The Frescobaldi Thematic Catalogue Online

F 4.03 Capriccio III sopra il Cucho
Composer: Frescobaldi
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 9.11 Canzon prima [Primo tono]
Composer: Frescobaldi
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 13.30 [untitled]
Composer: Frescobaldi (disputed)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 13.31 Avignon corrente
Composer: Frescobaldi (disputed)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 13.32 [untitled fragment]
Composer: Frescobaldi (disputed)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 13.33 [untitled]
Composer: Frescobaldi (disputed)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 13.35.01 Pr[im]o [tono]
Composer: Frescobaldi (disputed)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 13.35.02 2o [tono]
Composer: Frescobaldi (disputed)
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.01 Partite sopra l’aria di Fiorenza
Composer: Frescobaldi (probably)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.02.01 Toccata per organo
Composer: Frescobaldi (probably)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.03.01 Toccata per organo
Composer: Frescobaldi (probably)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.04 Capriccio
Composer: Frescobaldi (probably)
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.05 Capriccio fatto sopra il Cucchù
Composer: Frescobaldi (probably)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.12 Toccata prima
Composer: Frescobaldi (possibly)
Key/Signature: C /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.13 Toccata seconda
Composer: Frescobaldi (possibly)
Key/Signature: F /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.14 Toccata terza
Composer: Frescobaldi (possibly)
Key/Signature: C /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.20 Canzona sesta
Composer: Frescobaldi (probably)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.23 Canzona nona
Composer: Frescobaldi (probably)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.43 [Corrente]
Composer: Frescobaldi (probably)
Key/Signature: C /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.71 Corrente
Composer: Frescobaldi (possibly)
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 14.72 Corrente
Composer: Frescobaldi (possibly)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 15.27 Trio
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 15.52 Toccata
Composer: Frescobaldi (probably)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 15.63 Canzona
Composer: Frescobaldi or Ercole Pasquini?
Key/Signature: A /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 17.20 Canzona
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 17.21 Fuga
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 17.22 Toccata
Composer: Ferrini?
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 17.64 No. 37. Toccata
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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CAPRICCI (1624-1642)
Notes: The entire content of RECERCARI was appended to the second, 1626 edition of the CAPRICCI. Furthermore, one work from the 1624 edition, F 4.07, was removed. No changes of content were introduced in the subsequent editions of 1628 and 1642, although the later editions differ in small details; see Darbellay (1988). A photographic copy of Capricci (1624) can be seen at: http://imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/a/ae/IMSLP88760-PMLP181692-Frescobaldi_CapricciBook1.pdf
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FIORI MUSICALI (1635)
Notes: The FIORI MUSICALI was the last entirely new publication that Frescobaldi saw through the press. A photographic copy can be seen at https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/1/19/IMSLP363773-PMLP181690-frescobaldi_fiori_musicali_1635.pdf
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RECERCARI (1615-1642)
Notes: The Recercari (1615), containing 10 recercars and 5 canzonas, were republished in 1618 without change of content. In 1626 the contents of the Recercari and the Capricci were published together (see CAPRICCI (1624-1642)) and this joint publication appeared in a new edition in 1642.
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TOCCATE I (1615-1637)
Notes: The two volumes of TOCCATE were widely distributed and often copied. Their composition and publication histories are, however, complex and confusing. Some of the reported “editions” are merely reprints with a new or updated title page. On the other hand, surviving exemplars of a single edition are not always identical. The following three editions of TOCCATE I are considered distinct sources because of significant differences in their content, as shown here after their short titles: Toccate I (1615): F 2.01 to F 2.12 and F 2.35 to F 2.37, Toccate I (1616): F 2.01 to F. 2.20, Toccate I (1637): F 2.01 to F 2.34. A second edition was issued in 1618 and a third one in 1628, but their content does not differ from the edition of 1616. More details in the cited references, particularly in Darbellay (1988), Hammond (1983) and (2002), Silbiger (2014) and in the critical commentary to the Stembridge 1.2 edition.
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TOCCATE II (1627-1637)
Notes: See the Notes on TOCCATE I.(1615-1637).The following two editions of Toccate II are considered distinct sources here because of differences in their content, as shown below: Toccate II (1627): F 3.01 to 3.40, Toccate II (1637): F 3.02 to 3.38. (F 3.39 and F 3.40 were removed.)
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Assisi 617
Assisi, Biblioteca del Sacro Convento, Ms. Mus. 617

Provenance and Date: Assisi (?), after 1635
Time Frame: 1600-1650
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Barb. lat. 4181
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barb. lat. 4181

