DOMENICO ZIPOLI: WORKS FOR HARPSICHORD AND ORGAN

These are the works (complete, as far as I know) for harpsichord
and organ of Domenico Zipoli (Prato (Italy), 1688 - Cordoba
(Argentina), 1726). As to harpsichord works, they are clearly
grouped into four Suites, although the "partitas" which close
Suites no. 3 and 4 have been in the past considered as separate
compositions (ed. Walsh (London) 1725: "Six Suites of Italian
Lessons"). For organ works, the score gives no grouping, but
tonality allows to determine, for convenience, the groups of
four "Verses" plus one "Canzona".
The works of Zipoli, nowadays not widely known, encountered
significant success at the time. Indeed, while the technique is
mostly simple, these compositions are able to express a versatile
and often attractive language.

Leonardo Collinelli