Josquin Desprez, Adieu mes amours from St. Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 530 Fridolin Sicher Tablature

“Adieu mes amours”, chanson by Josquin Desprez, from Fridolin Sicher’s keyboard intabulation. * A recording from my lecture-recital “On Performing Josquin’s Chansons on the Clavicytherium“ at the virtual conference “universum rei harmonicae concentum absolvunt - The Harpsichord in the 16th century“ Institut für Alte Musik der mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. 21st April 2021 * The clavicytherium, made by Paolo Zerbinatti, follows the general format of the instrument preserved in London at the Royal College of Music Museum (?South German, c. 1480), an instrument that has unfortunately survived in a somewhat modified and distorted state. The keyboard has 39 keys, with a range from F2 to A5 [actual pitch extension F3-A6].