Passamezzo (Eijkhout, Victor)

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Full Scores

 Complete Score
*#114226 - 1.12MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1129×⇩ - VictorEijkhout

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Publisher. Info. Victor Eijkhout Copyright Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del] Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection. Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

Parts

 Soprano
*#114227 - 0.11MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 190×⇩ - VictorEijkhout

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⇒ 7 more: Alto 1 • Alto 2 • Tenor 1 • Tenor 2 • Bass 1 • Bass 2 • Great Bass

 Alto 1
*#114228 - 0.16MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 155×⇩ - VictorEijkhout

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 Alto 2
*#114229 - 0.14MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 137×⇩ - VictorEijkhout

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 Tenor 1
*#114230 - 0.21MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 144×⇩ - VictorEijkhout

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 Tenor 2
*#114231 - 0.23MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 140×⇩ - VictorEijkhout

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 Bass 1
*#114232 - 0.18MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 145×⇩ - VictorEijkhout

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 Bass 2
*#114233 - 0.16MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 144×⇩ - VictorEijkhout

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 Great Bass
*#114234 - 0.15MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 151×⇩ - VictorEijkhout

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"Passamezzo" is a series of variation on the Passamezzo Moderno ground bass. The Passamezzo Antico and the Passamezzo Moderno were popular ground basses (in modern parlance: chord progressions) in the renaissance. This piece is based on the Antico bass, which is in minor; the Moderno is a corresponding variant in major.

This composition consists of 14 variations of the Passamezzo bass, divided in four sections. With the exception of the short 3rd section, in the style of a French overture, all sections build up gradually, and end with a variation that has a virtuoso soprano part. For the rest there are no sopranos to be found in this piece.

Of course, having been written in modern times, this piece is only pretend-renaissance, and in fact uses some anachronisms, such as the equivocation between V and IIb. Note in rehearsal letter M another thing that would never occur in the renaissance: a great bass solo.