Source of duos: Banchieri (1623)
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Adriano Banchieri, La Banchierina overo cartella picciola del canto figurato. Opera utilissima alli figlioli, per acquistarne il nome di sicuro cantore (Alessandro Vincenti, Venice 1623) RISM: B846
Four duos on the hexachord.
The duos are found on p. 36-39 of this treatise. Their composer – some Giacinto da Brescia – was a pupil of Banchieri and – as it is stated at the beginning of the first duo – these were Giacinto's exercises in composition revised by his teacher. Every duo has the same structure: the upper line is constructed from the eleven notes of the ascending and descending hexachords followed by an ascending and descending nine- or ten-note scale (hence including one mutation) of 17 or 19 notes; the lower line is a free counterpoint. Only the upper line bears both the solmization syllables and the lyrics, which – as the rubric printed above the first exercise explains – is useful to accustom the pupil to sing a text in tune after having learnt the melody.
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Modo di far l'orecchio al principiante fanciullo nelle note e parole, sopra tutte le quattro chiavi del Soprano con il contrapunto. Li contrapunti sono lezioni di D. Giacinto da Brescia revisti dall'autore suo maestro.
1.Prima Chiaue di C. per b. molle. «Amare un solo Dio sopr'ogni cosa». Primo Contrapunto. D.G.B. Secondo Contrapunto. D.G.B.The duo is based on the solmization obbligo Ut re mi fa sol la (hexachord).
2.Seconda Chiaue di C. per bequadro. «Il tempo vola e se ne fuggon gl'anni». Primo Contrapunto. D.G.B. Secondo Contrapunto. D.G.B.The duo is based on the solmization obbligo Ut re mi fa sol la (hexachord).
3.Terza Chiaue di G. per b. «Cantate Domino canticum nouum». Primo Contrapunto. D.G.B. Secondo Contrapunto. D.G.B.The duo is based on the solmization obbligo Ut re mi fa sol la (hexachord).
4.Quarta Chiaue di G. per bequadro. «Venite Benedicti Patris mei». Primo Contrapunto. D.G.B. Secondo Contrapunto. D.G.B.The duo is based on the solmization obbligo Ut re mi fa sol la (hexachord).
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Pietro Bonini
«Abate olivetano»		Dedicatee.
Place and date of the dedication: «Accademia Florida di San Michele in Bosco (Bologna), 01.03.1623».
literature
Bornstein, Italian Duos, vol. I, p. 40, 42, 177-78; vol. II, p. 347-48. A study of the Italian duo throughout the Renaissance and the Baroque.
Bologna: Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Catalogo Gaspari online.See the related record from the online database of this library.
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