Le Livre d'orgue de Valvasone: Musique pour l'orgue Vincenzo Colombi du XVIe siècle

Description

The Venetian keyboard repertoire of the 16th century finds its historical medium once again: the organ built by Vincenzo Colombi in Valvasone, a rare witness to the lagoon tradition. The quarter-comma meantone temperament, the low wind pressure, a high pitch—the A approaching 492 Hz—as well as a ripieno rising from the Tenori 12' up to the XXIX, with Flauto in XV and Fiffaro, shape a sonic palette that sculpts the counterpoint and highlights the writing. The program links the masters associated with San Marco to the composers disseminated by Venetian printing, traversing ricercari, toccate, and canzoni da sonare within an emerging rhetoric of the affects. The Valvasone tablet closes this journey, restoring the choice of stops as a true rhetorical gesture.