Pomponio Nenna
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Pomponio Nenna was a Neapolitan
Italian
composer of the Renaissance
. He is mainly remembered for his madrigal
s, which were influenced by Gesualdo
, and for his polychoral sacred motet
s, posthumously published as Sacrae Hebdomadae Responsoria in 1622.
, in the province of Puglia, at the southeastern extremity of Italy
. His father, Giovanni Battista Nenna, was a city official of Bari, and was the author of "Il Nennio : nel quale si ragiona di nobilta", a book on nobility and character, published in 1542.
Pomponio Nenna most likely studied with Stefano Felis
in Bari. In 1574 he published his first music, four villanellas which were included in collections of "Villanelle alla Napolitana", edited by Giovanni Jacopo de Antiquis, who may also have been one of his teachers. In 1582 Nenna dedicated his first book of madrigals to Fabrizio Carafa, the Duke of Andria
, near Bari. Fabrizio had nominated Nenna to be his successor. Fabrizio Carafa is also the man found in flagrante delicto
with the composer Don Carlo Gesualdo
's wife, both of whom were killed by Gesualdo's own hand in one of music history's most famous murders (1590). Nenna seems nonetheless to have been on terms of friendship with Gesualdo, and had dedicated music to him. As Gesualdo was also Prince of Venosa
, it may have been the most prudent political stance for Nenna to assume.
Nenna worked in the court of Gesualdo, between 1594 and 1599, at which time it was once thought that Gesualdo, then an amateur composer, studied with Nenna; but more recent musicological study suggests that the influence may have gone the other way.
Nenna's activities in the first decade of the 17th century are obscure, but he most likely was in Naples
from 1606 to 1607 and in Rome
in 1608. A curious remark concerning his skilled participation in a certain chess game in Naples in 1606 is recorded in a manuscript book of discourses.
In April 1600, Leonora d'Este, the more fortunate second wife of Gesualdo, wrote a letter to her brother, then Cardinal Alessandro d'Este in Rome, in which she recommends Pomponio Nenna to him. Thus it may have been his d'Este family connection that enabled him to profitably travel to Rome.
He died 25 July 1608 in Rome.
, and certainly he exchanged musical ideas with Gesualdo
. Some of Nenna's madrigals also make use of the antiphonal style of Andrea Gabrieli
.
Nenna wrote eight books of madrigals; however, copies of the second and third books are no longer extant. Because of this, the change from his earlier style as exhibited in the first book of madrigals to that of his more mature style of the fourth might appear startling.
His use of chromaticism and a highly imitative musical language is experimental for its time, and mirrored in the work of Gesualdo, indicating a close working relationship between the two. Nenna uses dissonance to build tensions that intimately reflect the passions expressed in the texts, and he employs imitative melodic and rhythmic patterns among the parts as they move towards points of conflict that then frequently resolve suddenly.
The chromatic structures are sometimes surprising, as in the beginning of "La mia doglia s'avanza", whose opening chords move from G minor to F-sharp major then D minor and finally C-sharp major, commencing a series of descending chromatic figures. In "L'amoroso veleno", the voices use small, chromatic ascending scales to mimic the poison which slowly creeps up to the victim's heart.
Interestingly, in more than one madrigal, he uses a repeated musical phrase, composed to the text, "Vita de la mia vita" (Light of my Life), apparently as a kind of aural signature, or perhaps as a veiled reference to a specific individual.
The fifth book of madrigals was dedicated to Nenna's patron, Fabritio Branciforte, while the sixth was dedicated to Diana Vittoria Carafa, the spouse of the seducer of Gesualdo's wife. The eighth book, published in 1618, was edited by Ferdinando Archilei, a doctor of laws, amateur musician and friend of Nenna's in Rome, and this fact might suggest that Nenna did not live to see its publication.
He also wrote sacred choral music, including Tenebrae
responsories for use during Easter and a psalm setting, all of which show a dignified and restrained approach, much in keeping with the Neapolitan style for liturgical music, and reflective of the work of the brothers Anerio
and Gesualdo
.
1st Book of Madrigals ("Il Primo Libro de madrigali à cinque voci"), 1613
(The 1st Book of Madrigals also contains madrigals by Stefano Felis
). In 1621 Carlo Milanuzzi
added the 'continuo' part to the book.
4th Book of Madrigals ("Il quarto libro de madrigali à cinque voci"), 2/1609, 1/1597?
