Dialogo a dieci (Varotto, Michele)

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Editor Allen Garvin (b. 1969)
Publisher. Info. Hawthorne Early Music, 2020.
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Work Title Dialogo a dieci
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Composer Varotto, Michele
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IMV 1
Key G Mixolydian mode
First Publication. 1586 in Fiamma ardente de madrigali et canzoni à 5 voci (Ricciardo Amadino press, Venice)
Librettist Anonymous
Language Italian, French, Spanish
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Renaissance
Piece Style Renaissance
Instrumentation 10 voices

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This piece features 10 characters speaking in different languages or dialects: Venetian, Bergamascan, Napolitan, Spanish, Milanese, Bolognese, Sicilian, Genoese, French, and a Gypsy Italian dialect. Four pairs of characters are talking to one another, why the gypsy character sings a lullaby, and the French (in a walloon dialect) sings a chanson. Zanni (from Bergamo) and il Magnifico (from Venice) are stock characters from the Commedia dell'Arte.