Il Lauro verde (Vittorio Baldini)
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General description
Title: Il LAURO VERDE / MADRIGALI / À SEI VOCI / di diversi Autori
Editions
- 1 – Published 1583 – by Vittorio Baldini in Ferrara, 31 works
- 2 – Published 1591 – by Pierre Phalèse the Younger & Jean Bellère in Anvers, 33 works
- 3 – Published 1593 – by Angelo Gardano in Venice, 31 works
Description: This collection, as well as its twin publication Il Lauro secco (Vittorio Baldini), was prepared in honour of the celebrated singer and harpist Laura Peperara, member of the famous “Concerto delle Donne” at the Este court in Ferrara, who married the count Annibale Turco in 1583. It was organized by Torquato Tasso and contains music by the leading composers of the time. It consists of 31 madrigals, nearly all contain the words lauro, alloro or l’aura, as an allusion to the honoured lady’s first name. The reprint by Phalèse & Bellère contains two additional madrigals in 8 parts by Giovanni Gabrieli and Alessandro Striggio.
Facsimiles:
- 1583 edition: • Pomorska Biblioteka Cyfrowa (complete); • BSB (solo canto, tenore, sesto); • Royal Holloway UK (solo quinto)
List of works
- Additional madrigals in the 1591 Edition:
- 32. Lieto godea (Giovanni Gabrieli)
- 33. All'apparir della leggiadra figlia (Alessandro Striggio)
Works at CPDL
Edition 1 (1583)
| Title | Composer | No. | Genre | Subgenre | Vo. | Voices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tra verdi rami d'un novell' Alloro | Ippolito Fiorini | 21 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Cresci, bel, verde Alloro | Leonard Meldert | 6 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Del secco incolto Lauro | Giovanni Battista Moscaglia | 24 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Ecco il bel lauro verde | Luzzasco Luzzaschi | 13 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Ninfe leggiadre, e voi, almi pastori | Giaches de Wert | 10 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Lascian le fresche linfe | Orazio Vecchi | 19 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Bianchi Cigni e canori | Luca Marenzio | 1 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | AATTBB |
| Da i puri loro e limpidi cristalli | Giovanni Maria Nanino | 9 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSTTTB,SSATTB |
| Verde lauro a 6 | Philippe de Monte | 5 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB,SSTTTB |
| Cresci, pianta novella | Costanzo Porta | 2 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Liete le Muse | Francesco Rovigo | 12 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Già primavera di vari colori | Giovanni Battista Locatello | 3 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSAAAB,SATTTB |
| Felice primavera | Paolo Virchi | 22 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSAATB |
| Come il lauro non perde | Leandro Mira | 28 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
Edition 2 (1591)
| Title | Composer | No. | Genre | Subgenre | Vo. | Voices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tra verdi rami d'un novell' Alloro | Ippolito Fiorini | 21 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Lieto godea | Giovanni Gabrieli | 32 | Secular | Madrigals | 8 | SATB.SATB |
| Cresci, bel, verde Alloro | Leonard Meldert | 6 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Del secco incolto Lauro | Giovanni Battista Moscaglia | 24 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Ecco il bel lauro verde | Luzzasco Luzzaschi | 13 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Ninfe leggiadre, e voi, almi pastori | Giaches de Wert | 10 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Lascian le fresche linfe | Orazio Vecchi | 19 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Bianchi Cigni e canori | Luca Marenzio | 1 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | AATTBB |
| Da i puri loro e limpidi cristalli | Giovanni Maria Nanino | 9 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSTTTB,SSATTB |
| Verde lauro a 6 | Philippe de Monte | 5 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB,SSTTTB |
| All'apparir della leggiadra figlia | Alessandro Striggio | 33 | Secular | Madrigals | 8 | SSSAATTB |
| Cresci, pianta novella | Costanzo Porta | 2 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Liete le Muse | Francesco Rovigo | 12 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Come il lauro non perde | Leandro Mira | 28 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
Edition 3 (1593)
| Title | Composer | No. | Genre | Subgenre | Vo. | Voices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tra verdi rami d'un novell' Alloro | Ippolito Fiorini | 21 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Cresci, bel, verde Alloro | Leonard Meldert | 6 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Del secco incolto Lauro | Giovanni Battista Moscaglia | 24 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Ecco il bel lauro verde | Luzzasco Luzzaschi | 13 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Ninfe leggiadre, e voi, almi pastori | Giaches de Wert | 10 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Lascian le fresche linfe | Orazio Vecchi | 19 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Bianchi Cigni e canori | Luca Marenzio | 1 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | AATTBB |
| Da i puri loro e limpidi cristalli | Giovanni Maria Nanino | 9 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSTTTB,SSATTB |
| Verde lauro a 6 | Philippe de Monte | 5 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB,SSTTTB |
| Cresci, pianta novella | Costanzo Porta | 2 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Liete le Muse | Francesco Rovigo | 12 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
| Come il lauro non perde | Leandro Mira | 28 | Secular | Madrigals | 6 | SSATTB |
External websites
- First edition: Pomorska biblioteka cyfrowa (all parts)
- Edition 2 by Phalèse & Bellère, obviously the same file in both: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek or Google Books.
- Article in Treccani about Laura Peperara (in Italian).