Ros Morley presented our first online workshop featuring duets from the time of Georg Rhau’s Bicinia. Each piece was suitable for playing on tenors and basses, and trebles were able to play the upper lines. After providing background on each duet, Ros played each of the lines so that participants were able to play the other line along with her.
The music for these videos can be found in: All Workshops or below the videos.
These duets are for Treble or Tenor on one voice and Bass on another voice. In some cases, the lower voice can also be played on Tenor.
1. Que Gabrielis by Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450-1517)
Published in Bicinia gallica et latina, Vol 2, LXXIII Rhau, Wittemburg, 1545 Facsimile of the original edition is also provided.
| Superior vox | Inferior vox |
| Ros Morley is playing Tenor Viol and it is for duets with Bass Viol | Ros Morley is playing Bass Viol and it is for duets with Treble or Tenor Viol |
2. Fantasia 11 (on Spagnoletta) by Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c.1554-1609)
Published in Il Primo Libro della musica a due voci, #11 Milano, 1598/p> Facsimile of the original edition is also provided.
| Tenor | Bass |
| Ros Morley is playing Tenor Viol and it is for duets with Bass Viol | Ros Morley is playing Bass Viol and it is for duets with Treble or Tenor Viol |
3. Fantasia 16 (Vestiva i colli) by Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c.1554-1609)
Published in Il Primo Libro della musica a due voci, Milano, 1598 Facsimile of the original edition is also provided.
| Canto | Tenor |
| Ros Morley is playing Tenor Viol and it is for duets with Tenor or Bass Viol | Ros Morley is playing Bass Viol and it is for duets with Treble or Tenor Viol |
4. In nets of golden wires by Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
Published in Canzonets to Two Voices, 1595
| Cantus | Tenor |
| Ros Morley is playing Tenor Viol and it is for duets with Tenor or Bass Viol | Ros Morley is playing Bass Viol and it is for duets with Treble or Tenor Viol |
5. Liquide perle Amor by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Published in Rimes francoises et italiennes a deux parties, 1612
| Cantus | Tenor |
| Ros Morley is playing Tenor Viol and it is for duets with Tenor or Bass Viol | Ros Morley is playing Bass Viol and it is for duets with Treble or Tenor Viol |
6. Duet No 6 by Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
Published in A Plaine & Easy Practicall Introduction to Music, 1597 Facsimile of the second edition (1608) is also provided.
| Cantus | Tenor |
| Ros Morley is playing Tenor Viol and it is for duets with Tenor or Bass Viol | Ros Morley is playing Bass Viol and it is for duets with Treble or Tenor Viol |
7. Io son ferito by Giuseppe Giamberti (c.1600-c.1664)
Published in Duo tessuti con diversi solfeggiamenti, scherzi, perfidie et oblighi, Rome, 1657
| Cantus | Tenor |
| Ros Morley is playing Tenor Viol and it is for duets with Tenor or Bass Viol | Ros Morley is playing Bass Viol and it is for duets with Treble or Tenor Viol |
8. Fantazia #1 by Richard Micho (1590-1661)
Published in Rowe Music Library, King’s College, Cambridge Mss 112/113
| Cantus | Tenor |
| Ros Morley is playing Tenor Viol and it is for duets with Bass Viol | Ros Morley is playing Bass Viol and it is for duets with Treble or Tenor Viol |