Vocal duets with basso continuo. [Copyist musical manuscript]
[?]Italy: ca. 1850.
Folio (239 x 298 mm). Eight madrigals, numbered III-XI, each bound separately or with one other; somewhat crudely sewn. Notated in black ink on 12-stave rastrum-ruled paper.
Scored for two voices in combinations including two soprano, soprano/alto, soprano/tenor, and soprano bass and unfigured basso conitnuo, realized on grand staff for keyboard; the original 18th century continuo part was unrealized.
Overpaste to p. 14 of Duetto IV, with a recomposition of uppermost two systems, incorporating a variant keyboard part; overpaste to p. 11 of Duetto X, extending final two measures of lowermost system; numerous corrections and occasional cancellations.
1) Duetto III. Volle speranza ardita. 17, [i] (blank) pp.
2) Duetto IV. Fuoco e la chioma bionda. 9, [i] (blank), 10-19 pp.
3) Duetto V. Dovè quell'usignolo. 17, [i] (blank) pp.
4) Duetto VI. Spesso amor. 13, [i] (blank) pp.
5) Duetto VII. In sogno mi parea. 18 pp.
6) Duetto VIII. Clori deh mira il duolo ... Duetto IX Lontan dalla sua Fille. 17, 15 pp.
7) Duettp X. Quando col mio ... Duetto XI Quando tramonta il sole. 11, 16, [i] (blank) pp.
8) Duetto XII. Al bosco al prato al fonte. 19, [i] (blank) pp.
Duetto III: Minor soiling and small stains to first and last leaves.
Duetto IV: Stain to blank lower margin of p. 12 extending into lowermost system;
Duetto VI: Loss to final leaf affecting two lowermost blank staves.
Duetto VII: Soiling affecting blank upper margin of final page.
Duetti X/XI: Small tear and moderate soiling to outer edge of overpaste; signatures separated.
Clari was an Italian composer and instrumentalist. ["His] most famous compositions, cited frequently in works of later theorists as fine examples of the genre, are his vocal chamber duets and trios. There are copies, both manuscript and printed, in libraries all over Europe. Probably they were written for his pupils to sing, especially in view of the fact that the vocal range tends to be more restricted than in his other works. ... His fame now rests almost entirely on the six duets that Handel incorporated into his own Theodora (1750)." Jean Grundy Fanelli in Grove Music Online
Of particular note are the through-composed continuo realizations, with occasional dynamics, therefore likely intended for piano.
Clari's duets were published in ca. 1823 by Carli with a continuo realization composed by Mirecki; the present manuscript, however, presents an entirely different realization. The arranger offers inventive postludes incorporating complementary melodic material at the conclusions of the duets. The arranger's first draft of the postlude of Duetto IV is visible beneath the overpaste; the keyboard parts of the two drafts employ altogether different figuration.
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