MASTER LIST OF COMPOSERS

Below is a list of composers currently represented on this Web site. Clicking on a composer's name will bring up a list of madrigals available to be downloaded. Three downloads are available for each madrigal: Score (in PDF format), MIDI (.mid) and Text/Translation (also in PDF).

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Aleotti, Vittoria
Arcadelt, Jacques (Giaches)
Artusini, Antonio
Bati, Luca, Primo a 5 (1594) (complete)
Bellasio, Paolo
Bertani, Lelio
Boschetti, Giovanni Boschetto
Caletti, Giovanni Battista
Califano, Giovanni Battista
Capilupi, Gemignano
Casentini, Marsilio
Cavaccio, Giovanni
Cifra, Antonio
Costa, Gasparo
Croce, Giovanni
D'India, Sigismondo
Dalla Casa, Girolamo
Del Mel, Rinaldo
Dentice, Fabrizio
Falcone, Achille
Felis, Stefano
Florio, Giorgio
Freddi, Amadio
Gabrieli, Giovanni
Gagliano, Marco da
Gastoldi, Concenti musicali a8 (1604/1610) (complete)
Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo
Gastoldi, Primo a 6 (1592) (complete)
Gastoldi, Quarto a 5 (1602) (complete)
Ghizzolo, Giovanni
Giovanelli, Ruggiero
Guami, Francesco
Guerini, Pietro Francesco
Ingegneri, MarcAntonio
Isnardi, Paolo
Leoni, Leone
Mancini, Curzio
Marenzio, Luca
Marsolo, Pietro Maria, Madrigali boscarecci a 4 (1607) (complete)
Masnelli, Paolo
Massaino, Terzo a 5 (1587) (complete)
Massaino, Tiburzio, Primo a 6 (1604) (complete)
Massaino, Tiburzio, Quarto a 5 (1594) (complete)
Mezzogorri, Giovanni Nicolò
Monteverdi, Claudio
Mosto, Giovanni Battista
Naldi, Romolo, Primo a 5 (1589) (complete)
Nasco, Giovan (Jan)
Nodari, Giovanni Paolo, Madrigali a 5 (complete)
Pallavicino, Benedetto
Raval, Sebastiano, Primo a 5 (1593) (complete)
Rognoni Taeggio, Francesco, Primo a 5 (1613) (complete)
Rognoni Taeggio, Giovanni Domenico, Primo a 5 (1605) (complete)
Rore, Cipriano (De)
Rossetti, Stefano
Rossi, Salamone
Ruffolo, Lucrezio
Sabino, Ippolito
Santini, Marsilio
Stabile, Annibale
Taroni, Antonio
Tomasi, Biagio
Tresti, Flaminio
Tresti, Secondo a 5 (1587) (complete)
Usper (Spongia), Francesco
Valmarana, Girolamo
Various (from Dolci Affetti, 1582)
Various (from Trionfo di Musica, 1579)
Vecchi, Orazio
Venturi del Nibbio, Primo a 5 (1592) (complete)
Venturi del Nibbio, Primo pastorali a 5 (1592) (complete)
Verdonck, Cornelius
Virchi, Paolo, Primo a 5 (1584) (complete)
Virchi, Paolo, Secondo a 5 (1588) (complete)
Wert, Decimo a 5 (1591) (complete)
Wert, Giaches de
Wert, Ottavo a 5 (1586) (complete)
Zanchi, Liberale
Zanotti, Camillo
Zoilo, Annibale

Raval, Sebastiano, Primo a 5 (1593) (complete)

