354:
234:
511:
635:
268:
piece, with occasional runs and passagework, not unlike a toccata, found from the late fifteenth to the mid-sixteenth century, after which time this type of piece came to be called a toccata; and from the second half of the sixteenth century onward, a sectional work in which each section begins
252:
In the sixteenth century, the word ricercar could refer to several types of compositions. Terminology was flexible, even lax then: whether a composer called an instrumental piece a
550:
491:, fourth edition, edited by Don Michael Randel, 729–31. Harvard University Press Reference Library. Cambridge: Belknap Press for Harvard University Press, 2003.
264:, or a ricercar was clearly not a matter of strict taxonomy but a rather arbitrary decision. Yet ricercars fall into two general types: a predominantly
536:
356:
A performing edition of
Gabrielli's 7 Ricercari for Violoncello Solo, with an historical investigation and recommendations for performance
496:
481:
453:
435:
417:
135:
73:
543:
654:
523:
515:
376:, fourth edition, edited by Don Michael Randel (Cambridge: Belknap Press for Harvard University Press, 2003).
230:. The latter set contains what are considered to be some of the earliest pieces for solo cello ever written.
659:
311:
213:
459:
190:, and in that regard may follow the piece used as illustration. The term is also used to designate an
331:
293:
282:
239:
218:
318:
223:
599:
492:
477:
449:
431:
413:
274:
270:
157:
281:
type, was to prove the more important historically, and eventually developed into the fugue.
441:
261:
152:
100:
89:
41:
233:
614:
584:
175:
589:
388:
298:
510:
648:
624:
609:
579:
574:
423:
187:
161:
619:
559:
278:
183:
209:
194:
or study that explores a technical device in playing an instrument, or singing.
179:
28:
202:
528:
476:, ed. Don Randel. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1986.
634:
563:
286:
265:
326:
201:, particularly one of a serious character in which the subject uses long
191:
186:
of a following piece. A ricercar may explore the permutations of a given
17:
412:, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980.
257:
253:
205:. However, the term has a considerably more varied historical usage.
197:
In its most common contemporary usage, it refers to an early kind of
321:, which includes a section entitled "Six-part Ricercar", after the
594:
227:
198:
292:
Examples of both types of ricercars can be found in the works of
532:
174:, which means "to search out; to seek"; many ricercars serve a
115:
109:
56:
50:
112:
53:
124:
65:
127:
390:
The
Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians
136:
121:
103:
74:
62:
44:
106:
47:
243:, which includes a three-part and six-part ricercar
118:
59:
387:
410:The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
208:Among the best-known ricercars are the two for
277:. The second type of ricercar, the imitative,
544:
468:Journal of the American Musicological Society
169:
8:
551:
537:
529:
524:Petrucci Music Library Ricercar Collection
448:. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1947.
430:. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954.
232:
408:"Ricercar," "Fugue," "Counterpoint" in
345:
27:For cars referred to as "ricers", see
151:
88:
7:
474:The New Harvard Dictionary of Music
285:(c. 1480–after 1538) was known for
164:instrumental composition. The term
25:
633:
509:
99:
40:
168:derives from the Italian verb
1:
514:The dictionary definition of
178:function to "search out" the
487:Arthur J. Ness, "Ricercar",
386:Randel, Don Michael (1999).
372:Arthur J. Ness, "Ricercar",
489:Harvard Dictionary of Music
374:Harvard Dictionary of Music
676:
26:
631:
570:
462:, "The Source for Bach's
226:'s set of seven for solo
446:Music in the Baroque Era
428:Music in the Renaissance
353:Burgess Powell, Jemma.
314:An Eternal Golden Braid
655:Classical music styles
244:
170:
153:[ritʃerˈkaːre]
362:(Thesis). p. 10.
312:Gödel, Escher, Bach:
236:
332:The Musical Offering
294:Girolamo Frescobaldi
240:The Musical Offering
219:The Musical Offering
156:) is a type of late
90:[ritʃerˈkar]
470:33 (1980), 99–141.
