M99-102

note: M365 incipit = ‘Da’ dolci campi Elisei’. Lincoln, 31; EinsteinIM, i, 160, where Einstein prints the text of the madrigal, and assigns the madrigals of Arcadelt’s third book to his years in Florence (c. 1532-7?). See also Fenlon/HaarIM, 151 (concordant sources), and 62, where it is suggested that this madrigal may have been a part of the theatrical music for a performance of Lorenzino de’ Medici’s L’Aridosio at the wedding festivities for Alessandro de’ Medici in 1536. Music ed. SeayJA, iii, no. 17.

note: Fenlon/HaarIM, 152 for concordant sources, and attrib. to Festa, though it cannot be found among the edited complete works of either composer.

note: music ed. in D’AcconeMFR, iv, no. 43; text ed. xvi. First published in Venticinque canzoni a cinque voci (Lyons, Moderne c. 1538). The lauda is possible identical with the ‘O Maria del ciel regina’ sung by nuns in Castellano Castellani’s Rapresentazione di Santa Eufrasia; BecheriniSR, 210.

note: Lincoln, 29; EinsteinIM, i, 269-71; Fenlon/HaarIM, 146 (concordant sources); MaceyFS, 357-60 (where he discusses the relationship between madrigal text, lauda text, and music, and edits both texts (369). Music ed. SeayJA, i, no. 18.

note: Fenlon/HaarIM, 165 (concordant sources). Music ed. SeayJA, vii, no. 17. ‘Ardo...’ in M365.

note: Fenlon/HaarIM, 162 (concordant sources); Lincoln, 687 (incipits); D’AnconaPP, 110. Music ed. OwensSM, xxviii, 49-51. In 1534, Aretino reportedly wrote approvingly of a performance of this madrigal by 4 singers and a lutenist; H. Colin Slim in NGD, ‘Verdelot’.