Madrigali ... a cinqve voci. Libro primo[-sesto] ..

Gesualdo, Carlo, principe di Venosa, 1560 (ca.)-1613 · 1611 · Venetia, Stampa del Gardano; Appresso Bartholomeo Magni · 423 pictures

A printed collection of five-voice madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, published in Venice in 1611 by the Gardano press and Bartolomeo Magni, aimed at singers and musicians of the period. The pictures are small decorative initial letters cut in woodblock style, with dense black framing, scrolling foliage, and tiny figures set inside the letter shapes, which a designer could borrow for ornamental capitals and historical borders.

Part-songs, Italian

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