Madrigal books printed for singers seated in a square

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Madrigal books printed for singers seated in a square

Date: January 25, 2012

by peter gambie

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Colleagues,

I'm searching for a facsimile/pdf/jpeg file of a page from an original madrigal. There are illustrations (from 17th century books) of four singers gathered round a single book in a "North, South, East, West" formation, reading their own part.

I've trawled Google images and have drawn a blank.

Many thanks,

Peter Gambie

Jeff DeMarco on January 25, 2012 12:22pm

The ones I am familiar with are from Dowland. Not madrigals, but part songs. Here's one example: http://img3.photographersdirect.com/img/262/wm/pd649700.jpg

Google Dowland First Book Ayres

Jeff DeMarco

Lee G. Barrow on January 25, 2012 12:28pm

I found an image (unfortunately very small) of a 4-part piece by John Dowland:

http://www.cantorescleveland.org/madrigals.html

And a larger image of a two-part piece:

http://digital.nls.uk/moir/piping.html

Lee G. Barrow

peter gambie on January 27, 2012 9:37am

Dear Jeff and Lee,

Thank you very much for your replies.

Best wishes,