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DA MILANO, Francesco
(1497-1543)
Fantasia
28 by Francesco da Milano. Another
lively and contrapuntal piece. Notice the lovely three voice stretto section on
the second page. It is important to make the voices distinct by consistently
articulating the repeated notes. MIDI sound file of
the Fantasia. [2 pages, 99KB]
Fantasia 30 by Francesco da Milano.
Unlike Fantasia 40, this one is played with standard tuning and I have written in
no bar lines in this version (please read the explanation under Fantasia 40).
The tone is a more subdued and serious one, but with the same wonderful
interplay of voices that was a characteristic of Italian lute music written
around 1600. MIDI
sound file of the Fantasia. [ 2 pages, 133KB]
Fantasia 40 by Francesco da Milano. Originally for lute, this fantasia
requires you to tune the third string to F sharp. You may find that this is
easier to play if you use right hand fingering that was commonly used on the Renaissance
lute: alternating the thumb (p) and index (i) fingers to play scale passages. I
have included those fingerings in the score. Notice that there is no time
signature and that the bars do not always have the same number of beats. Modern
bar lines imply a pattern of accents that do not apply to this music. Here
their purpose is only to provide occasional vertical alignment, and the accents
must instead be inferred from the voices themselves. I have written in some
suggested articulations that will help give the music impetus and a playful
quality. MIDI
sound file of the Fantasia. [1 page, 62KB]
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