Angelo Poliziano
Agnolo (or Angelo) Ambrogini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaɲɲolo ambroˈdʒiːni]; 14 July 1454 – 24 September 1494), commonly known as Angelo Poliziano (Italian: [ˈandʒelo politˈtsjaːno]) or simply Poliziano, anglicized as Politian, was an Italian classical scholar and poet of the Florentine Renaissance. His scholarship was instrumental in the divergence of Renaissance (or Humanist) Latin from medieval norms and for developments in philology. His nickname Poliziano, by which he is chiefly identified to the present day, was derived from the Latin name of his birthplace, Montepulciano (Mons Politianus).
Poliziano's works include translations of passages from Homer's Iliad, an edition of the poetry of Catullus and commentaries on classical authors and literature. It was his classical scholarship that brought him the attention of the wealthy and powerful Medici family that ruled Florence. He served the Medici as a tutor to their children, and later as a close friend and political confidant. His later poetry, including La Giostra, glorified his patrons.
He used his didactic poem Manto, written in the 1480s, as an introduction to his lectures on Virgil.
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Se tu sapesti el duol che Vahna acquista - From "Ms Modena, Biblioteca Estense e Universitaria, α.F.9.9, f. 27v-28" - Alternative Text from Marino’s "L’Adone", "Io chiamo te per cui" - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Opera nova de balli: No. 22. Il ben ti vegna - No. 19. Bandera - No. 9. La falilela - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Viva viva li galanti li amorosi tucti quanti che non - From the "Manuscript No. I-PEc MS 431" - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Se per fedel servir morte patisco - From "Ms Modena, Biblioteca Estense e Universitaria, α.F.9.9, f. 42v-43" - Alternative Text from Marino’s "L’Adone", "Là nella region ricca e felice" - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Madrigali, Libro 3: No. 6. O dolce nocte, "O dolce nocte, o sanct'Hore nocturn'et quete" - Instrumental Version with 4 Flutes - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Sine nomine - From "Ms Modena, Biblioteca Estense e Universitaria, α.F.9.9, f. 24v-25" - Alternative Text from Marino’s "L’Adone", "In una parte del superbo e bello uscio" - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Il vero secondo libro de madrigali: No. 24. Donna, quando pietosa, "Donna, quando pietosa ver me gli occhi volgete" - Consort Diminutions in the Style of Sylvestro Ganassi by Mara Winter - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Poi che la lingua mia tacendo dice - From "Ms Modena, Biblioteca Estense e Universitaria, α.F.9.9, f. 28v–29" - Alternative Text from Marino’s "L’Adone", "Co I bianchi cigni" - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Intabulatura de Lauto, Libro 4: No. 23. Calata de strambotti - No. 17. Pavana alla Ferrarese (II. Saltarello - III. Piva) - Versions for Consort of Traversos by Mara Winter - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci: No. 1. Il bianco e dolce cigno, "Il bianco e dolce cigno cantando more" - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Lute Improvisation on "Se lieta e grata morte" - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Madrigali a 4 voci, Libro 1: No. 15. Se lieta e grata morte, "Se lieta e grata morte da gli occhi di madonna" - Diminutions for Solo Flute in the Style of Sylvestro Ganassi by Mara Winter - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Balletti a cinque voci: No. 14. Caccia d'amore, "Queste correnti linfe" - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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O del mondo Tiranno - Alternative Text for "Vidi hor cogliendo rose", No. 61 from "Frottole, Libro 7 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Venice, 1507" - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Tutti i madrigali a quattro voci, libro 2: No. 28. Mia benigna fortuna (Pt. 1) - Crudele accerba (Pt. 2) - Versions for Consort of Traversos by Mara Winter - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Musica Nova - Madrigal a 4 voci: No. 30. Questa anima gentil, "Questa anima gentil che si diparte" - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Non val acqua al mio gran fuoco - No. 20 from "Frottole, Libro 1 - Venice, 1504" - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Il primo libro de balli: No. 13. Tedescha - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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Il primo libro de balli: No. 12. Schiarazula Marazula, "Son due fiaccole ardenti" - Vocal Version with Giambattista Marino's Text - Adonia - 16th Century Italian Music to Lament a Fallen God -
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