5th Book of Madrigals ("Madrigali à Cinque voci. Quinto Libro."), 1603
...
6th Book of Madrigals ("Il Sesto Libro de Madrigali à cinque voci"), 1607
7th Book of Madrigals ("Il Settimo Libro de Madrigali à Cinque Voci"), 1608
8th Book of Madrigals ("L'Ottauo Libro de Madrigali à Cinque Voci"), 1618
(The 8th Book also contains the following madrigals by other composers:
Symphonia angelica di diversi eccellentissimi musici, 1585
Del signor Alessandro di Costanzo ... Il primo libro de' madrigali à quattro voci, 1606
Christ Church. MS Mus. 37 Richard Goodson Sr Manuscript, Madrigals by Pomponio Nenna
Bicinia
Bicinia sive cantiones suavissimae duarum vocum, 1609
Villanelle
Il secondo libro delle villanelle alla napolitana a tre voci, 1574
Motets
Sacrae Hebdomadae Responsoria, 1622
Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples, comprising the southern part of the Italian peninsula, was the remainder of the old Kingdom of Sicily after secession of the island of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. Known to contemporaries as the Kingdom of Sicily, it is dubbed Kingdom of...
Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
composer of the Renaissance
Renaissance music
Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance. Defining the beginning of the musical era is difficult, given that its defining characteristics were adopted only gradually; musicologists have placed its beginnings from as early as 1300 to as late as the 1470s.Literally meaning...
. He is mainly remembered for his madrigal
Madrigal (music)
A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three to six....
s, which were influenced by Gesualdo
Carlo Gesualdo
Carlo Gesualdo, known as Gesualdo di Venosa or Gesualdo da Venosa , Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, was an Italian nobleman, lutenist, composer, and murderer....
, and for his polychoral sacred motet
Motet
In classical music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions.-Etymology:The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is motectum, and the Italian...
s, posthumously published as Sacrae Hebdomadae Responsoria in 1622.
Life
Pomponio Nenna was born in BariBari
Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...
, in the province of Puglia, at the southeastern extremity of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. His father, Giovanni Battista Nenna, was a city official of Bari, and was the author of "Il Nennio : nel quale si ragiona di nobilta", a book on nobility and character, published in 1542.
Pomponio Nenna most likely studied with Stefano Felis
Stefano Felis
Stefano Felis, Latinized form of his last name 'Gatto', in English: 'cat' , was a Neapolitan Italian composer of the Renaissance, and the collaborator and probable teacher of composer Pomponio Nenna...
in Bari. In 1574 he published his first music, four villanellas which were included in collections of "Villanelle alla Napolitana", edited by Giovanni Jacopo de Antiquis, who may also have been one of his teachers. In 1582 Nenna dedicated his first book of madrigals to Fabrizio Carafa, the Duke of Andria
Andria
-Places:Italy*Andria, a city in the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani*Roman Catholic Diocese of Andria, a Roman Catholic diocese...
, near Bari. Fabrizio had nominated Nenna to be his successor. Fabrizio Carafa is also the man found in flagrante delicto
In flagrante delicto
In flagrante delicto or sometimes simply in flagrante is a legal term used to indicate that a criminal has been caught in the act of committing an offence...
with the composer Don Carlo Gesualdo
Carlo Gesualdo
Carlo Gesualdo, known as Gesualdo di Venosa or Gesualdo da Venosa , Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, was an Italian nobleman, lutenist, composer, and murderer....
's wife, both of whom were killed by Gesualdo's own hand in one of music history's most famous murders (1590). Nenna seems nonetheless to have been on terms of friendship with Gesualdo, and had dedicated music to him. As Gesualdo was also Prince of Venosa
Venosa
Venosa is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area. It is bounded by the comuni of Barile, Ginestra, Lavello, Maschito, Montemilone, Palazzo San Gervasio, Rapolla and Spinazzola....
, it may have been the most prudent political stance for Nenna to assume.
Nenna worked in the court of Gesualdo, between 1594 and 1599, at which time it was once thought that Gesualdo, then an amateur composer, studied with Nenna; but more recent musicological study suggests that the influence may have gone the other way.
Nenna's activities in the first decade of the 17th century are obscure, but he most likely was in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
from 1606 to 1607 and in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
in 1608. A curious remark concerning his skilled participation in a certain chess game in Naples in 1606 is recorded in a manuscript book of discourses.
