Fiori musicali

: "For the Baroque music ensemble, see Fiori Musicali (ensemble).""Fiori musicali" ("Musical Flowers") is a collection of liturgical organ music by Girolamo Frescobaldi. First published in 1635, it became the most famous of Frescobaldi's works and was studied centuries after his death by numerous composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach. [Paul Badura-Skoda. "Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard", p. 259. Translated by Alfred Clayton. Oxford University Press, 1995, 592 p. ISBN 0198165765.] [John Butt. "The Cambridge Companion to Bach", p. 139. Cambridge University Press, 1997, 342 p. ISBN 0521587808]

"Fiori musicali" was first published in Venice and may have been composed for St Mark's Basilica or similar important churches. [Silbiger, Grove] The collection consists of three masses: Missa Della Domenica (Sunday Mass), Missa Degli Apostoli (Mass of the Apostles), Missa Della Madonna (Mass of the Virgin). Each mass includes a number of pieces to be played at key moments before and during the service, and several settings of the first section of the Mass ordinary, "Kyrie". The masses are followed by two capriccios on secular tunes - the "Bergamasca" and the "Girolmeta". The role of these capriccios in the collection is unclear. [Apel, 477]

References

* Willi Apel. "The History of Keyboard Music to 1700". Translated by Hans Tischler. Indiana University Press, 1972. ISBN 0-253-21141-7. Originally published as "Geschichte der Orgel- und Klaviermusik bis 1700" by Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel.
* Alexander Silbiger. "Girolamo Frescobaldi", "Grove Music Online", ed. L. Macy, [http://www.grovemusic.com/ grovemusic.com] (subscription access).

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