Source title | Fantasia. F. |
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Title in contents | Fantasia quinta |
Text incipit |
Category abstract
Genre fantasia
Fantasia type ImP
Mode 4
Voices 4
Length (compases) 88
Tuning A =5
Courses 5
Final IV/2
Highest I/5
Lowest V/0
Difficulty easy
Tempo not specified
Language
Vocal notation
The fifth of Fuenllana’s Fantasias for five-course vihuela.
Polythematic, imitative fantasia of 88 compases. The work divides exactly in half, showing characteristic proportionality in its design. Broad freer treatment of texture shows sensitivity to mode 4, and allows for flexibility in performance following the characteristics of the mode.
I (1-43) Theme 1 imitated – broad theme (1-43)
II (44-60) Theme 2 imitated with entries condensing towards end
III (45-88) Theme 3 – loose imitations with much free material. Theme is a suggestive motive, derived from descend 3 of 1st theme.
A manuscript copy of this piece is in E-Mn-MP/2211/1