Intavolatura Projects

Intavolatura Projects is dedicated to the art of intabulation, and specifically to intabulation in Italian keyboard tablature. Italian Keyboard Tablature (called intavolatura by its original users) was the system of notation used in the vast majority of Italian sources of keyboard music (both printed and in manuscript) in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is my hope that this website will evolve into a varied collection of resources for those wishing to study and perform intabulations, which are an incredibly useful window on to the creative and technical processes behind sixteenth- and seventeenth-century keyboard improvisation and composition. The resources on the site will eventually include an intabulation guide (for those wishing to create their own intabulations in Italian keyboard tablature) as well as materials related to my own research and performance projects.

Comparative Models of Intabulations

(See the Sources and Abbreviations page for identification of sources, and see the Editorial Notes and Source Descriptions for more information on the sources.)

IntabulationSource
Ala dolce ombraBardini
Ala dolce ombra stanza 2Bardini
Ala dolce ombra stanza 3Bardini
Ala dolce ombra stanza 4Bardini
Ala dolce ombra stanza 5Bardini
En voz a dieuxBardini
Helas comntBardini
Carita de SignoreBardini
Frais e gagliardBertoldo1591a
Hor vienza vienBertoldo1591a
Petit fleurBertoldo1591a
Un gai bergerBertoldo1591a
Ricercar del Primo TuonoBertoldo1591b
Ricercar del Terzo TuonoBertoldo1591b
“alla .la Alla” (=Anchor che col partire)Castell’Arquato
Canzon xviCastell’Arquato
La Maggia Canzon quintaCastell’Arquato
Occhi miei lassi benCastell’Arquato
Orviens avienCastell’Arquato
Se p colpa del vo fiero sdegnoCastell’Arquato
Anchor che co’l partireGabrieli1596
CANZON deta Susanne un jourGabrieli1605a
Canzon Francese deta Frais & gaillardGabrieli1605a
Canzon francese detta Martin menoit di IanequinGabrieli1605a
Canzon Francese detta OrsuGabrieli1605b
A[ncor che col partire] fragmentLayolle
Nasce la pena miaLayolle
O s’io potessi DonnaLayolle
Ce mois de mai a 4Naples 48
La Lanza (=Ung gay bergier)Naples 48
(See the Sources and Abbreviations page for identification of sources, and see the Editorial Notes and Source Descriptions for more information on the sources.)