The Frescobaldi Thematic Catalogue Online

F 2.06 Toccata sesta
Composer: Frescobaldi
Key/Signature: E /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 15.32 Toccata
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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F 18.07S Fuga II
Composer: Gottlieb Muffat
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Keyboard
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CANZONI (1645)
Notes: The CANZONI (1645) were published posthumously, and in his preface, the publisher Alessandro Vincenti states that he obtained the pieces only after the composer’s death. He designated the volume as Libro IV, perhaps thinking of the Recercari et canzoni of 1615 and the ensemble canzoni published in 1628 and 1634. Some have questioned the connection between Frescobaldi and these canzonas because of a number of anomalous features [Silbiger (1980-1), 188-189], but most scholars accept them as authentic.
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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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FANTASIE (1608)
Notes: The first of Frescobaldi’s canonic keyboard publications was never republished in his lifetime and only a single copy is extant (in Bologna). Fewer manuscript copies survive than for any of the other publications. One of those copies, Berlin L121, was formerly believed to be in the hand of Bernardo Pasquini but that attribution has now been discredited.
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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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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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Fantasie (1608)
Girolamo Frescobaldi, Il primo libro delle fantasie a quattro (Milan: Simon Tini, & Filippo Lomazzo, 1608)

Provenance and Date: Milan, 1608
Time Frame: 1600-1650
RISM ID: F 1855
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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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Turin Giordano 1
Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale, Raccolte Giordano 1 [Vol. I]

Provenance and Date: 1637-1640
Time Frame: 1600-1650
RISM ID: TO026513945
Notes: See Turin Foa 1. A digital online copy of Turin Giordano 1 can be seen at: http://wwwold.internetculturale.it/moduli/digi/digi.jsp?magid=oai:www.internetculturale.sbn.it/Teca:20:NT0000:TO026513945&language=it
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