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Episode 9: Splendors of Baroque Italy Pre-Concert Talk Episode 9: Splendors of Baroque Italy Pre-concert Talk Bibliography I. Printed Books & Online Print Sources Carter, Tim. “Giulio Romolo Caccini.” In Grove Music Online. Cusick, Suzanne G. Francesca Caccini at the Medici Court: Music and the Circulation of Power. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. _____. “Francesca Caccini.” In Grove Music Online. Cypess, Rebecca. “Settimia Caccini.” Britannica Academic. Gough, Melinda J. “Marie de Medici’s ‘1605 ballet de la reine’ and the virtuosic female voice.” In Early Modern Women, Vol. 7 (Fall 2012): 127-156. Hitchcock, Huge Willy. “Introduction.” Le Nuove Musiche. 2 ed. Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2009, vii- xviii. Kirkendale, Warren. The Court Musicians in Florence During the Principate of the Medici: with a reconstruction of the Artistic Establishment. Florence: L.S. Olschki, 1993. McGee, Timothy J. “Pompeo Caccini and ‘Euridice’: New Biographical Notes. In Renaissance and Reformation, New Series 14/2 (Spring 1990), 81-99. Parsi, Susan. “Settimia Caccini.” In Grove Music Online. II. Images used (in order of appearance) Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa, oil on panel, 1503–19, (Louvre Museum, Paris), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:France-003324_-_Mona_Lisa_(16236519171).jpg Buonarotti, Michelangelo. La Pietà, marble, 1497–9, (St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo%27s_Piet%C3%A0,_St_Peter%27s_Ba silica_(1498%E2%80%9399).jpg Palazzo Busini Bardi, photograph, nd (Florence, Italy), https://www.tuscany- realestate.it/en/estate_property/renovated-apartment-in-palazzo-bardi/ Mei, Girolamo. 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Portrait of Giovanna d’Austria, oil on canvas, 1570 (Tesoro dei Granduchi, Palazzo Pitti), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_of_Austria,_Grand_Duchess_of_Tuscany#/media/File:A lessandro_Allori_033.jpg View of Palazzo Pitti from the Boboli Gardens, photograph, nd, (no location), https://aws-tiqets- cdn.imgix.net/images/content/57e16eefbd314a659a12ff92ef941e61.jpg?auto=format&fit=crop& ixlib=python-3.2.1&q=70&s=9baefd920dd244192e05a2d6b107ff15 Peri, Jacopo. Score to La dafne reprinted in 1810. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:La_Dafne_(Peri)?uselang=it#/media/File:Peri- Corsi_La_Dafne.jpg. To see the original, use this link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peri- Corsi_La_Dafne.jpg?uselang=it Jacopo Peri (spurious), engraving, nd, (no location), https://www.last.fm/music/Jacopo+Peri/+images/d70c308af7b466ab3348ac5ca48e33f0 Ottavio Rinuccini (spurious), engraving, nd, (no location), https://www.discogs.com/artist/1499466- Ottavio-Rinuccini Caccini, Giulio. L’Euridice. Printed music score, 1600, https://imslp.org/wiki/Euridice_(Caccini,_Giulio) Caccini, Pompeo. Il martirio di Santa Lucia, oil on panel, 1609, (Basilica di Santa Trinita, Cappella Strozzi, Firenze) Caccini, Giulio. Le nuove musiche. Printed music score, 1602, (Boston Public Library, Music Department), https://archive.org/details/lenvovemvsichedi00cacc/page/n1/mode/2up Boulbène, Jacques. Henry IV, King of France and Navarre, oil on canvas, ca. 1600, (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augustins_- _Henri_IV,_roi_de_France_et_de_Navarre_-_Jacques_Boulb%C3%A8ne.jpg Frans Pourbus II, Marie de’ Medici, Queen of France, oil on canvas, c. 1609, (Louvre Museum, Paris), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frans_Pourbus_(II)_007.jpg Du Cerceau, Jacque Androudet, Le face du corps du logis des salles du Louvre du côté de la court, engraving, 1576, (Bibliothèque national de France, département Arsenal), https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k10411354/f39.item Piranesi, Giovanni Battista. Veduta di Piazza di Spagna, engraving, 1748–1774, (no location), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piranesi-16026.jpg Allori, Cristofano. Ritratto di Michelangelo il giovane, oil on canvas, 1610–1615, (Casa Buonarroti, Firenze), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cristofano_allori,_ritratto_di_michelangelo_il_giova ne,.JPG Buonarroti, Michelangelo. La Tancia, printed book, 1612, (Biblioteca Marucelliana, Firenze), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tancia.tif Caccini, Francesca. Il primo libro delle musiche a una e due voci, printed music score, 1618, (Biblioteca Estense Universitaria), https://edl.beniculturali.it/beu/850011357. Bini, Francesco. Facciata di Palazzo Pitti a Firenze, photograph, 2008, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palazzo_pitti_01.JPG User:Myrabella, Lucca seen from the Torre Guinigi, photograph, 2011, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:02_Lucca_seen_from_Torre_Guinigi.jpg Hałun, Jakub. Palazzo del Capitano [Ducal Palace] in Mantua, photograph, 2011, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20110720_Mantova_Palazzo_del_Capitano_3552.jpg Caccini [Ghivizzani], Settimia. “Cantan gl’augelli.” In Raccolta di arie a voce sola, e madrigali a più voci, manuscript music score, ca. 1620, (Biblioteca del Licea Musicale di Bologna), fol. 6v, http://www.bibliotecamusica.it/cmbm/scripts/gaspari/scheda.asp?id=7131 III. Music (in order of appearance) Caccini, Giulio. “Amarilli mia bella.” Le Nuove Musiche. Performed by La Grande Bande. Da Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi. Sicut Cervus. Performed by New York Polyphony, Roma Aeterna BIS Records BIS-2203, June 2016. Caccini, Francesca. “Lasciatemia qui solo.” Il libro primo. Performed by La Grande Bande. Caccini, Giulio. “Movetevi à pietà.” Le Nuove Musiche. Performed by La Grande Bande. Caccini, Francesca. “Chi desia di saper.” Il libro primo. Performed by La Grande Bande. Caccini, Giulio. “Io parto.” Le Nuove Musiche. Performed by La Grande Bande. Caccini, Settimia. “Cantan gl’augelli.” Raccolta di arie…. Performed by La Grande Bande. .
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