Lasse in questo carnasciale-a BaG:8 (xyyx ababbccx)

note: Carnival song (mascherata)--’Canzona delle forese [di Narcetri]’. Carnival song ed. BruscagliTCC, i, 15-17; OrvietoCC, 73-5 (ca. 1474-78). Carnival song linked also to Lorenzo’s ‘Quant’è grande’ and possibly the latter’s music in Rz1563 & RC395. Lorenzo’s lauda is ed. in ToscaniL, 93-4, and in DucciniL, 190-95, with extensive commentary. GhisiCC, 93-4, appears to distinguish between two ‘forese’ carnival songs, an anon. ‘Canzona della forese’ as the cc. for ‘O peccatore’, and Lorenzo’s ‘Canzona delle forese di Narcetri’ as the cc. for Lorenzo’s ‘Quant’è grande la bellezza’; this is possible, given the formal compatibility of the latter pair, and the formal incompatibility of Lorenzo’s carnival song and his ‘O peccatore’. It is possible that the related prints Pal120 and R196 mistakenly provided ‘forese’ instead of ‘fornai’ as the cc. indication.