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CRCE, vol. 2 (Torres)

Corpus of Recorded Counterpoint Examples (CRCE), vol. 2: Melchor de Torres — 25 Solo Counterpoint Examples.

This page provides volume-based access to the recordings included in CRCE, vol. 2. For navigation across the full corpus, see the search interface.

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Ex. 1 · Note Against Note · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Soprano–Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:48
Ex. 2 · Note Against Note · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Alto–Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:48
Ex. 3 · Note Against Note · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:48
Ex. 4 · Note Against Note · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Bass · CF: Mode 1
00:47
Ex. 5 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Soprano–Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:47
Ex. 5b · Species · Reference Realisation Ficta
Two Voices · Soprano–Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:47
Ex. 6 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Alto–Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:47
Ex. 7 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Tenor · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 8 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Bass · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 9 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Soprano–Tenor · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 9b · Species · Reference Realisation Ficta
Two Voices · Soprano–Tenor · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 10 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Alto–Tenor · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 11 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Tenor · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 12 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Bass · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 13 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Alto–Tenor · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 14 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Tenor · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 15 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Bass · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 16 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Soprano–Tenor · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 17 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Alto–Tenor · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 18 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Tenor · CF: Mode 8
00:25
Ex. 19 · Species · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Bass · CF: Mode 1
00:25
Ex. 20 · Diminished Counterpoint · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Soprano–Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:34
Ex. 21 · Diminished Counterpoint · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Alto–Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:33
Ex. 22 · Diminished Counterpoint · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:33
Ex. 23 · Diminished Counterpoint · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Bass · CF: Mode 1
00:33
Ex. 24 · Diminished Counterpoint · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Soprano–Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:40
Ex. 25 · Diminished Counterpoint · Reference Realisation
Two Voices · Tenor–Bass · CF: Mode 1
00:40
Ex. 25b · Diminished Counterpoint · Reference Realisation Ficta
Two Voices · Tenor–Bass · CF: Mode 1
00:40
Track 082 · Cantus Firmus · Cantus Firmus Playalong
One Voice · Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:48
Track 083 · Cantus Firmus · Cantus Firmus Playalong
One Voice · Tenor · CF: Mode 8
00:26
Track 084 · Cantus Firmus · Cantus Firmus Playalong
One Voice · Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:33
Track 085 · Cantus Firmus · Cantus Firmus Playalong
One Voice · Tenor · CF: Mode 1
00:43

Editorial context

Dataset description

The Corpus of Recorded Counterpoint Examples (CRCE), vol. 2: Melchor de Torres — 25 Counterpoint Examples presents historically informed instrumental recordings of the counterpoint examples transmitted in Melchor de Torres’s Arte ingeniosa de música (Alcalá de Henares, 1566 [1544]).

This volume forms part of the multi-volume Corpus of Recorded Counterpoint Examples (CRCE), a research corpus documenting historically informed realisations of counterpoint examples preserved in Renaissance music theory treatises.

Full dataset description, documentation, and citation information are available via Zenodo:

→ https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18944766

Related volumes within the same research corpus, currently accompanied by treatise-specific editorial sites, include:

→ https://aranda.improvisedcounterpoint.com
→ https://lusitano.improvisedcounterpoint.com

CRCE, vol. 2. Corpus of Recorded Counterpoint Examples. Research dataset. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18944766