- Instrumentation:
- four-part vocal ensemble (SATB)
The enharmonic vocal compositions of Nicola Vicentino are
historical curiosities, in which the sixteenth-century quest
for expansion of tonal resources reached its limits.
Although they inspired several other attempts at introducing
the enharmonic genus into musical compositions, they are
unique in their highly personal interpretation of this
genus, and the consistency and boldness with which this
interpretation is applied. This edition collects four pieces
(three of them incomplete, unfortunately), which were
included in Vicentino’s treatise L’antica
musica ridotta alla moderna prattica (Rome 1555). One is
on Latin text, three on Italian.
- 1990
- ISBN n/a (paper)
- 1 score (24 pp.)
- 21 x 30 cm
- €18 or US$18