Giovani mandati siamo-a BaG:8 (xyyx ababbccx)

note: MaceyB,55,85-6; MaceyNC, 148-150. Cc. = the carnival song ‘Canto dell’imperatore’, or ‘Canzona de’ tedeschi’ in CarraiCA--the text mentions King Maximilian, who became Holy Roman Emperor in 1493. Text ed. SingletonCC, 86. Music w/both texts ed. in MaceyS, 45-7, w/commentary on p.226, & 1st 2 stanzas of texts ed. & translated on xxxviii-xxxix. Lauda in Rz1563, ed. Mancuso, 346-50. Of the many carnival songs drawn upon in M365, this is the only one that belongs to the pre-1500 tradition.