Vincenzo Galilei’s Contrapunti a due voci were published in Florence in 1584. The collection also includes a five-part canon; the text of this is similar, but not identical to that of another canon published in 1584 by Giovanni Matteo Asola (Madrigali a due voci accommodati da cantar in fuga – complete edition in preparation is RM10).
The contrapunti are quite conservative, as one might expect in a collection concerned with teaching counterpoint. But they are well constructed, and fulfil their purpose.
In this edition the original note values have been retained throughout. A few editorial accidentals appear printed above the stave, applying to the one note only. For the sake of convenience, the original accidentals are taken as applying to the whole bar until contradicted.
