Madrigals, for 4-10 voices.
Words by Ludovico Ariosto, from his Orlando furioso (Il lamento di Olimpia), and Petrarch (Non al suo amante); author of words of Canzone unknown, though long attributed to Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici.
Edited from partbooks published: Il lamento di Olimpia con una canzone del medesimo, a quattro, a cinque, a sei, a setti, a otto, a nove, & dieci voci (Venice : Girolamo Scotto, 1567). The lost alto partbook is reconstructed.
Includes introduction and critical report.
Italian words, also printed as text with English translation on pages xix-xxiv.
Staff notation.