Twelve Italian Songs Guitar
Twelve Italian Songs Guitar
Twelve Italian Songs Guitar
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Twelve Italian Songs, for voice and guitar
These arrangements were made when I was a guitarist, accompanying the Swiss tenor
Franz Anderegg in the late 1970’s.
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3 Amarilli, Giulio Caccini (1550-1618), from Le nuove musiche di Giulio Caccini
detto Romano, Firenze, Marescotti, 1601
6 Ruscelletto Limpidetto, Tomaso Albinoni (1674-1745), Bibl. del Conservatorio,
Firenze. Ms D. 772 I, f. 63−65
8 Come Raggio de Sol, Antonio Caldara (1670-1716)
10 Vittoria, Vittoria, Giacomo Carissimi, Bibl. Estense, Modena. Ms, Mus. G. 28.
12 Caro mio Ben, Tommaso Giordani
14 Pupille Arciere, Giovanbatista da Gagliano, from Varie Musiche di Giovanbatista
da Gagliano, Libro Primo, Venezia, Alessandro Vincenti, 1623 (Espl. Bibl. Naz
Firenze)
15 Pur Dicesti, Antonio Lotti
18 Vezzosa Aurora, Alessandro Melani, Biblioteca Laurenziana, Firenze. Ms Ashb
1452, f. 13−16
20 Nina, attributed to Giovanbatista Pergolese (1710-1736), in fact written by
Legrenzio Vicenzo Ciampi (1719 - ?)
22 Lamento D’Arianna, Claudio Monteverdi, Bibl. Naz. Firenze. Ms Cl. XIX, 114,
pp. 18−19. Aria dall’ opera Arianna (1608)
23 O Biondetta Lasciavetta, Martino Pesenti, from Arie a voce sola del Signor Mar-
tino Pesenti, Libro Terzo, Venezia, Alessandro Vincenti, 1636 (Espl. Bibl. S.
Cecilia, Roma, p. 17)
24 Cosi Amor me fai Languir, Alessandro Stradella (1645-1681), from Bibl. Mar-
ciana, Venezia. Ms Ital. IV. 466, pp 57−62 or Bibl. Reale, Copenhagen. Ms C I c
530, pp 49−50
4
4
6e en Re
cresc . . .
dim . . .
f
arrangement (c) 1979 Peter J Billam Free from www.pjb.com.au !
4 Amarilli, Giulio Caccini
p mp
re : A − ma − ril − − − li , A − ma −
3 3
3
legato . . . cresc . . . mf
mf
cresc . . . ff dim . . .
mp
− mo − re ! Cre − − di lo
mp
− ril − − ri , A − ma − ril − −
mf
cresc . . . ff dim . . .
pp
− mo − − − − re . 1
f 4
pp
arrangement (c) 1979 Peter J Billam Free from www.pjb.com.au
3 !
6 Tomaso Albinoni
Andante
Ruscelletto Limpidetto 4
3 0 1 3 0
2 3 1 3
3
4
2
6 en Re 4 4 4
4 1 0 3
3 2 2
2 2 1 2
2
mf
vez − zo − sa . Ru − scel −
mf
3
4
dim . . . sf
cresc . . .
− sta a − sco − sa !
Co − sì ri − so ta − ler , ga − jo e pa − ca − to , di con −
si marto − ra − − !
3
4
6e en Re
scio − − − − − − − − ta d’A − mo − re la
− − − − − ta d’A − mo − re la ser − vi − tu .
Largetto
Caro mio ben
4
4
4 1
1 1 4 4 3
4
4 4
4
4
2
p cresc . . . f
cresc . . . dim . . .
pp cresc . . .
mf p
pp
cresc . . .
4
4
che sa − e − ta − te il co − re .
non più tor − men − to, o Di − o.
ver − so fo − nta − ne e fiu − mi .
sul D . . .
tr
FIN
Per o−
sul D . . .
f rall . . .
− − − − , sì del go − der !
3
4
mp
− ro − ra , Vez − zo − za Au − ro − ra ,
− ti − le , Al − ba gen − ti − le ,
deh , sor − − − gi ,
af − fret − − − ta ,
e il pra − to il do − − − ra,
chè il mon − do è vi − − − le ,
− ro − ra , Vez −zo − za Au − ro − ra ,
− ti − le , Al − ba gen − ti − le ,
4
4
Tre gior − ni son che Ni − na , che Ni − na , che
4
4
Ni − na in let − te se ne sta − −, in
_________________
1a
_________________
2a
4
4
La − scia − − te mi mo −ri − re , la − scia − te
4
4
6e en Re
mi mo − ri − re . E che vo − le − te voi −
p
la − scia − te mi mo − ri − re !