Provenance and Date: Rome, 1640-1643
Time Frame: 1600-1650
Notes: Scribe: Frescobaldi according to Jeanneret, but her identification has been disputed by Annibaldi (2012-2) and Annibaldi (2013)). See also Jeanneret (2013) for a response.
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Barb. lat. 4182
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barb. lat. 4182

Provenance and Date: Rome, 1640-1643
Time Frame: 1600-1650
Notes: See Comments to Barb. lat.4181
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Berlin L121
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Ms. Landsberg 121

Provenance and Date: Rome, late 17c
Time Frame: 1650-1700
Notes: Scribe: Bernardo Pasquini.
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Bologna AA/360
Bologna, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Mus. AA/360

Provenance and Date: Mantua, 1640-1681
Time Frame: 1650-1700
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Bologna DD/53
Bologna, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, DD/53

Provenance and Date: Bologna, late 17c -early 18c
Time Frame: 1650-1700
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Bologna Z/270
Bologna, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Z/270

Provenance and Date: Italy, late 17c or early 18c
Time Frame: 1700-1800
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Cecilia 400
Rome, Conservatorio di musica Santa Cecilia, Ms. A/400

Provenance and Date: Rome (probably), early 18c
Time Frame: 1700-1800
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Chigi Q.IV.24
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Chigi, Q. IV. 24

Provenance and Date: Rome, 1636-1637
Time Frame: 1600-1650
Notes: This manuscript is in the hand of Frescobaldi’s assistant, Leonardo Castellani.
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Chigi Q.IV.25
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Chigi, Q. IV. 25

Provenance and Date: Rome, c. 1620 - after 1643
Time Frame: 1600-1650
Notes: The compositions in this manuscript were entered by Frescobaldi’s assistant Nicolò Borbone.
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Chigi Q.IV.27
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Chigi, Q. IV. 27

Provenance and Date: Rome, 1630-1640
Time Frame: 1600-1650
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Chigi Q.IV.29
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Chigi, Q. IV. 29

Provenance and Date: Rome, c. 1608-1637
Time Frame: 1600-1650
Notes: Claudio Annibaldi has identified Frescobaldi as the main scribe of this manuscript, and the works in his hand are now believed to be his compositions,.
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Chigi Q.VIII.205-206
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Chigi, Q. VIII. 205-206

Provenance and Date: Rome, mostly 1630-1650
Time Frame: 1600-1650
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Cologny T.II.1
Cologny (Geneva), Biblioteca Bodmeriana, Musik T. II. 1 [or MSS 11637 and 11638?]

Provenance and Date: Northern Italy, 1640-1670
Time Frame: 1650-1700
Notes: In addition to the four listed unica, the MS includes F.2.01 and F.2.06, with some variants, and all of Toccate II (1627), except for the versets and four correnti. The four unica and the two pieces from Toccate I are preceded by the statement: “Seguono altre toccate Dell’istess’Autore raccolte dagl’altri Libri.” At one time this MS was believed to be a Frescobaldi autograph, and a page is reproduced in Reimann (1955), but see Darbellay (1975-1).
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Florence 2358
Florence, Biblioteca del Conservatorio, Ms. D. 2358

Provenance and Date: Medici (Florence), late 17c
Time Frame: 1650-1700
Notes: This MS is sometimes listed erroneously as Florence, Biblioteca del Conservatorio, Ms. D. 2534.
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Garofalo
New York, former private collection Garofalo,

Provenance and Date: Early 18c
Time Frame: 1700-1800
Notes: This manuscript, probably dating from the early eighteenth century, was acquired “from an intinerant second-hand bookseller” by the noted composer and conductor Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886-1962), and passed on to his son Marcello Garofalo, who in 1983 sold it to the antiquariat of Wurlitzer-Bruck. Its present location is unknown, but Marcello Garofalo still possesses a photocopy of the manuscript. In his 1922 article, Carlo Giorgio Garofalo described the content of the manuscript as containing “27 fughe a 3 e 4 voci, una Sonata col flautina in la maggiore, un’Elevazione in sol minore, [e] 19 canzoni, in capo all prima delle quali leggasi Canzone P.a Frescobaldi.” Marcello Garofalo very kindly placed at our disposal a partial photocopy of the MS (beginning with the alleged Frescobaldi canzonas on p. 57), as well as a copy of an edition that his father had prepared for publication, but which was never published. Among the 19 canzonas are copies of F 4.08, F 10.02, and F 10.11. The other 16 canzonas are not known from other sources. F 16.51 and F 16.62 through F 16.66 might be by Frescobaldi; the others are likely of a later vintage.
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Krakow [formerly Berlin] 40316
Krakow, Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Mus. ms. 40316 [formerly Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Mus. ms. 40316]

