Faenza Codex (ca.1410)
Machaut: Faenza

De toutes flours ornamentation from the Faenza Codex
based on chanson by Guillaume de Machaut (ca.1300-77),
performed by Marcel Pérès, clavicytherium.
Codex Faenza. Harmonia Mundi France HMC 901354 (1991), trk 11.

 

Du Fay: Buxheimer (ca.1460)

Se la face ay pale ornamentation from the Buxheimer Orgelbuch,
based on the chanson by Guillaume Du Fay (ca.1397-1474),
performed by Joseph Payne, organ.
Das Buxherimer Orgelbuch, Vol. 2. Naxos 8.553467 (1995), trk 23.

 

 

16th Chanson Intabulation 
Sandrin: Lute

Ornamentation by Albert de Rippe
based on Doulce memoire by Pierre Sandrin,
performed by Hopkinson Smith, lute.
Tabulature de Leut. Astrée E 7734 (1990), trk 7.

 

Ortiz Divisions (1553)

Recercada segunda by Diego Ortiz
based on Doulce memoireby Pierre Sandrin,
performed by Jordi Savall, viola da gamba.
Diego Ortiz: Recercadas del Trattado de Glosas, 1553.
Astrée E 8717 (1989), trk 17.

 

Keyboard graces

My Self by John Bull
performed by Trevor Pinnock, virginals.
16th-Century English Harpsichord & Virginals Music.
CRD 3350 (1978), trk 4.

 

Dalla Casa Divisions (1584)

Petite fleur ornamentation by Girolamo Dalla Casa
from Il Vero Modo di Diminuir (1584),
based on chanson by Thomas Crecquillon,
performed by Bruce Dickey, cornetto, with Tragicomedia.
Virtuoso Solo Music for Cornetto. Accent ACC 9173 D (1991), trk 13.

 

Viola Bastarda Setting (ca.1600)
Palestrina: Bastarda

Cosi le chiome for viola bastarda by Orazio Bassani
(ca.1600) based on madrigal by Palestrina,
Roberto Gini, viola da gamba with Ensemble Aurora.
Musica al Tempo del Guido Reni. Tactus TC 5601 2001 (1988), trk 6.

 


Florid Vocal Divisions (early 17thc)
Florid Song: Baird

Nothing on Earth, anonymous 17th-century song
with anonymous English florid ornamentation,
performed by soprano Julianne Baird with Ronn McFarlane, lute.
The English Lute Song. Dorian DOR-90109 (1988), trk 17.

 

Lute Graces: O’Dette

King of Denmark’s Galliard by John Dowland,
performed with the graces by Paul O’Dette, lute.
John Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 3.
Harmonia Mundi France HMU 907162 ((1996), trk 1 (excerpt).