Fantasia 13 (Meyer no. 16)
Inventive exploitation of monothematic ricercar motive that begins like a conventional
Gabrieli canzona, with more fluid treatment of melodic intervals, rhythmic shapes and shifts.
M.14 rhythmic shift of motive reappears m.26 before more thorough transformations in the
second section; a return to the original motive leads to diminution at the climax and Coda.
- "play" with ficta accidentals, leading to
- "play" with harmonic areas and interrelation of motives
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Listen to examples† of the motives:
| Motive 1a: |  | mp3 | wav | Real Audio | wma |
| Motive 1b: |  | mp3 | wav | Real Audio | wma |
| Motive 1a/1c: |  | mp3 | wav | Real Audio | wma |
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†Sound clips are from "Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Four-Part Fantasias". CD Recording, Viola da Gamba Society -- New England, 25th Anniversary Project, Sarah Mead, Producer (2002). Reproduced by permission.
†Sound clips are from "Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Four-Part Fantasias". CD Recording, Viola da Gamba Society -- New England, 25th Anniversary Project, Sarah Mead, Producer (2002). Reproduced by permission.