modo proprio

note: this lauda = cc. for two others in LCS161: ‘Si ch’i’ la vo seguire quel alma’, ‘Si ch’i’ la vo seguire et nessun’ altra’, and several others besides. The cantus of Razzi’s version is borrowed, intact, from the 2nd superius of Francesco Layolle’s 5-part ‘Si ch’io la vo seguire nessun’altra offesa’; ed. D’AcconeMFR, iii, no. 19. Text & music ed. Mancuso, no. 75. Cara’s musically independent 4-part setting of the same text (‘Si che la vo’seguire/e niuna alta offesa’) is in PetF/xi, and text and music are ed. in LuisiFr, no. 1; this text is formally identical to the others in the cc. sources, suggesting that these ‘Si ch’i’ la vo seguire’ texts are interrelated.