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Luis Milán

Fantasía 23 del primero tono

 

El Maestro (1536), fol. J1

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Source title Esta fantasia que se sigue es del primero tono por otra parte’ que en el primero libro hos figure.y alli vereys en este segundo libro los tonos por otras partes en la vihuela que en este passado libro haueys visto.y ha se de tañer con vn compas ni muy apriessa ni muy a espacio.
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Music

Category abstract

Genre fantasia

Fantasia type ImP

Mode 1

Voices 4

Length (compases) 204

Vihuela

Tuning A

Courses 6

Final IV/0

Highest I/8

Lowest VI/1

Difficulty not specified

Tempo medium

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Commentary

First fantasia of libro segundo. Imitative polythematic. Has considerable cohesion and direction, and much more imitation than is usual in Milán’s fantasias. It is quite likely that it was chose for this reason to begin the second book. The rubric says that “this Fantasia that follows is in the first mode transposed as I showed you in the first book, and you will see in this second book the modes transposed to other places on the vihuela than you saw in the first book, and it has to be played with the beat neither too fast nor too slow.”

It is built of only 6 sections, some of which are quite long, especially given the whole piece is 204 compases. Section I is pure imitation of a kind infrequent in Milán. Other textures similar to his common style. More use of voice pairs than in many of the early works. Considerable thematic interrelationship, and sections based on a succession of complimentary themes – Inversion used.
Thematic relationships: 2, 5, 7 >> Inv >> 3b, 6, 10. 4-11, 3a+b networks cf. 9a+b.
Schema of work: (See below)