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RecercadaFrom the Spanish word ricercare (to study, and used in Diego Ortiz's famous Trattado de glosas (1553). The first four pieces, for solo bass viol (called alternatively fantasia in Ortiz's preface), all end on G and have no barlines at all except a single transient 3 to signify triple time. There is no printed harpsichord accompaniment, but an instruction in the preface specifies that, if any is added, it must display ingenuity in imitating passages in the bass viol part. In the next six pieces, Ortiz assigns the Spagna tune to the accompanist as a repeating bass figure around which the viol player weaves an unremitting contrapuntal line, with no rests. Melodic and rhythmic sequences add Baroque flavour; All six pieces are in 4 (C is the mensuration sign). The third section of Libro secondo contains eight contrapuntal melodies in C mensuration - four to be played on a string instrument simultaneously with Arcadelt's madrigal O felic'occhi miei, four with Sandrin's chanson Doulce memoire. The last section comprises counterpoints to be played against various tenores italianos, repeated between two and seven times and including the passamezzo antico, the passamezzo moderno, the romancesca and the folia. The last piece is a fifth voice added to the Ruggiero pattern. 
S. Ganassi - D. Ortiz Opere complete per Vioa da Gamba
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