319:Douglas Hofstadter
245:
237:Subject of Bach's
224:Domenico Gabrielli
642:
641:
460:Ursula Kirkendale
283:Marco Dall'Aquila
160:and mostly early
16:(Redirected from
667:
637:
553:
546:
539:
530:
513:
464:Musical Offering
442:Manfred Bukofzer
396:
395:
393:
383:
377:
370:
364:
363:
361:
350:
173:
155:
150:
143:
139:
134:
133:
130:
129:
126:
123:
120:
117:
114:
111:
108:
105:
92:
87:
81:
77:
72:
71:
68:
67:
64:
61:
58:
55:
52:
49:
46:
21:
675:
674:
670:
669:
668:
666:
665:
664:
645:
644:
643:
638:
629:
585:English cadence
566:
557:
506:
405:
400:
399:
385:
384:
380:
371:
367:
359:
352:
351:
347:
342:
308:
273:, usually in a
250:
148:
141:
137:
102:
98:
85:
79:
75:
43:
39:
32:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
673:
671:
663:
662:
657:
647:
646:
640:
639:
632:
630:
628:
627:
622:
617:
612:
607:
602:
597:
592:
590:False relation
587:
582:
577:
571:
568:
567:
558:
556:
555:
548:
541:
533:
527:
526:
521:
505:
504:External links
502:
501:
500:
485:
471:
457:
439:
421:
404:
401:
398:
397:
378:
365:
344:
343:
341:
338:
337:
336:
307:
304:
299:Fiori musicali
296:, e.g. in his
275:variation form
249:
246:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
672:
661:
660:Instrumentals
658:
656:
653:
652:
650:
636:
626:
625:Voice leading
623:
621:
618:
616:
613:
611:
608:
606:
603:
601:
598:
596:
593:
591:
588:
586:
583:
581:
578:
576:
573:
572:
569:
565:
561:
554:
549:
547:
542:
540:
535:
534:
531:
525:
522:
520:at Wiktionary
519:
518:
512:
508:
507:
503:
498:
497:0-674-01163-5
494:
490:
486:
483:
482:0-674-61525-5
479:
475:
472:
469:
465:
461:
458:
455:
454:0-393-09745-5
451:
447:
443:
440:
437:
436:0-393-09530-4
433:
429:
425:
424:Gustave Reese
422:
419:
418:1-56159-174-2
415:
411:
407:
406:
402:
392:
391:
382:
379:
375:
369:
366:
358:
357:
349:
346:
339:
334:
333:
328:
324:
320:
316:
315:
310:
309:
305:
303:
301:
300:
295:
290:
288:
284:
280:
276:
272:
267:
263:
259:
255:
247:
242:
241:
235:
231:
229:
225:
221:
220:
215:
212:contained in
211:
206:
204:
200:
195:
193:
189:
185:
181:
177:
172:
167:
163:
159:
154:
146:
145:
132:
96:
91:
83:
82:
70:
37:
30:
19:
604:
560:Counterpoint
516:
488:
473:
467:
463:
445:
427:
409:
403:Bibliography
389:
381:
373:
368:
355:
348:
330:
323:Ricercar a 6
322:
313:
297:
291:
279:contrapuntal
251:
238:
217:
207:
196:
165:
94:
35:
33:
289:ricercars.
271:imitatively
248:Terminology
210:harpsichord
203:note values
158:Renaissance
29:Rice burner
649:Categories
340:References
287:polyphonic
266:homophonic
600:Imitation
564:polyphony
176:preludial
171:ricercare
95:ricercare
18:Ricercare
605:Ricercar
517:ricercar
327:J.S.Bach
306:See also
262:fantasia
166:ricercar
149:Italian:
86:Italian:
36:ricercar
615:Subject
258:canzona
254:toccata
162:Baroque
495:
480:
452:
434:
416:
140:-chər-
78:-chər-
620:Voice
610:Round
595:Fugue
580:Catch
575:Canon
360:(PDF)
325:from
228:cello
199:fugue
192:etude
188:motif
93:) or
562:and
493:ISBN
478:ISBN
450:ISBN
432:ISBN
414:ISBN
260:, a
256:, a
222:and
214:Bach
184:mode
466:,"
329:'s
317:by
216:'s
182:or
180:key
144:-ay
142:KAR
138:REE
125:ɑːr
80:KAR
76:REE
66:ɑːr
651::
444:,
426:,
302:.
147:,
128:eɪ
116:ər
113:tʃ
110:iː
84:,
57:ər
54:tʃ
51:iː
34:A
552:e
545:t
538:v
499:.
484:.
456:.
438:.
420:.
394:.
335:.
131:/
122:k
119:ˈ
107:r
104:ˌ
101:/
97:(
69:/
63:k
60:ˈ
48:r
45:ˌ
42:/
38:(
31:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.