DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

GERO GESE 161
always kept quite distinct, a primo libro de
madrigccH by Jhan Gero and one by Maistre
Jhan were piil^lislied at Venice (Ant. Gardane)
in 1541. Collections of various compositions
contain works by both, as in Select issimae
cantiones, Augsburg, 1540; Electioiiesdlversoru/in
'iiiotetorum, Venice, 1549 ; and the Sejitus tomus
evangeliomm, Nuremberg, 155b.
List of works :
Jh.Ln Gero. II priino libro de miLfirigali italiiitii et canzoni
franceao, a due vuoi. Novjiniente coinposti. etc. Aggiutitovi alcuTjl
CHuti ili M. Adriano, e di Const. Fusbi. 1541. Excudebat Venetiis,
apud Aiitonium Oard;tiie. Duo primi, di Jhan Gero. Obl. 4to, pp.
56. The Cautus part-bnok in the Y ieiiua Hof bibl. Eighteen editi s
of this book appeared down to IGBT.
Di Jehan Gero luuiiieo eccellent, Libro primo delli madrif Ji a
quatro voci. a notte uegre. da hii novaineute composti, ettf. Et da
gii auoi proprii exeniplari estratti. Opera nova, artiliciosa et
dilettevole, come aCantunti sai'a manifesto. Venetiia, apud Hieronyinuin
Scotuni. 1549. Obl. 4to, pp. 34. The Tenor part-book
in the Bologna Liceo Muaicale.
The same. Libro secondo. 1549. Obl. 4to, pp. 22. Tenor partbook
in Bologna Liceu Musicale,
Jhaii Gero primo a tre. Qiiaranta madrigali a tre voci de 1' eccellente
MuaiL'o Jhan Gero. Novamente con somma diligentia ristampati
e conetti. A tre voci. In Vetietia appresao di Antonio
Gardane. 1553. Obl, 4to. pp. M. Libro aecondo. 15.JG. Three
part-booka in the Munich Hofbibl,
:
In Co]lei:tion3
1. Selectisaiinae necnon familiariaaimae eantiones, Augsburg. M.
Krieastein. 1540. Jh.'tn Gero ;— ' lo v' amo anci ' for three voices.
2. Triuni vocum cantiones centum a praestantiss. divers, nationum.
Tomi primi. Norimbergae, J. Petreium. 1541. Contains
thirty-two Italian songs by Jhan Gero (see Eitner, Jiiblrjj. for
text).
3. l>i Conataiitio Festa. II primo libro de madrigali a tre voci,
con la giuQta de quaranta Madrigali di Jhan Gero, etc. 1541,
Venetiis. Ant. Gardane. The title-page appears to be incorrect,
possibly thirty-nine madrigals were cmnposed by Jhan Gero, of
these, thirty-two were certainly his. Four of the madrigals in this
volume were reprinted in the 1543-51-5fi-G4-68 editions.
4. II secondo libro de li madrigali de diversi eccellentiaa. autori a
niisura di breve. A quatro voci. Venetiis. A rit. Gardane. 1543.
Contiuna fourteen madrigals by Jan Gero. Another edition waa
piibliahed 'Venetia. G. Scotto. 1552.'
5. Electioneo diversorum motetorum distincte quatuor vocibus.
' Venetia, Ant. Gardane. 1549. Jhan Gero ;— ' Deus qui sedes and
' Tibi derelictua.'
6. Muaica quatuor vocum, quae materna lingua Moteta vociintur.
Venetiis. H. sontum. 1519. Six motets by Jehan Gero.
7. II vero t«rzo libro di Madrigali de diversi autori a note nepre
. . . a quatro voci. Venetia. 1549. JhauGcro:—' Felice 1' alma'
' Una
ragazz' nna,*
8. Madrigali a tre voci de diversi ei'cellentias. autori. Libro primo.
Venetia. Ant. Gai-dane. 1551. And in 1555-59-61-69-97 editions.
Nine m'lidrigala by Jbau Gero.
9. Evaiigelia domiiiicoruni et festorum dieiaim musicis numeina,
'
Tomi primi. Noribergae. 1554. Joan, de Gero ;— 'Hodie Chriatus
Batus eat for five voicea.
M, Sextua tomuaevaiigeliorum. Noribergae, 1556. .Toh. Gerni
* ' Peccant em nie quotidie' and Deua in hominetuo' fur four voices.
