Carlo Gesualdo
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Aliases: Don Carlo Gesualdo, Gesualdo da Venosa, Principe di Venosa
Life
Born: 1560
Died: 8 September 1613
Biography
View the Wikipedia article on Carlo Gesualdo.
List of choral works
- For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Carlo Gesualdo compositions
Sacred works
Sacrae Cantiones I, 5 voices, 1603
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Sacrae Cantiones II (1603), 6 voices
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Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday, 6 voices, 1611
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Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Friday, 6 voices, 1611
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Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday, 6 voices, 1611 |
Secular works
Madrigali a 5 voci, libro quarto (Ferrara, 1596)
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Madrigali a 5 voci, libro quinto (Gesualdo, 1611)
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Madrigali a 5 voci, libro sesto (Gesualdo, 1611)
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Madrigals from Collections
From Pomponia Nenna: l'ottava libro de madrigali à cinque; Roma, 1618
Publications
- Madrigali a 5 voci, libro primo (Ferrara, 1594)
- Madrigali a 5 voci, libro secondo (Ferrara, 1594)
- Madrigali a 5 voci, libro terzo (Ferrara, 1595)
- Madrigali a 5 voci, libro quarto (Ferrara, 1596)
- Sacrarum cantionum liber primus, 21 motets, 5vv (1603)
- Sacrarum cantionum liber secundus, 20 motets, 6–7vv (1603; lost)
- Madrigali a 5 voci, libro quinto (Gesualdo, 1611)
- Madrigali a 5 voci, libro sesto (Gesualdo, 1611)
- Partitura delli 6 libri de madrigali a 5 voci (Genova, 1613 - contains all 6 books of 5-voice madrigals)
- Responsoria et alia ad Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae spectantia, 6vv (Gesualdo, 1611)
- Madrigali a 6 voci, libro primo (1626; extant only in one voice part)
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External links
Facsimile: Partitura delli sei libri de’ Madrigali a cinque voci [IMSLP] — Madrigals Books I – VI (Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1613) – very large download, 70 MB, 492pp