant (15305, f.16[à4]), Hans Newsidler (15366, sig.t2v.) and Pierre Phalèse (15687, p.88). Valderràbano indulges in a bit of free improvisation in the middle…

Downloads:

Fantasia: fantasia.ft2; fantasia.tab

Tant que vivray: vivray.ft2; vivray.tab

Soneto: soneto.ft2; soneto.tab

Back to archive index

Back to home page