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CARLO GESUALDO
PRINCIPE DI VENOSA
NEW GESUALDO EDITION
The Edition
The music of Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613), Prince of
Venosa, has always sparked particular interest among
vocal polyphony experts. It is handed down in precious
part-book prints produced by two famous 16 th -century
printers: Vittorio Baldini, private printer of Ercole II
d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Giovanni Giacomo Carlino, a
well-known Neapolitan printer, whom Gesualdo asked to
move to his village to print his last three part-books.
Unfortunately, not all the first editions have survived in
their entirety, hence the need to examine the surviving
editions which immediately followed in order to
reconstruct the complete musical texts. These reprints
are also significant because they document the wide
circulation that the music of Gesualdo, in particular his
madrigals, enjoyed from the beginning. Indeed, these
editions come from what was the main Italian centre
of publishing at the time, namely Venice, and were
produced by the best known music printers:
Alessandro Gardano’s heirs and Bartolomeo Magni.
The Subscription
The edition will comprise twelve volumes.
They can be purchased individually or the whole series
can be subscribed to at reduced prices.
Each volume contains a Preface (Ital/Eng), a facsimile
section, a critical edition of the texts set to music
as well as a Critical Commentary (Ital/Eng).
Format 23 x 30 cm, linen-bound
The new critical edition
starts with a review of all the existing 16 th - and 17 th -
century prints, and proceeds to evaluate their degree
of authoritativeness. The very first editions are the
preferred sources, since they were all issued under
the direct supervision of Gesualdo.
Molinaro‘s partitura is also taken into account, for its
unquestionable historical significance and as evidence
of Gesualdo‘s reception in modern times.
New Issue Title
New Publications I/2018 · The Programme 34
Please order the brochure
»New Gesualdo Edition« (Ital/Eng/Ger)
SPA 274 (in preparation)