Cantata. A voce sola di Soprano Con accompagnamento di Piano Forte.

Bookseller Notes

A similar manuscript is held at Northwestern University, and attributed to Gastoldi (c. 1554 to 1609), though, on enquiry, it appears that their manuscript is accompanied by a note "Gastoldi?? No information available. Not in HH." The style of the music, however, in accord with our own copy, appears to be early Classical rather than late Renaissance. A Giovanni Gastaldi has proved very difficult to trace. His Cantata in E-flat major, with its balanced phrases and bold modulation (to E-flat minor/G-flat major) suggests that this is a fair copy of a near contemporary work. The work itself is composed of more melodic sections interspersed with recitative, with much ornamentation in the vocal and right hand lines.The light Ariette all follow a simple model, opening in the major (A, D, E, G etc.) and modulating to the dominant for the middle section, again with an ornamented vocal line with Alberti bass and similar devices from the keyboard.