Main Index
Music on top of a ground bass scores
Tunes based on ground basses: the passamezzo, ciaccona, passacaglio, among others.
Hawthorne Early Music editions: ground scores
Composer
Title
Subtitle
# Parts
Language
Mode
Files
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Così mi disprezzate
Aria di passacaglia
2
italian
Hypodorian
Score + Parts
David Mell (1604-1662)
John Come Kiss Me Now
2
instrumental
Ionian
Score + Parts
Anonymous
Johnny Cock thy Beaver
A Scotch Tune to a Ground
2
instrumental
Ionian
Score + Parts
Michel Farinel (1649-1726)
Faronells Division upon a Ground
2
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts
Anonymous
The Duke of Norfolk, or Paul's Steeple
2
instrumental
Hypodorian
Score + Parts
Diego Ortiz (c.1517-c.1570)
Recercada primera
sopra La Spagna
2
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts
Diego Ortiz (c.1517-c.1570)
Recercada quarta
sopra La Spagna
2
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts
Diego Ortiz (c.1517-c.1570)
Recercada quinta
sopra La Spagna
2
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts
Diego Ortiz (c.1517-c.1570)
Recercada sesta
sopra La Spagna
2
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts
Diego Ortiz (c.1517-c.1570)
Recercata I
sopra i tenori Italani
3
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts
Diego Ortiz (c.1517-c.1570)
Recercada tercera
sopra La Spagna
2
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts
Diego Ortiz (c.1517-c.1570)
Recercada segunda
sopra La Spagna
2
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts
Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692)
Ciaccona
3
instrumental
Ionian
Score + Parts
Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692)
Passagallo I
3
instrumental
Hypodorian
Score + Parts
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Chaconne des Africains
5
instrumental
Ionian
Score + Parts
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Passacaille
5
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts
Christopher Simpson (c.1602-1669)
Division in B-flat
1
instrumental
Ionian
Score + Parts
Giorgio Mainerio (c.1535-1582)
Passamezzo d'Italie
4
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts
Giovanni Maria Radino (?-c.1607)
Pass'e mezo
2
instrumental
Ionian
Score + Parts
Andrea Falconieri (1585/6-1656)
Passacalle
3
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Lamento della ninfa
5
italian
Hypodorian
Score + Parts
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Passameze 3
pour les cornetz
6
instrumental
Ionian
Score + Parts
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Passameze 1
5
instrumental
Ionian
Score + Parts
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Passameze 2
6
instrumental
Ionian
Score + Parts
Tarquino Merula (c.1594-1665)
Laetatus sum
5
latin
Ionian
Score + Parts
Tarquino Merula (c.1594-1665)
Beatus vir
sopra alla Romanesca
4
latin
Dorian
Score + Parts
Tarquino Merula (c.1594-1665)
Confitebor tibi, Domine
sopra alla Chiacona
5
latin
Ionian
Score + Parts
Tarquinio Merula (c.1594-1665)
Chiacona
3
instrumental
Ionian
Score + Parts
Tarquino Merula (c.1594-1665)
Chi prende amor a gioco
6
italian
Ionian
Score + Parts
Tarquino Merula (c.1594-1665)
No, no, ch'io non mi fido
Sopra la ciaconna
3
italian
Ionian
Score + Parts
Marco Uccellini (c.1603-1680)
Aria sopra la Bergamasca
Aria V
3
instrumental
Ionian
Score + Parts
Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Passacaglio
4
instrumental
Dorian
Score + Parts