Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1549-1609): Il primo libro della musica a due voci (1598)
Bicinium No. 9
This is the ninth out of twenty duets for non-specified instruments, published by G.G. Gastoldi in 1598, along with 12 duets by other late renaissance composers. These duets (or "bicinia") were intended as instructional material to introduce students to polyphonic music, but they are arguably more appealing and more modern sounding than many more complex renaissance pieces.
I have used an edition by Richard Yates in treble and octave-treble clefs. The same edition is also available at IMSLP in many different combinations of clefs:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Il_primo_libr...vanni_Giacomo)
More editions specifically of Bicinium No. 9 are at:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Bicinium_No.9...vanni_Giacomo)
I have played this duet on mandolin and tenor guitar.
1898 Giuseppe Vinaccia bowlback mandolin
Vintage Viaten tenor guitar
Martin
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