The Madrigal History of Jacques Arcadelt (Ca. 1505-1568)
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University of Calgary PRISM: University of Calgary's Digital Repository Graduate Studies Legacy Theses 1999 Classicization in the renaissance: the madrigal history of Jacques Arcadelt (ca. 1505-1568) Harris, Kenneth Paul Harris, K. P. (1999). Classicization in the renaissance: the madrigal history of Jacques Arcadelt (ca. 1505-1568) (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/21509 http://hdl.handle.net/1880/25051 master thesis University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca TJMVERSITY OF CALGARY Classicization in the Renaissance: The Madrigal History of Jacques kcadelt (ca. 1505-1568) K. Paul Harris A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES Ih PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC CALGARY, ALBERTA JULY, 1999 0 K. Paul Harris, 1999 National Library Bibliotheque nationale du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions et Bibliographic Services services bibliographiques 395 Wellington Street 395. rue Wellington OttawaON K1AON4 OttawaON K1AON4 Canada Canada Yaur fib Votre reference Our fib Nutre reterence The author has granted a non- L'auteur a accorde une licence non exclusive licence allowing the exclusive pennettant ii la National Library of Canada to Bibliotheque nationale du Canada de reproduce, loan, distribute or sell reproduire, prster, distribuer ou copies of hsthesis in microform, vendre des copies de cette these sous paper or electronic formats. la forme de microfiche/film, de reproduction sur papier ou sur format electronique. The author retains ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriete du copyright in hsthesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protege cette these. thesis nor substantial extracts fiom it Ni la these ni des extraits substantiels may be printed or otherwise de celle-ci ne doivent itre imprimes reproduced without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. autorisation. Abstract Jacques Arcadelt (ca. 1505-1568) was one of the originators of the madrigal in the 1530s. Arcadelt's Prirtzo libro di rnadrignli (1538) became the most frequently reprinted book of the Renaissance with at least fifty-eight editions between 1538 and 1654. The printing history of the Prirno libro indicates that economics played a crucial role in shaping consumer taste. This, together with evidence from intabulations and the anthologization of kcadelt's madrigals and chansons suggests that the classicization of Arcadelt occurred primarily as a result of the popularity of the Prirno libro. This classicization was mediated by the periodic revi\pal of Arcadelt's works, particularly several madrigals from the Prirno libru. This repertory was considered classic bv a substantial segment of the consuming public and did not assume a primarily pedagogical role until the end of the sixteenth century. These data also shed light on the historiographv of the madrigal and identify inaccuracies perpetuated in the secondary literature. TABLE OF CONTENTS .. Approval page ......................................................................................................... 11... Abstract ..................................................................................................................... 111 Table of Contents .................................................................................................... iv-v List of Tables............................................................................................................ vi.. List of Figures .......................................................................................................... vii... List of ~bbreviations.............................................................................................. vm Epigraph ................................................................................................................... ix CHAPTER ONE: BIOGWHY AND SOURCES................................................ 1 Introduction ................................................................................................. I Arcadelt's Life .............................................................................................. 3 r ArcadeltJs Reputation ................................................................................. 3 Manuscript Sources ..................................................................................... 8 CHAPTER TWO: THE. IMP.4CT. OF PRINTING ................................................ 10 Earl\ . Music Prlntmg ................................................................................... 12 The Business of Music Printing ................................................................. 14 Financing .......................................................................................... 15 Edition Size...................................................................................... 18 Distribution ...................................................................................... 21 The Book Market ............................................................................ 25 The Publication Histow of Jacques Arcadelt ..........................................28 Arcadel t's Primo libro ............................. ..,, .................................... -32 The Role of the Strozzi............................ ,,.. .......................... ,.,, .....34 The Editions of the Prinro libru ....................................................... 36 The Market for the Pritno libro ................................................................... 42 CH.srPTER THREE: INTABULATIONS OF ARCADELT ................................... 49 Intabulation, Parodv, and Paraphrase ..................................................... 19 Instrumental- Versions of Arcadelt Works .............................................. 53 c ontemporarv to Classic ........................................................................... 64 Arcadelt's Most Popular Pieces ................................................................. 68 Arcadel t and his Contemporaries ............................................................ 77 CHAPTER FOUR: THE ROLE OF ANTHOLOGIES .............. ,. .....................82 Arcade1tJs Earliest Anthology Appearances ...........................................$4 Major Anthology Sources of Arcadelt ..................................................... 87 The Le htte series........................................................................... 88 The black-note madrigals ............................................................. 90 The Madrigagali ...a tre ....................................................................92 Miscellaneous Collections............................................................. 94 Minor Anthology Sources of Arcadelt................................................... 95 Retrospective Anthologies....................................................................... 97 French Anthologies ................................................................................... 98 CONCLUSION..................................................................................................... -104 APPENDIX A: List of Lntabulated Pieces ............................................................. 109 -4PPENDIX B: List of Publications Containing Intabulations ........................... I10 APPENDIX C: List of Anthologies Containing Arcadelt Pieces ....................... 124 BIB LIOG R4PHY ..................................................................................................... -144 List of Tables Table 1: Number of Publications arranged for particular instruments ............... 57 Table 2: Number of Distinct Versions of Select Arcadelt Works .......................... 69 Table 3: The Most Frequently Intabulated Vocal Works of the Renaissance ..... 78 Table 4: The Le dotte Series .........................................................................................88 Table 5: the /I Black-Note It Series................................. ... ................................... 90 Table 6: Madrignli ...a tre Group .............................................................................. -93 List of Figures Graph 1: Lntabulations of Arcadelt Pieces of All Genres ................................... 65 Graph 2: Publications Containing Intabulations of Arcadelt Pieces ................65 Graph 3: Publications Containing Intabulations of Madrigals ......................... 65 Graph 4: Publications Containing Intabulations of Chansons ......................... 65 Graph 3: Italian Publications Containing Intabulations of Madrigals .............65 Graph 6: Anthologies Containing Arcadelt Madrigals .....................................101 Graph 7: Anthologies Containing Arcadelt Chansons ..................................... 101 List of Abbreviations Brown1 Howard Mayer Brown, Instninlentnl Music Printed Before 1600. Cambridge, Mass.: Hanrard University Press, 1965. BSc Jane Bemstein, Mzisic Pn'nting in Rennissance Venice: The Scotto Press. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. LG Mary S. Lewis, A~lfonioGnrcin?zo: Venetinn Mzisic Printer 1538-1569. New York: Garland, 1958. New Grove