Which versions of the later Folia have been
written down, transcribed or recorded?

(in alphabetical order of composer, Letter N)

Napoli, Jacopo (1911-1994)

'Other variations on Alessandro Scarlatti's La Follia. This piece might also be called 'Omaggio a Scarlatti'(?), but documentation is very scarce.

1. Giudici, Carla (piano) 'Voice of the whale'
   In the slipcase of this disc is mentioned that the piece was based on a manuscript given to (Giudici) long before the numerous changes of the later published score as published by Carisch.
   • Released 1994 by Zuma Records compact disc ZMA 102
   • Duration: 14'44"
   • Recording date: June 15-17, 1994 in New York City

Newton Howard, James (1951- )

The Wedding 1'39"
The cabinet of curiosities 2'54"
Merivel Woos Celia (partial) 2'26"
The right knowledge (partial) 2'06"
Katherine's death (partial) 4'37"
Night sweats (partial) 3'03"
Doctor Merivel 1'50"
The fire (partial) 3'18"
This is the story of a Doctor Merivel, who falls in love with the mistress of the king. He gets banished from the court when the king founds out that Merivel is pretending that the king is no longer in love with his mistress in the hope that Merivel himself can win the charms of the mistress. In the end when the black death seperates the king and his mistress, as a doctor he knows how to bring the couple together again without revealing his name.
My favorite film music (of course!). This more than excellent music is also used for the promotion of other films in trailers, so beware!
The Folia can be traced at least at 6 scenes in the film:

• The king asks Merivel, as a doctor to look after his dog. The dog has been ill for some time.
• The majestic entree of the king's mistress at the wedding party where she marries Merivel so she can be at the court without any questions asked in the presence of the king.
• Banished from court Merivel realizes that the occupation as a doctor back in the city will be his main task and particularly to take care of one of his patients who is pregnant.
• The scene where the baby can't be delivered in a natural way and the mother sacrifices her life for the baby
• The great fire of London where Merivel is looking for the baby he left in a spot to treat the illness of the king's mistress
• During a part of the end credits of the film

1. Newton Howard, James 'Music from the Miramax motion picture soundtrack Restoration'
   • Orchestration: Weidman, Alexander, Bennett, Nemitz, Newton Howard
   • Released 1995 by Milan (BMG) compact disc 73138 35707-2
   • Duration: approx 14'49"
   • Recording date not indicated in the documentation recorded at Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall

Nicolis, Nicola (1949- )

Folías para el año 2006
Nicola experimented with the note-for-note Baroque material of Arcangelo Corelli and has put it in a completely modern sound spectrum. The sound of compressed percussive energy in a metal environment comes to my mind. Together with the motorial drone of the beat the association of a long distant train is hard to miss.

Duration: 1'55", 1814 kB. (128kB/s, 44100Hz) Fragment of Folías para el año 2006 © 2006 Nicola Nicolis, used with permission

Nicola Nicolis wrote about his composition:

The first folia, "folías para el año 2006", was made combing several midi files of Corelli's folia, files that I've found on the web. While being faithful transcriptions, they are of different lenghts, and putting them one over the other generates a phasing that results funny to my ears. The sounds are my responsability. It was made in Cubase SX.

1. Nicolis, Nicola
   
   • Released 2006 by Nicola Nicolis compact disc
   • Duration: 12'00"
   • Recording date: April 2006 in Verona, Italy

Folía para salír
This timbre of the sound is closely related to the other composition of Nicola. The energetic wind sounds as an uncontrolled rudimentary force and the melody of the Folía is interwoven in these forces of nature as if is stated that this might have been one of the earliest tunes exposed to the habitat. The meditative and reflective elements are generated by the echo-effects and the rhythmic drone of the beats.

Duration: 2'35", 2476 kB. (128kB/s, 44100Hz) Fragment of Folías para salir © 2006 Nicola Nicolis, used with permission

Nicola Nicolis wrote about his composition:

The second folia, "folía para salír" was made using free software called 'Buzz', that permits to compose and to generate sound.

1. Nicolis, Nicola
   
   • Released 2006 by Nicola Nicolis compact disc
   • Duration: 6'48"
   • Recording date: April 2006 in Verona, Italy

Nogueira, Pedro Lopez

See Lopez Nogueira, Pedro (composers letter L)

Nusbaumer, Rachel (1978- )

Follia (1998)
Follia is based on a theme of a popular music of the Middle Age. All the variations are composed by Rachel Nusbaumer. She wrote that she is definitely not a real composer and made up the variations just for the fun.

Duration: 4'06", 21 kB. Almost all variations as sequenced by R. Nusbaumer © Rachel Nusbaumer 1998, used with permission

1. Nusbaumer, Rachel (Computer, soundblaster AWE 64, Voyetra Midi Orchestrator Plus) 'Euterpia'
   
   • Released 1999 by DAM cd
   • Duration: 4'34" (size 4,4Mb)
   • Recording date: 1998 in Geneva, Switzerland
   • You can download this piece in mp3-format (3,8Mb) at http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/14/rachel_nusbaumer.html

Follia pour Mary-Paule (2000)
Another version of 'La Follia' especially composed by Rachel Nusbaumer for Mary-Paule who loves all kind of different Folias.

Duration: 6'00", 43 kB. Intro and first 14 variations as sequenced by R. Nusbaumer © Rachel Nusbaumer 2000, used with permission

Theme of Follia pour Mary-Paule	by R. Nusbaumer used with permission

1. Nusbaumer, Rachel (Computer, soundblaster AWE 64, Voyetra Midi Orchestrator Plus) 'Euterpia'
   
   • Released 2000 by Dam cd
   • Duration: 8'02" (size 7,4Mb)
   • Recording date: 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland
   • You can download this piece in mp3-format (7,4 Mb) at http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/14/rachel_nusbaumer.html

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