Giovanni Maria Nanino (1543/44–1607) was one of the most important musicians of late-sixteenth-century Rome. Active as papal singer, chapel master, composer, teacher, and one of the protagonists of the newly founded Compagnia dei Eccellenti Musici di Roma, he had a deep impact on Roman musical development in the decades around 1600. The madrigal, the most popular genre of the cinquecento, demonstrates Nanino’s capability to combine tradition with elements of the modern styles commented on by Vincenzo Giustiniani in his Discorso sopra la musica of the early seicento. Most of Nanino’s published music is secular—either madrigals or canzonettas. He published three volumes of madrigals, the second together with his Roman colleague Annibale Stabile. The inclusion of at least one madrigal by Nanino in every important anthology of his time attests to his popularity; by some measures he was the most anthologized madrigal composer of his age.

This volume includes the book of madrigals published with Stabile, together with those madrigals by Nanino published only in anthologies in the years 1574–86.

Contents

Madrigali a cinque voci di Gio. Maria Nanino et di Annibal Stabile

Dedication

1. Lasso, ch’ogni augelletto, Nanino

2. Chiari cristalli, Stabile

3. Dolce fiammella mia, Nanino

4. Questa sì bianca neve, Nanino

5. Vaneggio od’è pur vero, Stabile

6. Giocond’e crudo fato, Nanino

7. Amor, deh dimmi come, Nanino

8. D’Amor le ricche gemme, Stabile

9. Godeano in Ciel, Nanino

10. Quand’io son tutto volto, Stabile

11. Dolorosi martir, Nanino

12. Lasso fia mai, Stabile

13. Vien’Himeneo, Nanino

14. Volete pur ch’io mora, Stabile

15. Non m’è la morte strana, Stabile

16. Aventuroso più d’ogni altro colle, Nanino

17. Selva che di contenti, Nanino

Madrigals Published Only in Anthologies, 1574–1586

18. Donna gentil

19. Se d’uno indegn’et empio

20. Quando fra bianche perle

21. Scoprirò l’ardor mio

22. Mentre ti fui sì grato

23. Poi ché ’l mio Amor

24. Legò questo mio core

25. Da i puri loro e limpidi cristalli

26. Al suon de le dolcissime parole

27. Quand’accese Himeneo

28. E con Aminta vai

Appendix

1. Dolce fiammella mia, Paolo Masnelli

2. Vaneggio od è pur vero, Luca Marenzio

3. Dolorosi martir, Paolo Isnardi

4. Scorprirò l'ardor mio, Jean de Castro