barauxfolies:

Claudio Monteverdi - Zefiro torna e il bel tempo rimena

(Il Sesto Libro de Madrigali a cinque voci (1614), composed on Petrarca’s Rime 310)

Concerto Italiano, dir. Rinaldo Alessandrini

leadingtone:

Guillaume Dufay - Vergene bella
Unicorn Ensemble
Bernard Landauer

The lauda was a type of vernacular, monodic sacred song—monk meets troubadour, if you will—which was popular in the early 15th Century in Italy at the time when Guillaume Dufay was probably the most respected composer in Europe. His Vergene bella is a setting of a poem by Petrarch. 

(April plate, from Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry)

arthistoryeveryday:

The Musicians by Caravaggio (1595)

“Pavane die Schlacht” (“The Battle Pavane”) composed by Tielman Susato (c. 1510/15 – after 1570). Performed by Ernst Stolz. 

I just found a gateway to get me interested in Renaissance music!

“Ecco, morirò dunque” from the 4th book of “Madrigal for 5 voices” by Carlo Gesualdo.