note: see PrizerF, 24-5, where he cites 1494 letter from Don Acteon to Francesco Gonzaga re. having learned ‘L’ocelo da le rame d’oro’ from Pietrobono. Part of a complex of ‘bird-song strambotti’ within the frottola repertory. Popular text and tune set by Cara (& tenor also included in Pesenti’s ‘Io son l’ocel che con le debil ali’, in PetF/viii). Music ed. SchwarzOP, 45, 100; and transmitted in Rz1563 w/anon. lauda text, ed. Mancuso,702-5. See also PrizerI, 28-9 and LockwoodMRF, 107-8.
