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Fantasía 20, del sexto tono

 

Libro de música para vihuela (1552), fol. 27

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Source title Otra fantasia del sesto tono a quatro.
Title in contents   Fantasia del sexto tono a quatro bozes.
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Music

Category abstract

Genre fantasia

Fantasia type ImP

Mode 6

Voices 4

Length (compases) 107

Vihuela

Tuning G

Courses 6

Final IV/0

Highest I/10

Lowest VI/3

Difficulty not specified

Tempo not specified

Song Text

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Commentary

Rubric: “Another fantasia in mode 6 in four voices”. This fantasia includes passages of imitative and free polyphony and has thus been claasified in the Polythematic imitative group. It is not such a successful work. It commences with imitative treatment of theme 1 making a section that extends to bar 24 with a full cadence. A new section begins with single S/A - T/B pairs of theme 2 at bar 25. Theme 3 is similarly used in paired voices in bars 45-48. The opening polyphony is quite good, and is notable for the length of its theme, uncommon in all vihuela literature.