Cigni capre galli e grilli
Marchetto Cara
Cigni capre galli e grilli
Jacob Burckhardt, in his wonderful book, “Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien“, cites a description of “a great lord who, as part of his wealth, possessed horses, dogs, mules, falcons and other birds, as well as jesters, singers and wild beasts”. In this light, it does not seem out of place to imagine that a certain repertoire of frottolas (the musical genre typical of the renaissance court of this period) might have treated animal figures as cult objects. Deer, dogs, horses, salamanders, pelicans, wolves, bears and many other animals populated the texts of frottolas, canzonas, barzellette and canti carnascialeschi. These figures were employed to describe allegorically a situation or a state of mind, to provide a proverbial or moral message or, much more joyously, as a call to play and festivities.
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des Prez, Josquin
El grillo
Pesenti, Michele
Alhor quando arivava
Tromboncino, Bartolomeo
Quasi sempre avanti di
Anonymous
Calata [Res Vmd ms. 27, Paris, France]
Zesso, Giovanni Battista
E quando andaretu al monte
Anonymous
Pavana [Res Vmd ms. 27, Paris, France]
Cara, Marchetto
Chi la castra la porcella
Cara, Marchetto; Patavino, Francesco
Vrai Dieu d'amor - Mentre io vo per questi boschi
Anonymous
Recerchar [Res Vmd ms. 27, Paris, France]
Cara, Marchetto
Sonno che gli animali
Mal un muta per effecto
Io son l'ocel che sopra i rami d'oro
Anonymous
Pavana regia [Res Vmd ms. 27, Paris, France]
Tromboncino, Bartolomeo
Frottole, Book 3
Poi ch'el ciel e mia ventura
Pifaro, Nicolo
Chi dal ciel non ha favore
Patavino, Antonio
O selve o sparso gregge
Dalza, Joan Ambrosio
Intabulatura de Lauto
Cara, Marchetto
Si come che'l biancho cigno
Anonymous
Contento in fuocho
Anonymous; Cara, Marchetto
L'ardor mio grave - Recerchar [Res Vmd ms. 27, Paris, France]
Anonymous
Ochj dolci hove prhendesti
Not Applicable, na
Il fine
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