Editions
Willaert - first ricercar from Musica Nova – Venice 1540.

This is the first of many important ricercars clearly written for organ but neglected simply because they were originally printed in part-books, the only way of printing contrapuntal music at the time. Not before the 17th century were such ricercars printed in open score in Venice. The problem with the Italian keyboard-notation known as intavolatura was that it made no attempt to clarify part-writing; it was used for ricercars only when they were embellished.
Annibale Padovano 1527-1575 - Libro de Ricercari a quattro voci - transcribed here for keyboard-players

Girolamo Frescobaldi: Fiori Musicali in partitura a quattro utili per sonatori, Venice 1635

Girolamo Frescobaldi: Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3, Rome 1626, 1618, 1621, 1625 & 1627

Giovanni de Macque: Ricercari (MS Florence)

Ascanio Mayone: Diversi Capricci per Sonare I & II, Naples 1603, 1609

Frescobaldi Orgel- und Clavierwerke III

Frescobaldi Orgel- und Clavierwerke II - Capricci

Frescobaldi Orgel- und Clavierwerke I.2

Frescobaldi Orgel- und Clavierwerke I.1
