Dona gentile bella come l’oro BaG:11 (xyyx ababb??a)/R4:11 (abba)
Language:
it
Composer:
Dufay
Lauda:
Se vuo’ gustar el dolce amor-a
Qr:11 (abba cddc...)
Lauda Poet:
Feo Belcari
Notes:
note: FallowsCat, 515. Music ed. CMM1, vi, no. 8 & ThibaultM (Cord); PerkinsM, ii, no.33 (Mel); SchavranP, ii, 133 (Pav362). Alternate cc. = ‘Madre che festi’, & ‘Se vo’ sape’ matre’ (‘Se vous scaviés ma tres douce maistresse’). Cc. also cited in quodlibet on ‘Mon seul plaisir’, and as incipit for Isaac’s ‘La morra’ in CG. On the hybrid form of ‘Dona gentile’, and its literary traces of Giustinian’s style, see FallowsLG, 255-7.