Ricercare a Due Voci no. 12, Francesco Guami, 1588

[aulos43]

I only have time now to post the mp3 file. I'll chime in on ictus, cc's and sound libraries, and publish a convincing case supporting it being a vocal piece, later.

Unfortunately, I am not able to produce a straight rendering of the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth on my Windows Vista laptop. I used iTunes on the exported midi file for the conversion and it has added some ambiance (at least the reverb). Not sure if it used the MS GS Synth, or supplied its own GM library.

Walt

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[aulos43]

Herbert,

"I doubt, w[h]ether the music was composed for singing. The rhythmic contents of the voices are to[o] different to permit a common text."

There is an enormous amount of music, especially before 1800, were there is not a "common text," as I take your meaning.

Attached are two bicinia, one, by Orlando di Lasso, 1577, using an actual text, and another, by Francesco Guami, 1588, shown as sung using solemnization.

I think this answers your doubt.

I enjoyed the opportunity to research this -- it's been decades since I've delved into this in depth.

Regards

Walt

PS These two examples are from a PhD thesis, "Two-part Didactic Music in Printed Italian Collections of the Renaissance and Baroque (1521-1744)," by Andrea Bornstein, found at http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/677/1/Bornstein01PhD.pdf

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[herbert]

Hi Walt,

Thank you for that. You have convinced me that the music could be sung. Looking forward to hear from you on the other matters.

Herbert