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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Note that, in the case of madrigals in multiple sections, the full Text/Translation may be downloaded from the entry for the first section (the prima parte).

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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
Croce, Quarto libro a 5 e 6 (1607) (complete)
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, Tiburzio, Primo a 6 (1604) (complete)
Massaino, Tiburzio, Quarto a 5 (1594) (complete)
Massaino, Tiburzio, Terzo a 5 (1587) (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

Usper (Spongia), Francesco

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Title and Description	Score	Midi	Translation

O notturno miracolo (prima parte of 2) (SS A/T TB) A lovely madrigal on an upbeat but somewhat enigmatic text, by a pupil of Andrea Gabrieli. Originally from Istria, Spongia took the surname Usper from a patron after settling in Venice.		Download
Portami tu (seconda parte) (SS A/T TB)		Download
Or che dorme Amarilli_bei lumi (prima parte of 2) (SS A/T TB) A madrigal whose text deals at length with the risks and rewards of stolen kisses.		Download
Or che dorme Amarilli_che fai (seconda parte) (SS A/T TB)		Download
Occhi un tempo mia vita (SS A/T TB) An elegant setting of a madrigale text attributed to Guarini, with bright diatonic harmonies and lively rhythms in the style of Usper/Spongia's teacher Andrea Gabrieli. See also the settings of the same text by Monteverdi and Pallavicino; besides these, more than 20 other settings are known.		Download

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