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Alfonso (ii) Ferrabosco
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Pavane Click to Listen [4:17]
Written for consort of four recorders and I suspect Viol de Gambe, transcribed for organ here with the Cantus on the Hauptwerk, Altus, Quintus and Tenor on the Rückpositiv, and Bassus on the Pedal division. There are three sections, each repeated on a total of six registrations. Sec. 1: HW P8 + O4 + Q3 + S2, RP C8 + C4 + P2, PD S16 + OB8 + CB4 (repeat) HW G8 + O4 + Q3, RP C8 + Q4, PD S16 + OB8; Sec. 2: HW P8 + O4 + N3, RP C8 + C4 + Q2, PD OB8 (repeat) HW G8 + S8 + Q3, RP C8 + C4, PD OB8; Sec. 3: HW G8 + O4 + Q3 + Cym, RP C8 + Q4 + O1, PD S16 + OB8 (repeat) G8 + O4 + Q3 + S2 + Mix + Cym, RP C8 + Q4 + P2 + Q2 + O1, PD S16 + OB8 + CB4. For a popup table of these abbreviations, click here. Thanks are due to Alain Naigeon for providing the PDF score. Instrument: Renaissance Organ (ca. 1587) in gothic church in Smecno, Czech Republic - Samples by Jiri Zurek

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