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*''Chi non fa prova, amore'' (''La Mandragola II'' and ''La Clizia II'') (anon.) | *''Chi non fa prova, amore'' (''La Mandragola II'' and ''La Clizia II'') (anon.) | ||
*''Sì suave è l'inghanno'' (''La Mandragola IV'' and ''La Clizia V'') (anon.) | *''Sì suave è l'inghanno'' (''La Mandragola IV'' and ''La Clizia V'') (anon.) | ||
Revision as of 10:39, 23 January 2017
Life
Born: 3 May 1469
Died: 21 June 1527
Biography
Though he is best remembered for the political discourses The Prince and The Republic, Machiavelli's plays La Mandragola and La Clizia contain songs that were set by Philippe Verdelot as well as Scotto, Balbi and anonymous. Machiavelli was also a musician and friend to Heinrich Isaac.
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Musical settings of literary works
Settings of text by Niccolò Machiavelli
- Amor, io sento l'alma (Girolamo Scotto)
- Amor, io sento l'alma (Philippe Verdelot)
- O dolce nocte (Philippe Verdelot)
- Quanto sia liet' il giorno (Philippe Verdelot)
- Chi non fa prova, amore (La Mandragola II and La Clizia II) (anon.)
- Sì suave è l'inghanno (La Mandragola IV and La Clizia V) (anon.)
Publications
Works in verse include:
- Decennale primo (1506), a Florentine chronicle in terza rima.
- Decennale secondo (1509), incomplete continuation
- Andria or The Woman of Andros (1517), a translation from Terence.
- Mandragola (1518), five-act prose comedy, with a verse prologue.
- Clizia (1525), prose comedy after Plautus
- Asino d'oro (1517), terza rima translation of Apuleius' The Golden Ass
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