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Brunelli, Antonio: Ballo

for 5 voices or instruments.

Antonio Brunelli was born in Pisa c. 1575, and died there c. 1630. Apart from a study period in Rome he seems to have spent most of his working life in and around Pisa. He was close to important figures in the musical life of Florence, including Caccini and Peri.
The present balletto comes from his Scherzi, Arie, Canzonette e Madrigali... a una, due e tre voci... Libro Terzo, published in Venice in 1616. It was apparently performed in front of the Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1614; the text praises the women of Pisa, with references to their golden tresses, and to the god of Love. The composer supplies two versions of the balletto, one with text in five parts, and a second for a single instrument and continuo. Both are included here, which can be combined in various ways: the instrumental version can be used in alternation with the vocal one, or even simultaneously.
The original note values have been retained. The first section is notated in duple time in the original: it clearly requires a substantially slower tempo than the subsequent galliard.
The balletto is preceded by the following note: Questo Balletto se bene è à 5. si può cantare a une voce sola cioè il primo soprano, o à 2, cio i due soprani quli si possono cantare ancore in Tenore. It can be performed just with the canto and continuo, or with the top two parts and continuo, and these parts may be performed down an octave.