Ganassi Fontegara Numbered (GFN)
Creators: name: Parrilla, Vicente
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: diminutions, embellishments, Renaissance music, recorder

description: <strong># Introducing GFN: A catalogue number for Sylvestro Ganassi´s <em>Fontegara</em> (Venice, 1535)</strong> A system for precisely locating items in <em>Fontegara</em> to facilitate research, analysis, and practical use of its contents. GFN stands for Ganassi’s <em>Fontegara</em> Numbered Computation of: Persons, instruments and books in the frontispiece Fingerings Embellishments contained in the Regole Other examples of embellishments Total: 2855 items in 158 pages (leaving aside the 175 hand-written cadences contained in the Fontegara book preserved in Wolfenbüttel. See below for a proposal of nomenclature). Numbering system: A simple system from 1–2855 (GFN 2855 is actually GFN 288b: see errata below), without making distinctions about their location in the book or type of content (exception: the three part-books in the woodcut, numbered b1–b3, which were an afterthought). Location: GFN numbers are normally located below the numbered item, except for a few cases in which this could result in problems of readability. In such cases, the GFN number appears on top of it: GFN 400, 899, 1274, 1277, 1318, 1367, 1376, 1634, 1680, 1682, 1719 [cont.], 1727 [cont.], 1851, 2147, 2148, 2150, 2153, and 2825. GFN applied: localisation (GFN 1–2855) Frontispiece:<br> 1.1. Instruments: viols GFN 1–3, lute GFN 4, recorders GFN 6–9, Futteral GFN 10, cornets GFN 11–12, p. 1<br> 1.2. Musicians: singer GFN 5, recorder players GFN 6–9, p. 1 Hexachord-based recorder fingerings: GFN 14–91, p. 4–7 Sette note di più: GFN 92–130, p. 8–9<br> 3.1. Recorder “B”: GFN 92–104, p. 8<br> 3.2. Recorder “A” (ornamental “A”, the trademark of the Schnitzer family): GFN 105–117, p. 9<br> 3.3. Recorder with single trefoil or clover mark (Rauch von Schrattenbach): GFN 118–130, p. 9 First diminution examples (essemplii del diminuir): GFN 131–138, p. 13–15. And two musical examples in chapter 13: GFN 139–140, p. 16 Regole (GFN 141–2826):<br> 5.1. Regola 1: GFN 141–1030, p. 18–57<br> 5.2. Regola 2: GFN 1031–1859, p. 58–97<br> 5.3. Regola 3: GFN 1860–2671, p. 98–137<br> 5.4. Regola 4: GFN 2672–2826, p. 138–149 Second diminution examples (Riporto dele regole): GFN 2827–2828, p. 151–152 Trills (Regola figvra[tiva]): GFN 2829–2854, p. 156 TOTAL: 2855 numbered items (GFN 2855 is actually GFN 288b. See errata on fontegara.com) <strong>## About the edited examples transcribed into modern notation </strong> This PDF, raw edition of <em>Fontegara</em>, is part of my <em>Fontegara Working Kit.</em> It contains all the musical examples in <em>Fontegara</em> (from GFN 131 to GFN 2828), including the 175 originally handwritten cadences. Here are some details from https://vicenteparrilla.itch.io/fontegara-pdf “Fontegara musical examples, written in modern notation. Just as page layout was not a primary concern when producing the initial Finale files, this PDF version lacks a proper page layout in its current version. The main reason to include it is to enhance readability: it will increase accessibility to Fontegara contents for many people. After all, it is easy to obtain from the Finale files. Therefore, do not expect fancy-looking music scores here, just the plain notes with some ficta alterations.” Read about the GFN numbering system: https://fontegara.com/projects/numbering-ganassis-works Know more about the Fontegara Working Kit and download Fontegara in MUSX (Finale), XML, MIDI, PDF, and MP3 formats: https://vicenteparrilla.com/blog/fontegara-working-kit
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