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Title and DescriptionScoreMidiTranslation
Introduction
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Donna se ghiaccio sete (prima parte of 2) (SSATB) *NEW*
A text of unknown authorship, in which the protagonist marvels at the fact that his seemingly frigid love-object can set his heart ablaze.		 Download
Miracolo d’amore (seconda parte) (SSATB) *NEW*
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Chi vuol veder un sole (SSATBar) *NEW*
Another text of unknown authorship, which was also set to music by Paolo Virchi (q.v.) and Giovanni de Macque. Raval uses black-note “eye music” to depict the dark veil that envelops the love-object.		 Download
Questo cor e quest’alma (prima parte of 2) (SSATB) *NEW*
Somewhat unusually, Raval appears to have drawn upon two disparate texts, the first of unknown authorship and the second by the minor poet Ottaviano Favagrossa, as the basis for a madrigal in two sections. The two seem oddly out of sync with one another; the first gloomily suggests that the protagonist’s health, and indeed his life, are subject to the whims of his love-object, while the second teasingly requests the lady to be more forthcoming with her kisses. 		Download
Tu vuoi dolci i sospiri (seconda parte) (SSATB) *NEW*
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Solcai già mar crudele (SSAAT) *NEW*
The protagonist compares the pursuit of his love-object to a perilous sea voyage, underscored by melismatic flourishes on the words “mar” (sea) and “vento” (wind). The journey appears to have a happy ending, although how this outcome is achieved is left unclear.		 Download
Tigre mia se ti pesa (prima parte of 2) (SSATBar) *NEW*
A setting of a poem in two parts by Luigi Groto, known as “Cieco d’Adria” (the blind man of Adria), a prolific author of poetry, prose and stage works. The rather arresting imagery of the poem commingles kissing and biting such that it is hard to determine where the one ends and the other begins. The prima parte was also set to music by Marenzio and Giovanni Croce.		 Download
Anzi perché le sue pene (seconda parte) (SSATBar) *NEW*
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Se pur non ti contenti (SATTB) *NEW*
A setting of another poem by Luigi Groto, in which love becomes (or is reduced to) a syllogism: Lady, you should allow me to love my life; you are my life; therefore you should allow me to love you. QED. 		Download
Alza la vista al cielo (SSATB) *NEW*
A poem of unknown authorship, depicting an idyllic pastoral setting dominated by a mountain whose peculiar properties are difficult to reconcile with the rest of the scene. Taken as a whole, the poem has an oddly static quality. 		Download
Usciva omai dal molle e fresco grembo (SSATBar) *NEW*
Better known from Giaches de Wert’s charming setting (q.v.), this passage from Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata was popular with other contemporary madrigal composers, including Stefano Venturi del Nibbio (q.v.), Gioseffo Guami and Antonio Dueto. Also, Antonio Cifra subsequently (1615) set the text for two equal voices and basso continuo. Raval’s setting displays a sensitivity to the text which seems to be lacking in some of his other pieces. 		Download
Porgi la dolce bocca (SSATBar) *NEW*
A setting of a bit of poetic fluff, by the minor poet Ottaviano Favagrossa, to the effect that a kiss is of no consequence if there is no physical contact.		 Download
O soave mio male (SSATBar) *NEW*
A setting of an unattributed, short and rather uninspired poem, on the well-worn theme of “I’ll die if you leave me.” After much long-winded repetition, the piece comes to an abrupt ending.		 Download
Crudel perché non vuoi (prima parte of 2) (SSATB) *NEW*
Another instance in which Raval seems to have combined two disparate poems to form the prima and seconda parte respectively. In the former, the love-object shuns and flees from the protagonist’s gaze, whereas in the latter she seems amenable to using her eyes to bid him a fond farewell. 		Download
Occhi soavi occhi amorosi e gai (seconda parte) (SSATB) *NEW*
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Sulle più fresche rive d’Arno (SATTBar) *NEW*
The text celebrates the birth, by the banks of the river Arno, of a “new Cosimo,” who must be Cosimo II de’ Medici (1590–1621), the elder son of Ferdinando I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Christina of Lorraine. Presumably Raval had some motive in composing this piece; since Raval mentions in his dedication that he had met Marenzio in Rome, and Marenzio in turn had been associated with the Florentine court in the late 1580s, perhaps Raval was angling for a post at Ferdinando’s court or elsewhere in Florence. 		Download
La bella e vaga man che le sonore (SATTBar) *NEW*
A setting of part of a sonnet by Tasso describing the music-making of the singer and harpist Vittoria Castellini. Raval uses the text to indulge in extensive word-painting, e.g., on “or leggera e presta, or tarda e grave” (now light and fast, now slow and solemn) and also on the words “suon” (sound) and “canto” (singing). However, Raval sets only the first four lines of the sonnet; the remainder, which describes the emotions evoked in the listener, was perhaps of less interest from the standpoint of word-painting opportunities.		 Download
Nel bianco seno fra l’intatta neve (SATTBar) *NEW*
A setting of a somewhat enigmatic poem (or poetic fragment) in which Cupid disports himself, and seemingly is bested at his own game.		 Download
Occhi cagion del mio languir (SATTB) *NEW*
What begins as a teary farewell to life somehow leads to a more upbeat wish that the process should go on indefinitely. Note the unusual abrupt ending.		 Download
Di serafici ardori (prima parte of 2) (SSATBar) *NEW*
A two-part madrigal, on a text of unknown authorship, in the first part of which a male protagonist ardently compares his love-object to a seraph, while in the second part the seraphic love-object responds with equally ardent imagery. The seconda parte is noteworthy for its extended, acrobatic melismas on the word “fiamme” (flames). Seraphs (or, more properly, seraphim), whose origins go back to ancient Judaism, were often described as having a fiery or burning appearance and being aflame with love of God. 		Download
Serafica son io (seconda parte) (SSATBar) *NEW*
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