Merulo: 14 Canzoni à4

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Claudio Merulo, who worked for many years at the Basilica di San Marco in Venice, was one of the first musicians to compose canzoni da sonare; his were widely imitated and arranged.

This volume brings together almost all of the four-part canzonas of Claudio Merulo that can be presented in an acceptable form, apart from the Canzon quinta from the Raverij anthology of 1608.  I have deliberately left some pieces out: one in a manuscript in Oxford is unfortunately corrupt, and another canzona attributed to Meruo in the Woltz tablature seems uncharacteristically dull. (Bernard Thomas – editor)
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1. La Gratiosa
2. La Zambeccara
3. La Cortese
4. La Bovia
5. La Rosa
6. La Pazza
7. La Radivila

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8. Canzon
9. Canzon
10. La Leonora
11. L’Albergata
12. La Rolanda
13. Canzon
14. Canzon

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