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Fantasía 11, del primer tono sobre re mi fa sol mi re

 

Libro de música para vihuela (1552), fol. 21v

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Source title Primer tono sobre.Re mi fa sol mi re a se de cantar la letra colorada. Es la claue de cesolfaut en la tercera en tercero traste.
Title in contents   Fantasia del primer tono va la boz que se canta señalada de colorado.
Text incipit re mi fa sol mi re


Music

Category abstract

Genre fantasia

Fantasia type ImM

Mode 1

Voices 4

Length (compases) 90

Vihuela

Tuning G

Courses 6

Final VI/2

Highest I/7

Lowest VI/0

Difficulty not specified

Tempo not specified

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Vocal notation texted cifras rojas solmised

Commentary

Monothematic fantasia (with one short sub-theme).
Mode indication relates firstly to the theme, as well as melodic range of S., but tonality is A min. Treatment of theme is almost entirely imitative, and there are some good examples of competent 3 part and 4 part canon, which suffer from being over-written and consequently too dense. (bars 28-34; 40-42). They also suffer from lack of harmonic direction.
Cadential sub-theme 2 enters in bar 20 towards K at 23 (exactly mid-point!) followed by paring down of texture. Printing errors, and usual weaknesses spoil the work. Theme usually appears in transposed from starting on A. Perhaps whole work is transposed Dorian.

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