4
4
______________________ ______________________
1a, 2a 3a
− ro ! ro !
6
8
6e en Re
___________ ___________
1a 2a
Compositions at www.pjb.com.au include: Five Short Pieces, guitar, 1979; Divisions on an Italian
Ground, flute and guitar, 1980; De Profundis and Nacht, on poems by Lama Anagarika Govinda, voice and
piano, 1980; Fünf Bagatellen, piano, 1980; Five Rounds, choir, 1986; Go Forth and Multiply, choir, 1986;
Three Violin Duets, 1987; Fable, for piano, 1987; To Erich Jantsch, SAATTB recorders, 1988; A Suite of
Curves, trombone (or horn) and piano, 1990; Two Recorder Duets, alto recorders, or other melody
instruments, 1991; Trombone Quintet, trombone, flute, piano, bass, and percussion, 1994; Three Songs, on
poems by Jack Kerouac, Vikram Seth and Dylan Thomas, voice and piano (only the first and third of these are
available), 1994; Piano Study, piano, 1994; Four Dances, various ensembles including recorder quartet,
string quartet, 1995; The Poet in the Clouds, on a poem by S. T. Coleridge, SATB choir, 1995; Tres Casidas
del Diván del Tamarit, on poems by Federico García Lorca, voice and piano, 1997; Three Suites, for the
solo line, piano, and piano and a solo line, 2000; Die Zeiten, on poems by Kästner, Bachman and Jünger,
choir (only the second and third of these are available), 2000; Three Duets for flutes, 2001; For Four Hands for
piano four hands, 2002; Three Preludes for piano, 2003; Second Solo Suite for flute, violin, viola or cello,
2003; Guitar Duet for two guitars, 2006; We Who Mourn for choir, 2007; Trio With Guitar for guitar and
two clarinets or two recorders or two violas, 2008; Canons for two- and four-hand piano, 2009; Flute Trio,
2012; Keyboard Studies, 2013.
Arrangements include: By J. S. Bach: Trio BWV 655, piano and flute; Vor deinen Thron BWV 668,
piano; Fugue in F minor BWV 689, SATB recorders; Four Duets BWV 802-5, keyboard; Flute Sonata BWV
1031 transposed into G major for alto recorder and keyboard; Flute Sonata BWV 1032 completed by Peter
Billam for flute and keyboard, also in C major for alto recorder, and in G major for descant; Ricercare a 3,
from the Musikalisches Opfer for keyboard; Ricercare a 6, for sSATBG recorders, or strings, or two
keyboards; Fuga Canonica in Epidiapente for keyboard and melody instrument; from the Art of Fugue:
Contrapuncti 1, 4 and 9 for keyboard, and Contrapunctus 14 as completed by D. F. Tovey, for keyboard, or
for SATB recorders, or for strings; Passacaglia and Fugue in c for piano four hands; Chorales with Descant
for melody instrument and piano; Cello Suites I, II and III for flute or alto recorder, Forty Chorales for
piano, Der Geist hilft for SATB-SATB recorders. By Johannes Brahms: Fugue in Ab minor for organ, for
SATB recorders and gamba, in A minor; Choralvorspiele for organ plus settings by Isaac, Bach, Praetorius,
recorders. John Carr, Divisions on an Italian Ground, flute or recorder and guitar. By G. F. Händel:
Concerto Grosso in A minor op 6 no 4, harpsichord and recorders; Recorder Sonata in Bb no 5, in G for
tenor recorder and keyboard. Claudio Monteverdi, Ecco Mormorar l’Onde, SSATB recorders. By Arnold
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for piano. By Franz Schubert: Four Songs, voice and guitar; Dances,
recorders and guitar, Dances, piano 4 hands. Scriabin, Two Preludes op.67; Five Preludes op.74, piano.
Telemann, Twelve Flute Fantasias, recorder. John Wilbye, Draw on sweet Night, SSATTB recorders, and
for flute choir. Twelve Italian Songs, voice and guitar; Fourteen Folk Dance Tunes, recorder and guitar;
Bushband Dances, violin, piano accordeon and banjo; Easy Classical Pieces, Bb trumpet and piano.
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