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THE MEDIAEVAL ACADEMY OF AMERICA PUBLICATION No. 36 (Studies and Documents, No. jj THE WORKS OF FRANCESCO LANDINI I. The Miniature of Francesco Landini in the Squarcialupi Codex (S. 121v). THE WORKS OF FRANCESCO LANDINI EDITED BV LEONARD ELLINWOOD With Textual Collation by William A. McLaughlin THE MEDIAEVAL ACADEMY OF AMERICA CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS *945 The publication of this book was made possible by grants of funds to the Academy from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. COPYMGHT BY THE MEDIAEVAL ACADEMY OF AMERICA ">39 Lithoprinted in U.S A. EDWARDS BROTHERS, INC. ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN 1945 To Barbara Duncan Librarian of the Sibley Musical Library in appreciation of many kindnesses PREFACE With this edition of the works of Francesco Landini it is hoped that the composer may cease to be the mythological figure he has appeared in the past. By making Francesco's vorks available to the student in a collated transcription of the manuscript sources, it is my further hope to replace previous speculations regarding many aspects of fourteenth-century music with the music itself, without distortion, in an edition from which deductions may be drawn with a greater degree of accuracy than has hitherto been achieved. This work has been made possible by the splendid cooperation of the European libraries (referred to in Section III of the Introduction) in the furnishing of complete photostatic copies of all manuscripta concerned, by the excellent services of the Sibley Musical Library, Eastman School of Music, Uni- versity of Rochester, in securing the materials of the Bibliography, and by the courtesy of the Cornell University Library, which provided the materials on trecento Italian literature from its distinguished collection. The preparation of the verses is the work of V. A. McLaughlin, Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Michigan, to whom I am in- debted for an exhaustive collation of the texts. Finally, I desire to express my gratitude to the Mediaeval Academy of America, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Eastman School of Music for generous contributions toward the publication of the work. Leonard Ellinwood East Lansing, Michigan May, 1939 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION The reception and distribution this work has received has been most gratifying to all persons concerned. That a second printing should be required in spite of the limitations imposed by the war augurs well for musical scholar- ship in America. I am grateful to the Mediaeval Academy of America for making the second edition possible. I am also indebted to Professors Manfred Bukofzer, Hans David, and Ettore Li Gotti for suggestions which have been incorporated below. The changes which have been made consist of minor emendations in the introduction and a few bibliographical additions. The only transcription which has been al- tered is no. 10. L. E. Library of Congress June, 1945. vii CONTENTS Page Introduction I. Early Italian Polyphony xi II. Francesco Landini xiii III. Manuscript Sources xvii IV. The Notation xxi V. The Musical Forms xxv VI. The Musical Style xxx VII. The Role of Instruments xxxviii VIII. The System of Transcription xlii The Works of Francesco Lanaini Two-part Madrigals 3 Three-part Madrigals 22 The Pescha 35 Two-part Ballate 39 Three-part Ballate 169 Frammenti 291 Documents 301 Bibliography 307 Cross-reference Table of Francesco's Works 311 PLATES I. The Miniature of Francesco Landini in the Squarcialupi Codex (£3. 121 v) frontispiece II. Francesco's Tombstone in San Lorenzo, Florence following xvi III. The Madrigal Unna conlonba and the Pescha Cos! pensoso from £>. 128v - 129r " . 20 IV. The Madrigal Si dolce non sono from F. 44v - 45r *. 'I. 34 V. The Pescha Cos! pensoso from B. 39v - 40r ... .'J. 38 VI. The Ballate Donna, che d'amor and Selvagia fera from P. 104v - 105r '1. 72 VII. The Ballata Conviens' a fede fe from R. 71r ..'!. 194 VIII. The Ballata Nessun ponga speranga from P_. 116v - 117r 1 ".. 250 ix

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