The Frescobaldi Thematic Catalogue Online
Brussels II.3908
Full Title: Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale Albert 1, Ms II 3908 Mus Fétis 2005
Provenance and Date: 18c
Time Frame: 1700-1800
RISM ID: 700005900
Notes: Scribe: Gottlob Harrer (1703-1755). The title page reads: “Ricercari del Sr Girolamo Fresco=baldi Organista della Basilica di S. Pietro in Roma.” The MS contains 8 ricercars for two voices (F 16.23 to 16.29), 20 ricercars for three voices (F16.30 to F 16.49), and 11 pieces for four voices known from other sources: 7 ricercars from Recercari (1615) (F 9.02 to 9.08), a ricercar also attributed to Froberger (F 18.10S), and 3 capriccios from Capricci (1624) (F. 4.01, F 4.06, and F 4.11). The entire content of the MS is identical to that of Berlin 6612.
+- Compositions in Source
F 16.23 Ricercar no. 1 a due
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: C /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.24 Ricercar no. 2 a due
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.25 Ricercar no. 3 a due
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.26 Ricercar no. 4 a due
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.27 Ricercar no. 5 a due
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: C /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.28 Ricercar no. 6 a due
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.29 Ricercar no. 7 a due
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: A /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.30 Ricercar no. 8 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.31 Ricercar no. 9 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.32 Ricercar no. 10 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: F /♭
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.33 Ricercar no. 11 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.34 Ricercar no. 12 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: F /♭
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.35 Ricercar no. 13 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.36 Ricercar no. 14 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: A /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.37 Ricercar no. 15 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.38 Ricercar no. 16 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.39 Ricercar no. 17 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: A /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.40 Ricercar no. 18 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: F /♭
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.41 Ricercar no. 19 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.42 Ricercar no. 20 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.43 Ricercar no. 21 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: F /♭
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.44 Ricercar no. 22 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♭
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.45 Ricercar no. 23 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.46 Ricercar no. 24 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.47 Ricercar no. 25 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.48 Ricercar no. 26 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: G /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 16.49 Ricercar no. 27 a tre
Composer: Frescobaldi (doubtful)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Not Specified
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F 18.10S Ricercar no. 35 a quattro
Composer: Froberger (probably)
Key/Signature: D /♮
Scoring: Keyboard
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+- Canonical Publications
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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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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+- Literature
Hammond (1983)
Hammond, Frederick. Girolamo Frescobaldi. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983.
Date Published: 1983
Pages: 291
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Silbiger (2013)
Silbiger, Alexander. "Four Centuries of Frescobaldi Reception: How His Music Made Its Way through the World from His Time to Ours." In A Fresco: Mélanges offerts au Professeur Etienne Darbellay, eds. Brenno Boccadero and George Starobinski, 81-89. Bern: Peter Lang, 2013.
Date Published: 2013
Pages: 99
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