Recercari, et Canzoni franzese (Rom, Zannetti, 1615, ?1618)

Composer: Frescobaldi, Girolamo
Editor: Stembridge, Christopher / Gilbert, Kenneth
Instrument: organ
Publisher: Bärenreiter
Difficulty: 4
Description:
Girolamo Frescobaldi’s music profoundly influenced such composers as Froberger, Buxtehude, J. S. Bach and Muffat. This is a new Urtext edition in four volumes which provides professional musicians, musicologists as well as interested amateurs with a musical text which incorporates the latest musicological research giving a comprehensive account of all currently known sources and their genesis. This edition was prepared by Kenneth Gilbert and Christopher Stembridge , perhaps the leading authorities in the field.

Each volume in the New Frescobaldi Edition opens with an introduction to the genesis, sources, performance practice, and editorial methodology and ends with a critical report.

- Scholarly-critical edition in four volumes

- Forefront of musicological research

- Detailed preface (German/English), critical report (German/English), and catalogue of sources