Provenance and Date: Brussels, c1609 (for Frescobaldi entries)
Time Frame: 1600-1650
Notes: In late 19c and early 20c literature this MS is referred to by it earlier shelfmark Ms. 191. For many years the MS was believed to have been lost during World War II, although a photocopy was preserved in the Harvard Music Library. In 1982 it was discovered to reside in Krakow. Riedel (1987) states that Krakow 40316 includes 8 fantasias, a toccata, a capriccio, and a “partite,” all by Frescobaldi, but according to the original ToC it contained only 4 fantasias (one now missing because of the missing fols. 61 and 62) and a partite set. The manuscript is in two-staff keyboard notation. Dating from the detailed study by David Smith.
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London 36661
London, British Library, Add. Ms. 36661

Provenance and Date: England, late 17c
Time Frame: 1650-1700
Notes: The pieces attributed to Frescobaldi are preceded by 8 pieces (a Prelude and 7 Toccatas) attributed to Bernardo Pasquini. The rest of the manuscript consists of English repertory.
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London 40080
London, British Library, Add. Ms. 40080

Provenance and Date: Rome, 1635-1641
Time Frame: 1600-1650
RISM ID: 20040806149605
Notes: Scribe: Nicolò Borbone. On the title page: “Fioretti d[e]l Frescobaldi”
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Milan 53
Milan, Biblioteca de Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Verdi, Riserva mus. 53.

Provenance and Date: First half of 19c
Time Frame: 1800-1900
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Munich 1581
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mus. Ms. 1581

Time Frame: 1600-1650
Notes: Formerly Codex No 262. Includes copies of F 2.01, F 6.09, and F 9.03-9.06, 9.11-9.13, and F 9.15. Online access to digitial copy at http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0004/bsb00047086/images/
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Naples 48
Naples, Conservatorio S. Pietro a Majella, Mus. Str. 48, olim 61.4.11

Provenance and Date: Naples, 1590-1620
Time Frame: 1600-1650
Notes: Includes F 12.17 and F 12.27.
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Naples 73
Naples, Conservatorio S. Pietro a Majella, M.S. 34.5.28 olim 73

Provenance and Date: Naples, 1675
Time Frame: 1650-1700
Notes: Includes F 12.17 and F 12.27.
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Nuremberg 33748-V
Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Ms. 33748-V

Provenance and Date: Northern Italy (probably), c. 1640-1660
Time Frame: 1600-1650
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Oxford 1113
Oxford, Christ Church Library, MS 1113

Provenance and Date: Oxford, 1650s
Time Frame: 1650-1700
Notes: Scribe: William Ellis. Interspersed with the entire content of Toccate I (1616) are anonymous Italianate pieces. A few of those have concordances to Roman sources; see Silbiger (1981-2).
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Paris Bauyn
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Bauyn, Rés. Vm. 674-5

Provenance and Date: Paris, after 1676 (c. 1690?)
Time Frame: 1650-1700
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Ravenna 545
Ravenna, Biblioteca comunale Classense, 545

Provenance and Date: Ravenna, 1630-1640
Time Frame: 1600-1650
Notes: Inscription on title page: “Libro di fra Gioseffo da Ravenna. Opere di diversi Autori, di Girolamo Frescobaldi, d’Ercol Pasquino, Cesare Argentini, Incert’ Autore”
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Rome Doria 250 B
Rome, Archivio Doria-Pamphili, Fondo musicale, 250/B

Provenance and Date: Rome, 1630-1650
Time Frame: 1600-1650
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Vat. Mus. 569
Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ms. Vat. mus. 569

Provenance and Date: Rome, c. 1660-1663
Time Frame: 1650-1700
Notes: A Corrente by Sig. Pietro Arnò on fol. 44v has the same opening phrase as F 2.20, but no further resemblances.
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Venice 1299
Venice, Biblioteca nazionale Marciana, Cod. It. IV-1299

Provenance and Date: Venice, 19c
Time Frame: 1800-1900
Notes: Scribe: Bernardo Mantuaner. “Canzoni...del celebre Sig. Geronimo Frescobaldi...ridotte ad un moderna & facile lettura da Bernardo Mantuaner.” The reading of many pieces in this collection are problematic. One is not quite sure whether this is the result of incompetence on the part of the composer or of the copyist, or perhaps both.
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Venice 1727
Venice, Biblioteca nazionale Marciana, Cod. It. IV-1727

Provenance and Date: Venice, 19c
Time Frame: 1800-1900
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Verona MCXXIX
Verona, Biblioteca capitolare, Cod. MCXXIX

Provenance and Date: (Unknown Provenance), 1703
Time Frame: 1700-1800
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Vicenza 2.7.17
Vicenza, Biblioteca civica Bertoliana, Mus. Ms. FF 2.7.17

Provenance and Date: Vicenza, 18c
Time Frame: 1700-1800
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