note: EinsteinIM, i, 250-1; Fenlon/HaarIM, 155 (concordant sources). This madrigal à4 appears in the Prologue of Machiavelli’s La Clizia. The story is set in Florence during the 1506 Carnival season, but the play was written and first performed in 1525; see discussion of the dramatic context in PirrottaMT, 128f, with ed. of music on 131-3. Music ed. SlimG, ii, 341-3.
