Fantasia 11 (Meyer no. 21)
Hardly perceptible excursions to remote tonal areas, first to sharps and as far as C#,
then to flats to tonic f minor in the basic F altered Lydian mode. The most adventurous voyage
into remote tonal areas other than the Hexachord (#22).
- contrapuntal voice-leadings with such fluidity lead through highly original harmonic resolutions, rapidly travelling though expected areas, altered by new sequences and unexpected turns, to deceptive and otherwise elided cadences. The heightened cadence formulas at m.15 over an augmented Tenor mark the broader expansion away from the previously stable F tonal area
- a virtuoso manipulative treatment of monothematic materials, with chromatic work as adventurous as the Hexachord fantasia(s)
- ficta conventions exploited to produce a more "expressive" idiomatic instrumental style
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†Sound clips are from "Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Four-Part Fantasias". CD Recording, Viola da Gamba Society -- New England, 25th Anniversary Project, Sarah Mead, Producer (2002). Reproduced by permission.
†Sound clips are from "Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Four-Part Fantasias". CD Recording, Viola da Gamba Society -- New England, 25th Anniversary Project, Sarah Mead, Producer (2002). Reproduced by permission.