9/27/2012

Trecento music in Italy

Objectives

• Italian culture in the 1300s • Italian genres and styles

Trecento = 1300‐1400

• Three crowns of – Dante Alighieri – Giovanni Boccaccio – Francesco • Squarcialupi Codex (1410‐1415) – 354 pieces

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Jacopo da Bologna, Non al suo amante, NAWM, 29 , aab No more did Diana please her lover, equality of voices when just by chance totally nude he saw her amidst the chilly waters, melodic emphasis than did the rustic mountain shepherdess please me, when I gazed at her washing her snow white veil that shields her graceful hair from the sun and the breeze.

Such [was the experience] that it made me, [even] when the sun was scorching, shiver all over with an amorous chill.

Gherardello da Firenze, Tosto che l’alba, NAWM 30 As soon as the dawn of the fine day appears, It wakes up the hunters. Caccia (chase) “Up, up, up, for it’s time!” hockets “Call up the dogs . . .” Up high on the hill with good dogs at hand and the hounds on the level ground. And on the slope everyone in his place. I see one of our best hounds sniffing. “Be forewarned!” “Beat [the bushes] on every side.” “Everyone, the bushes where Quaglina is barking!” “Ai‐yo, ai‐yo, the deer is coming toward you.” Carbon has caught her and is holding her in his mouth. [Ritornello] From the hilltop someone shouts, “Get the other one!,” and sounds his .

Francesco Landini, Non avrà ma’pietà, NAWM 31 She will never have mercy this lady of mine, if you do not see to it, Love, , that she is certain of my great ardor. Compare to If she knew how much pain I bear— • 1 texted voice for honesty’s sake concealed in my mind— • 1st/2nd endings only for her beauty, other than which Melismas nothing gives comfort to a grieving soul, Compare to • perhaps by her would be extinguished in me Cadences: “Landini” + the flames which seem to arouse in dbl leading tone me from day to day more pain.

She will never have mercy, this lady of mine, if you do not see to it, Love, that she is certain of my great ardor.

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