Benedetta sia quell’ora-a BaG:8 (xyyx ababbccx)

note: Carboni-ZiinoLM, 282, melody edited 319. Alternate cc. (cancelled in Ferr84) is ‘Oimè, lasso, oimè, oimè’ (linked also to ‘Occhi miei di lagrimare’), w/different musical settings. In Ferr84,‘Benedetto sia quell’ora’ is cc. for Lorenzo’s ‘O maligno e duro core’ (cf. ‘Siam galanti di Valenza’) & ‘Cominciamo Cristo a laudare’; ‘Occhi miei di lagrimare’ (w/music in Ferr84 & BL.Eg3051) is cc. for ‘Benedetto sia quell’ora’. See Giustinian’s ‘Benedetto ne sia lo giorno’ (& its extant musical settings) as cc. for ‘Benedetto sia quell’ora’. The ‘Benedetta sia l’ora’ in Gall3, 165 (without cc.) is probably a different lauda, given its 7-syllable lines; the extant laude to which ‘Benedetta sia quell’ora’ is linked are all octosyllabic (like the ‘Benedetta sia quell’hore/che noi fummo illuminati’ in M365). All of these incipits, along with Poliziano’s canzona a ballo ‘Benedetto sie ‘l giorno, l’ora e ‘l punto’, are ultimately indebted to Petrarch’s sonnet, ‘Benedetto sia ‘l giorno e ‘l mese et l’anno/e la stagione e ‘l tempo et l’ora e ‘l punto’.