Primo Libro delle Musiche (Caccini, Francesca)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 36 pieces
First Publication 1618 - Florence: Zanobi Pignoni
Genre Categories Songs; Canzonettas; Madrigals; Arias; Psalms; Religious works; Motets; Sacred hymns; Hymns; For voice, continuo; For voices with continuo; Scores featuring the voice; Scores with basso continuo; For 2 voices, continuo; For voice, guitar; For voices with solo instruments; Scores featuring the guitar; Italian language; Latin language; For voice, organ (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For voice, piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#13306 - 24.66MB, 101 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9591×⇩ - Lfvn

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 Complete Score
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Irishmaestro (2013/9/24)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Florence: Zanobi Pignoni, 1618.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes RISM-A/I C 2

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 Complete Score
#882815 - 1.38MB, 145 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1901×⇩ - Girodo

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Girodo (2023/11/4)

Editor Lorenzo Girodo (b. 1953)
Publisher. Info. Lorenzo Girodo, 2023.
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Selections

 S'io men vo (Canzonetta à 2 voci)
#301593 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4083×⇩ - Paolo V. Montan...

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Editor Paolo V. Montanari
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 Te lucis ante terminum
#563861 - 0.08MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1391×⇩ - Mxordn

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Mxordn (2019/3/6)

Editor Moritz Heffter
Publisher. Info. Moritz Heffter, 2019.
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Misc. Notes same edition as in the list of pieces, but maybe also of use here?
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Maria, Dolce Maria

For Voice and Organ (Righetti)

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Righetti (2022/6/20)

Arranger Benjamin Righetti
Publisher. Info. Benjamin Righetti
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Misc. Notes With a basso continuo part realized for the organ.
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Dov'io credea le mie speranze vere

For Voice and Piano (Torchi)

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homerdundas (2009/2/12)

Arranger Luigi Torchi (1858-1920)
Publisher. Info. L'Arte Musicale in Italia, Vol.5 (pp.212-13)
Milan: G. Ricordi, 1908. Plate 104322-27.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Based on a 1621 edition.
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General Information

Work Title Il Primo Libro delle Musiche
Alternative. Title
Composer Caccini, Francesca
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 36 pieces:
  1. Sonetto: Chi è costei
  2. Sonetto: Che fai misero core
  3. Aria d'ottave: Ardo infelice e palesar non tento
  4. Madrigale: Maria, dolce Maria
  5. Madrigale: Nel cammino aspro
  6. Madrigale: Pieta mercede aita
  7. Madrigale: Ferma Signore attesta
  8. Aria: Ecco ch'io verso il sangue
  9. Aria romanesca: Deh chi già mai potrà
  10. Aria sopra la romanesca: Nube gentil
  11. Madrigale a due voce (soprano/bass): Io mi distruggo, e ardo
  12. Aria: Lasciatemi qui solo
  13. Aria: O che nuovo stupor mirate intorno
  14. Aria: Su le piume de' venti
  15. Aria: Giunto'l dì, che dovea'l Cielo
  16. Aria sopra la romanesca: Io veggio i campi verdeggiar fecondi
  17. (Aria): La pastorella mia
  18. Aria sopra la romanesca: Rendi alle mie speranze
  19. Aria sopra la romanesca: Dov'io credea
  20. Salmo o vero mottetto: Laudate Dominum
  21. Mottetto: Haec dies
  22. Mottetto: Regina caeli laetare alleluia
  23. Mottetto: Adorate Dominum
  24. Mottetto: Beate Sebastiane
  25. Hinno: Te lucis ante terminum
  26. Hinno: Jesu corona virginum
  27. Canzonetta a due voce (soprano/bass): S'io men vò morirò
  28. Canzonetta: Non sò se quel sorriso
  29. Canzonetta (sopra la chitarra spagnola): Chi desia di saper
  30. Canzonetta: Che t'ho fatt'io?
  31. Canzonetta a due voce (soprano/bass): O vive rose
  32. Canzonetta: Se muove a giurar fede
  33. Canzonetta (sopra la chitarra spagnola): Ch'amor sio nudo
  34. Canzonetta a due voce (soprano/bass): Fresche aurette
  35. Canzonetta: Dispiegate guancie amate
  36. Canzonetta: O chiome belle
First Publication. 1618 - Florence: Zanobi Pignoni
Language Italian, Latin
Dedication "Il Signore Cardinale de Medici" [Possibly Carlo de' Medici (1595–1666), made a cardinal in 1615?]
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 1-2 voices, continuo (2 canzonette specify chitarra spagnola)
Extra Information see below
  • Pieces are titled variously Sonetto, Madrigale, Aria, Canzonetta, Psalme, Motetto, Hinno. A large number of these are based on the Romanesca ground bass.
  • "A compendium of contemporary styles, ranging from intensely moving, harmonically adventurous laments to joyful sacred songs in Italian and Latin, to witty strophic songs about the joys and perils of romantic love" (Wikipedia)
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