Complete solo songs / Loreto Vittori ; edited by Thomas D. Dunn.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Vittori, Loreto, -1670, composer.

Contributor:

Dunn, Thomas D., editor.

Series:

Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 188.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.

Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era ; 188

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Standardized Title:

Songs, continuo accompaniment

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Songs with continuo--Italy--17th century--Scores.

Songs with continuo.

Genre:

Songs.

Art music.

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (xxx, 101 pages, 2 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

Italian words, also printed as texts with English translations on pages xiv-xxix.

Staff notation.

Summary:

"Along with the opera La Galatea, thirty solo songs make up the surviving musical output of the Roman composer, singer, and writer Loreto Vittori (1600-1670). All of the songs are for solo soprano voice and continuo. Most come from two printed sources: Vincenzo Bianchi's collection Raccolta d'arie spirituali of 1640 and Vittori's own Arie a voce sola of 1649. Three songs are in manuscript. The texts of the twenty-five songs in the 1649 collection are all on secular themes, ranging from lengthy lamenti through works of increasing brevity and a more lighthearted mood, ending with a bit of "to-hell-with-it-all" doggerel. The subject matter tends to focus on a few topoi: images of flying, such as flying sighs, thoughts, butterflies, and glowworms; the river or stream as a metaphor for "from the cradle to the grave"; and the ubiquitous haughty, unresponsive love object and the suffering, faithful lover. The god of love also hovers over many of these texts as one who wounds, destroys, but is nevertheless constantly invoked for aid. Although many of the texts are attributed to Vittori himself, a few are by other poets such as Torquato Tasso and Domenico Benigni." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Songs from Raccolta d'arie spirituali : 1640. Questo che langue ; Io piango il fallir mio

Songs in manuscript. All'armi, o mio core ; Così cruda e così fiera ; Ecco ch'io verso il sangue

Arie a voce sola (1649). Lamento della prencipessa di Tunisi ; L'amante prigioniero ; Geloso amante ; Simil'a te son'io ; Fiumicello ; Su, d'amor ; Fatto segno ; Vola sospiro ; Presso un rio ; Vedermi fra catene ; Torna indietro ; Ritornate ; Vola, vola luccioletta ; Dove voli, farfalletta? ; Partir mi conviene ; Saziati pur, crudele ; Quel Turco d'Amore ; In somma io non son più ; Mi vedrete morir ; Per viver lieto amando ; Amanti a consiglio! ; Mi predice il ciel ; Care amate pupille ; In amor, che stravaganza ; Chi vuol provare.

Notes:

For voice and continuo; figured bass unrealized.

Includes introduction and critical report.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed November 21, 2018).

OCLC:

1079358508

Publisher Number:

B188 A-R Editions, Inc.