Source of duos: Bertalotti (1698)
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Angelo Michele Bertalotti, Regole facilissime per apprendere con facilità, e prestezza li canti fermo e figurato (Marino Silvani, Bologna 1698)
Two textless duos among a series of 21 textless ricercares for one and two voices.
The two voices are printed on opposite sides of the opening.		 contents – facsimiles – notes – literature
contents

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1.Ricercare Secondo. A due Canti. Canto Primo. / Canto Secondo.

Bornstein, Bertalotti: Ricercare
2.Ricercare Quinto. A due Canto, e Alto. Canto.The duo includes a triple-proportion section.
Bornstein, Bertalotti: Ricercare
literature
Bornstein, Italian Duos, vol. II, p. 349. 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.
notes

This opus was reprinted six times up to 1820. In spite of this large number of reprints, the first edition of 1698 may be considered a unicum; in fact the whole section containing the rules of Canto figurato, comprising the 21 ricercares, was omitted in all the reprints. Furthermore, the first edition does not include the author's name, which can be identified with Bertalotti through analysis of the reprints.

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