Includes Signor mio caro and Io canterei d’amor, two of Cipriano da Rore’s most popular madrigals.
The four madrigals printed here two of which form a pair of their own are the models for divisions by Girolamo Dalla Casa (1584) and Giovanni Bassano (1585/1591). All four were first printed in Di Ciprano de Rore il primo libro de madrigali a quattro voci, originally published in Ferrara (not normally a centre of music publishing) by Buglhat and Hucher in 1550. This collection was reprinted many times; our edition is based on the Gardano edition of 1569.
