Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci / Alessandro Striggio ; edited by David Butchart.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Striggio, Alessandro, 1536 or 1537-1592, composer.

Contributor:

Butchart, David S., editor.

Series:

Recent researches in the music of the Renaissance ; 143.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.

Recent researches in the music of the Renaissance ; 143

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Standardized Title:

Madrigals, voices (5), book 1

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Madrigals, Italian--Scores.

Madrigals, Italian.

Genre:

Madrigals.

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (xxxi, 181 pages, 2 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2019.

Language Note:

Italian words; also printed as texts with English translation on pages xxi-xxxi.

Summary:

"The Mantuan nobleman Alessandro Striggio (1537/38-92) was one of the greatest instrumental virtuosi and composers of his day. On a visit to Venice in 1560 he published his First Book of Madrigals for Five Voices in tandem with his First Book for Six Voices (vols. 70-71 in this series); like the latter, it went through numerous editions in the succeeding twenty-five years and must count as one of the most successful madrigal books of its time. A large and apparently miscellaneous collection, it offers a rich mixture of amorous and occasional settings (including a multi-part Epitalamio) in a wide variety of musical styles. While the opening madrigal, "O de la bella Etruria invitto Duce," proclaims Striggio's allegiance to his new employer, Duke Cosimo de' Medici of Florence, the book as a whole reflects his Mantuan origins. Several poetic texts can be ascribed to a local Mantuan poet, Giulio Nuovoloni, with whom Striggio must have had close contact. Among the persons addressed are members of the Gonzaga family, who ruled Mantua. In the introduction to this new edition--the first in modern times--the publication history of the collection and its literary origins are discussed in detail, and an overview is given of the music and the organization of the collection." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

O de la bella Etruria invitto duce

Ridon liete le rive e i verdi colli

Or che lucente e chiara

Giovane illustre, sopr'il Mincio nata

Donna felice e bella

Mentre la donna, anzi la vita mia

Poi che morta è colei, che mentre visse

Illustre alma gentile

Caro dolce ben mio, chi mi vi toglie?

Arse così per voi, donna, 'l mio core

Ditemi, o donna mia, ditem'un poco

Notte felice, aventuros'e bella

Che deggio far, da poi che 'l mio bel sole

Miser'oimè, che potrà più allegrarmi

Misero più d'ogni uom, misero e lasso

Torbido il Mincio corre e piange il mondo

Chi brama al maggior caldo esser di ghiaccio

Pensai, lasso, fra quest'alpestri monti

Ardendo i' grid'e moro

Quanto privo di te, mia Nub', i' veggo

Non fiammeggiav'ancor ne l'oriente

Felice l'alma che per voi sospira

Era la mia virtù quasi smarrita

Madonna, il vostro petto è tutto ghiaccio

Si dolce'è d'amar voi, lo mio desio

Invidioso Amor del mio bel stato

Era 'l bel viso suo, qual'esser suole

Voi, se col raggio di virtute ardente

Madonna, se non sete

Lavinia, se non sete.

Notes:

For mixed voices.

Includes introduction and critical report.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed June 5, 2019).

OCLC:

1105621835

Publisher Number:

R143 A-R Editions, Inc.