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Preface

Ludovico Ariosto's primary poetic work, Orlando Furioso, was one of the most significant works of epic poetry in early modern Europe. Initially conceived as a sequel to Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato (pub. c.1482), it far eclipsed the latter in popularity and influence. The first edition of Orlando Furioso was published in 1516 with 40 cantos. Ariosto then spent the next 16 years revising it and adding more work, eventually making 46 cantos in the final edition of 1532.

The work proved especially fertile in providing texts for the Italian madrigalists throughout the 16th and early 17th centuries, with hundreds of settings extant, second only to Petrarca as a poetic source. Most were chosen for pastoral or love themes, with a few madrigal composers choosing dramatic excerpts or cycles. From the 17th through 19th century, a large number of composers across Europe drew inspiration from multiple story lines of the epic for operas.

Madrigal settings

Canto I

• 1: Le donne, i cavallier, l'arme, gli amori
  • 1554, Jacquet de Berchem
  • 1561, Hoste da Reggio
• 2: Diro d'Orlando in un medesmo tratto
  • 1561, Jacquet de Berchem
• 22: Oh gran bonta de' cavallieri antiqui
  • 1561, Jacquet de Berchem
• 27: Ricordati, pagan, quando uccidesti
  • 1561, Jacquet de Berchem
• 40: Pensoso piu d'un'ora a capo basso
  • 1571, Sessa d'Aranda
• 41: Pensier (dicea) che 'l cor m'agghiacci ed ardi
  • 1569, Orlando di Lasso
• 42: La verginella è simile alla rosa
  • 1548, Francesco Viola
  • 1556, Vincenzo Ruffo
  • 1557, Bartolomeo Spontone
  • 1558, Giaches de Wert
  • 1567, Marco Antonio de Pordenon
  • 1568, Baldassare Donato
  • 1575, Andrea Gabrieli
  • 1579, Marco Antonio Ingegneri
  • 1584, Giovanni Battista Mosto
  • 1588, William Byrd
• 43: Ma non si tosto dal materno stelo
• 44: Sia Vile agli altri, e da quel solo amata
  • 1561, Jacquet de Berchem
• 48: Mentre costui cosi s'affligge e duole
  • 1561, Jacquet de Berchem
• 54: Pieno di dolce e d'amoroso affetto
  • 1561, Jacquet de Berchem
• 58: Corro la fresca e matutina rosa

Canto II

• 1: Ingiustissimo Amor, perché sì raro
  • 1537, Jacques Arcadelt
  • 1541, Girolamo Scotto
  • 1542, Alfonso dalla Viola
  • 1543, Costanzo Festa
  • 1545, Vincenzo Ruffo
  • 1547, Hoste da Reggio
  • 1562, Claudio Merulo
  • 1564, Gioan Paien