The golden age of the madrigal

Author(s)

• Einstein, Alfred
• Reese, Gustave
• Arcadelt, Jacob, ca.
• Rore, Cipriano de, 1515 or 16
• Merulo, Claudio
• Gabrieli, Andrea, ca.
• Monte, Philippe de
• Gabrieli, Giovanni
• Luzzaschi, Luzzasco, d. 1607
• Porta, Costanzo, 1528 or 9
• Marenzio, Luca
• Wert, Giaches de
• Vecchi, Orazio
• Gagliano, Marco da

Bibliographic Information

The golden age of the madrigal

[selected, edited, and annotated by Alfred Einstein ; with English versions by Gustave Reese]

AMS Press, 1976

Printed Music（Full Score）

Other Title

The golden age of the madrigal : twelve Italian madrigals for five-part chorus of mixed voices

Note

For chorus (SATTB), unacc.; includes piano acc. for rehearsal only

Italian words with English translation; also printed as text

Pref. in English

Reprint of the 1942 ed. published by G. Schirmer, New York

Contents of Works

• S'infinita bellezza = Since beauty that is boundless / Jacques Arcadelt
• O morte, eterno fin = Last slumber, eternal end / Cipriano de Rore
• Quand'io pens'al martire = When I think how I languish / Claudio Merulo
• Ecco l'aurora con l'aurata fronte = Lo, how Aurora with her golden graces / Andrea Gabrieli
• Verament'in amore = Love, in truth, to a lover / Filippo di Monte
• Quand'io ero giovinetto = When I was a merry stripling / Giovanni Gabrieli
• Quivi sospiri = Therein deep sighing : scene from the "Inferno" / Luzzasco Luzzaschi
• Erasi al sole il mio bel sole assiso = My queenly sun before the sun was seated / Costanzo Porta
• Fiere silvestre = Wild, silvan creatures / Luca Marenzio
• Ah dolente partita! = Ah, this parting will slay me! / Giaches Wert
• Fummo felici un tempo = Fortune once made us happy / Orazio Vecchi
• Di marmo siete voi = Of marble you are fashioned / Marco da Gagliano

• NCID: BA78620357
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: itaeng
• Original Language Code: ita
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 1 score (95 p.)
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : M1579
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Madrigals (Music), Italian
  • LCSH : Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 5 parts), Unaccompanied