Editions
Willaert - first ricercar from Musica Nova – Venice 1540.
This is the first of many important ricercars clearly written for organ but neglected simply because they were originally printed in part-books, the only way of printing contrapuntal music at the time. Not before the 17th century were such ricercars printed in open score in Venice. The problem with the Italian keyboard-notation known as intavolatura was that it made no attempt to clarify part-writing; it was used for ricercars only when they were embellished.
Annibale Padovano 1527-1575 - Libro de Ricercari a quattro voci - transcribed here for keyboard-players
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Girolamo Frescobaldi: Fiori Musicali in partitura a quattro utili per sonatori, Venice 1635
Edition in open score (modern clefs) by CS for Armelin Musica, Padua 1997
Girolamo Frescobaldi: Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3, Rome 1626, 1618, 1621, 1625 & 1627
containing all the pieces from Frescobaldi's Liber Secundus Sacrarum Modulationum, Rome 1627, that have survived complete (one of the 4 voice part-books is lost) ed. CS for G. Zanibon, Padua 1986, in the series Capolavori Musicali dei secoli xvii e xviii: General editor: Kenneth Gilbert
Giovanni de Macque: Ricercari (MS Florence)
ed. CS - G. Zanibon, Padua 1986, in the series Capolavori Musicali dei secoli xvii e xviii: General editor: Kenneth Gilbert
Ascanio Mayone: Diversi Capricci per Sonare I & II, Naples 1603, 1609
ed. CS for G. Zanibon, Padua 1981-2, in the series Capolavori Musicali dei secoli xvii e xviii: General editor: Kenneth Gilbert