The Frescobaldi Thematic Catalogue Online
Palestrina: F13.41S. In Natali Confessorum: Iste confessor
Scoring: Keyboard
Genre: Hymn
Key/Signature: D /♮
Main Source: Chigi Q.IV.19
Notes: The first of twelve transcriptions for keyboard (in open score) of seven polyphonic hymns by Palestrina (1589) and five by Victoria (1581) identified by Annibaldi as being largely in Frescobaldi’s hand. For a complete list, see Annibaldi (1998-1), 344-345. Annibald thinks they may have been scored in preparation for Frescobaldi’s hymn settings in Toccate II. Originals of the Palestrina hyms in Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Hymni totius annni (Rome, 1589), f. 111v.; transcriptions at