Instrumentation:

one (two) soprano (descant) recorder(s), violin(s), cornetto(s), etc. and a bass instrument (violoncello, bass viol, bassoon, etc.) with optional keyboard (harpsichord, organ) or even lute or theorbo

The Dutch composer Cornelis Thymanszoon Padbrué (ca. 1592–1670) wrote mostly music for vocal ensembles: motets and madrigals, many of them on Dutch texts. His only known instrumental works are two Pavane-Gaillarde pairs composed as incidental music for weddings that took place in Haarlem (where Padbrué was employed as a city musician), on 23 April 1641 and 4 February 1642, respectively. These polyphonic dances, pavana-gaillarde pairs scored for one, resp. two high instrumental parts and an (unfigured) bass, clearly show Padbrué’s ability as a composer of instrumental music. The upper voices can be played on the violin, recorder, cornetto (Zink), etc., the bass on cello, bass viol, bassoon, or, with the provided realization, on a keyboard instrument of the time.

1985

ISBN n/a (paper)

1 score (12 pp.) + 1 part (treble/bass 8 pp.)

21 x 30 cm

€10.50 or US$10.50