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O rosa bella
ballata by Johannes Ciconia

Sources

Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds nouv. acq. français 4379, number 2,46v-48 (3/2);
Roma: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb. lat. 1411, fol. 7v-9 (3/1).

Editions

1. CLERCX, Suzanne. Johannes Ciconia: Un musicien liégois et son temps, 2 vols., Brussels: Palais des Académies, 1960, Vol. II, p. 75.
2. NEMETH, George L. The Secular Music of Johannes Ciconia, Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University: 1977, p. 226 (Pn4379).
3. The Works of Johannes Ciconia, edited by Margaret Bent and Anne Hallmark, Monaco: Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1985. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century XXIV, p. 144.

Literature

1. KORTE, W. 'Contributi alla storia della musica in Italia, I: La musica nelle città dell'Italia settentrionale dal 1400 al 1425', Rivista musicale italiana, XXXIX (1932), p. 516.
2. KORTE, W. Studien zur Geschichte der Musik in Italien im ersten Viertel des 15. Jahrhunderts, Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1933. Münsterische Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft VI, pp. 66-67.
3. PIRROTTA, Nino and Ettore LI GOTTI. 'Il Codice di Lucca. III. Il repertorio musicale', Musica Disciplina, V (1951), p. 132.
4. FISCHER, Kurt von. 'Kontrafakturen und Parodien italienischen Werke des Trecento und frühen Quattrocento', Annales musicologiques: moyen-âge et Renaissance, V (1957), p. 46.
5. FISCHER, Kurt von. 'Zur Ciconia-Forschung', Die Musikforschung, XIV (1961), p. 21.
6. PIRROTTA, Nino. 'Ricercare e variazioni su "O rosa bella"', Studi Musicali, I (1972), pp. 59-77.
7. PIRROTTA, Nino. 'Su alcuni testi italiani di composizioni polifoniche quattrocentesche', Quadrivium, XIV (1973), pp. 133-134.
8. BAUMANN, Dorothea. 'Silben- und Wortwiederholungen im italienischen Liedrepertoire des späten Trecento und frühen Quattrocento', Musik und Text in der Mehrstimmigkeit des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts, Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1984, p. 87.
9. NEWES, Virginia E. 'The relationship of text to imitative technique in 14th century polyphony', Musik und Text in der Mehrstimmigkeit des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts, edited by U. Günther and L. Finscher, Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1984, pp. 121-154.
10. STROHM, Reinhard. The rise of European music, 1380-1400, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, p. 103.

Recordings

1. The History of Music in Sound. Vol. III. Ars Nova and the Renaissance (c. 1300 - 1540), Pro Musica Antiqua/Cape, Lemuel Hughes, Clarence Roberts, Br (1953): HMV HMS 20-31, 21=(78rpm mx. 2EA 15609-1B).
2. Johannes Ciconia (1335 - 1411), Early Music Studio, directed by Thomas Binkley (1972): EMI-Reflexe 1C063-30-102 (GER).
3. Das Fest des Pierbaldo (Le Festin de Pierbaldo) nach dem Sonettenkranz "Mundus Pacidus" des Simon d'Orvieto, Les Ménestrels - Wiener Ensemble für alte Musik (1973): Musical Heritage Society MHS 3289.
4. Johannes Ciconia, Las Huelgas Ensemble, directed by Paul van Nevel (1980): Musique en Wallonie 80040-44 (set).
5. Il Solazzo: music for a medieval banquet, Drew Minter, countertenor, David Douglas, vielle and Mary Springfels, vielle (1990): Harmonia Mundi 907038.

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Last updated: Wednesday, 19 March 2003

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