Two-part didactic music in printed Italian collections of the ...

PARS VESPERTINA
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39. Musicam docet amor. Canon. Primus addiscendi ardor, nobilitas est magistri,
Bern, Ambr. de virg., lib. 2. 121
T T c D n
40. Omni tempore diligit, qui amicus est. Canon 122 S S c G f
41. Arcta est via caeli, lata vero, quae ducit ad perditionem 123 S S c 3 F f
42. Vitasti saxa grandia, vide ne obruaris arena 124 S A c 3 C n
43. Gaudent brevitate moderni 125 S S 3 D n
44. Si cadendum est e caelo, cecidisse velim 126 A B c F f
45. Amor amore conciliatur 127 S A c G n
46. Qui prius respondet quam audiat, stultum se esse demonstrat 128 S A c G f
47. Qui spernit pauca, paulatim decidet 129 V V c F f
48. Per durum iter anhelat gloria130 S Ms c 3 G f
49. Qui navigant mare, enarrant pericula eius131 Ms
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c F f
50. Per nigredinem, humanitas non mutatur 132 S S 3 Gs/E n
51. Durum est assueta relinquere 133 S S c G f
52. Non semper fluvius, aureas habet scuras 134 S S c A n
53. Timidus miles vincere raro solet 135 T B c C n
54. Ferrum ferro exacuitur 136 A A c D n
55. Qui rem intelligit, viam ad salutem excogitat. Ottava bandita 137 Ms A c D n
121 Love teaches music (Walther, Proverbia, 38477). The beginning of a desire for learning lies in teacher’s
ability. Canon dux and comes.
122 A friend loves you forever. Canon dux and comes.
123 The way to heaven is narrow, but that to perdition is wide.
124 You have avoided big stones, do not let the sand cover you.
125 Modern people enjoy brevity. (Walther, Proverbia, 32520).
126 If we must fall from heaven, I would like to have fallen already.
127 Love is conciliated by love.
128 One who answers before having listened shows himself to be a fool. (Walther, Proverbia, 24548a).
129 One who undervalues small things, slowly decays.
130 Glory overstrains through a tough path.
131 One who sails the sea tells its perils.
132 Human nature does not change with the colour of skin.
133 It is hard to change habits.
134 The river does not always have golden … [incomprehensible word].
135 The timid soldier rarely wins.
136 Iron sharpens iron. (Walther, Proverbia, 9361b).
137 The one who understands the situation finds the way to salvation.