11. Selectissimorum triciniorum (Basaus). Noribergae, 1559.
Thirteen Italian madrigals by Joan. Gero.
12. Muaica libro primo a tre voci di Adrian Wigliar. Cipriano de
Eure, Archadelt, Jhan Gero. etc. Vinegia. Scotto. 1566, Five
madrigals by Gero, from the 1551 Madrigali a 3 voci, q.v.
13. Delia acelta di madrigali de piCl eccellenti aurori de' noatri
'
tempi a tre voci. Libro primo. Firenze. G. Mareacotti. 1582.
Jhan Gero : 'Alia doJce ombra,' Rare grazie celesti.'
14. Bicinia, aive cantiones suaviaa. duarum vocum. Antverpiae.
P. Phalcsius. 1590. Giovan. Gero: "An joly aon du chanaonet,'
je boy du vin.'
' 'Non ai vedra giainai,' Qiiand
madrigals in MS. T. 141.
' by Joan Gero, O magnnm
de coelia' It 4i. ' O sacrum conviviuni ' in 5)
a di 10 di giugno,' which if correct ia an
earlier date for Gero than is to be found elsewhere. It ia a year
In the Berlin Kiinigl. Bibl : some
In the IJolo^'iia Liceo Muaicale ; iiioteta
myateriuni Id 41. ' Vox
' in a codex inscribed 1518
before the first appearance of a motet by ' Maistre Jhan '
isee Pariaini'a
Cat. iii. 3|.
In the Briti-^h Muaeum ; A
madrigal fortwo voices. ' Non si verira
gianiai' in Add, MS, 5054, p. 218. Three for two voices; ' Refu.sea
d'amours,' 'Quant j'estoie h iriarier,' "TaTit que vivrai en cage,' in
Ad'l. J\'S 31,406, copied 'from a MS. written in ye year 15rd, and
well, btliinged to V\'nlteriiM Erleoneof the (Jentlemen of ye BedchaFiiher
to K. Henry ye Hth.' Two of the niiidrigala for two voices
from the 1M5 edition, 'Pliillida mia.' and '
Au joly son du chan-
sonnef in Add, MS, :i4,071, ff. 14',>, ]5.
In the Fitzwilliam Muaeum, Cambridge : Nine madrigala for two
voicea in MS, 112.
Gero 3 compositions have been reprinti-d in Stifford Smith's
Mii^^ica Antiyun. p. 134. ' Phillida mi piil cliei ' \a 2) from the l.*i45
editi.-n.
In Peter Wagner'a 'Das Madrigal und PalestriTia' {\'iprtropo.s of the last, the
Saturday Revdew of June 29, 1878, wrote
that she has 'given a fresh proof of her extraordinary
vocal and dramatic genius. The exquisite
beauty of her singing has never been
shown to greater advantage, and her acting at
every moment reveals true art and feeling.
Among fine touches in Mme. Gerster's dramatic
performance, we may .specially note her wrapping
her head in a eloak before slie nislies in at tlie
fatal door in the last scene, tliat she may at
least not see the descending knife.'
In 1878, 1883, and 1887, slie sang in opera
and concert, in America. She also sang witli
great success at tlie Birmingham Festival of 1879.
On May 29, 1890, she reappeared in London,
at Covent Garden, as Amina, but her vocal
powers were impaired. Soon .after tliis she
retired from public life to her villa at Bologna.
Li 1896 she opened a school of singing at Berlin ;
among her pupils was Fran v. Diilong. a. c.
GES. The German term for G flat.
GESE or GESIUS, Bartholomai-.s (or more
familiarly Bartliel Gbss), was bom about 1555
at Miincheberg near Frankfurt-on-the-Oder in
Brandenburg. Like many of the older Lulheran
cantors lie was first a student of theology. He
was cantor at Frankfurt from at least 1595 to
hisdoath in 1613 (according to somcautliorities),
or 1621 (according to Eitner). His works, like
those of Michael Praetoiius, are im])ortaut as
covering the whole held of the liturgical music
of the older Lutheran Church, and showing the
tlioroughly liturgical character of the older
Lutlieran service with its mixture of Latin and
German and its comlnnatiou of ]>laiii-song and
vocal yiolyphony, before iir.st the Ghui eh Gantata
and then the Organ-nccompanicd Chorale had
swallowed up everything, and before Pietism and
Rationalism between them had destroyed all
further interest in the artistic development of a
])roper Chureli Music in Lutheran or Pi-otestant
Germany. His more important works are as
follows ;