In April 1600, Leonora d'Este, the more fortunate second wife of Gesualdo, wrote a letter to her brother, then Cardinal Alessandro d'Este in Rome, in which she recommends Pomponio Nenna to him. Thus it may have been his d'Este family connection that enabled him to profitably travel to Rome.
He died 25 July 1608 in Rome.
Music and influence
Nenna followed the Neapolitan stylistic trends of the time. He borrowed from the work of Giulio CacciniGiulio Caccini
Giulio Caccini , also known as Giulio Romano, was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer of the very late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the founders of the genre of opera, and one of the single most influential creators of the new Baroque style...
, and certainly he exchanged musical ideas with Gesualdo
Gesualdo
Gesualdo may refer to:*Gesualdo, Campania, a town in Italy*Gesualdo Bufalino , Italian writer*Carlo Gesualdo , Italian late Renaissance composer**Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices, a film about the composer...
. Some of Nenna's madrigals also make use of the antiphonal style of Andrea Gabrieli
Andrea Gabrieli
Andrea Gabrieli was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle of the somewhat more famous Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the Venetian School of composers, and was extremely influential in spreading the Venetian style in Italy as...
.
Nenna wrote eight books of madrigals; however, copies of the second and third books are no longer extant. Because of this, the change from his earlier style as exhibited in the first book of madrigals to that of his more mature style of the fourth might appear startling.
His use of chromaticism and a highly imitative musical language is experimental for its time, and mirrored in the work of Gesualdo, indicating a close working relationship between the two. Nenna uses dissonance to build tensions that intimately reflect the passions expressed in the texts, and he employs imitative melodic and rhythmic patterns among the parts as they move towards points of conflict that then frequently resolve suddenly.
The chromatic structures are sometimes surprising, as in the beginning of "La mia doglia s'avanza", whose opening chords move from G minor to F-sharp major then D minor and finally C-sharp major, commencing a series of descending chromatic figures. In "L'amoroso veleno", the voices use small, chromatic ascending scales to mimic the poison which slowly creeps up to the victim's heart.
Interestingly, in more than one madrigal, he uses a repeated musical phrase, composed to the text, "Vita de la mia vita" (Light of my Life), apparently as a kind of aural signature, or perhaps as a veiled reference to a specific individual.
The fifth book of madrigals was dedicated to Nenna's patron, Fabritio Branciforte, while the sixth was dedicated to Diana Vittoria Carafa, the spouse of the seducer of Gesualdo's wife. The eighth book, published in 1618, was edited by Ferdinando Archilei, a doctor of laws, amateur musician and friend of Nenna's in Rome, and this fact might suggest that Nenna did not live to see its publication.
He also wrote sacred choral music, including Tenebrae
Tenebrae
Tenebrae may refer to:* Tenebrae, a Christian worship service held during Holy Week * Tenebrae , a horror film by Dario Argento* Tenebrae , soundtrack album for the Dario Argento film...
responsories for use during Easter and a psalm setting, all of which show a dignified and restrained approach, much in keeping with the Neapolitan style for liturgical music, and reflective of the work of the brothers Anerio
Anerio
The brothers Anerio were two notable composers of Italy:*Felice Anerio *Giovanni Francesco Anerio These two brothers born at Narni, were great Roman masters of 16th century polyphony. Felice, the elder, was born about 1560, studied under G. M. Nanino and succeeded Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina...
and Gesualdo
Gesualdo
Gesualdo may refer to:*Gesualdo, Campania, a town in Italy*Gesualdo Bufalino , Italian writer*Carlo Gesualdo , Italian late Renaissance composer**Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices, a film about the composer...
.
Works
Madrigals1st Book of Madrigals ("Il Primo Libro de madrigali à cinque voci"), 1613
- "Eccomi pronta ai baci"
- "Candida man ti bacio"
- "Se la doglia e 'l martire"
- "Ancide sol la morte"
- "I tene miei sospiri"
- "Qual fora a donna"
- "Vedrò il mio sol - O mia luce o mia gioia"
- "Voi negate ch'io v'ami"
- "Asciugate i begli occhi"
- "S'allor che più sperai"
- "Ancide sol la morte"
- "Vivo mio sol tu giri"
- "Ahi, dispietata e cruda"
- "La mia doglia s'avanza"
- "Il tuo dolce candore"
- "S'io taccio il duol s'avanza"
- "Voi bramate ch'io more"
- "Se gli occhi vostr'io miro"
- "Sospir che dal bel petto"
- "Ripiglia Ergasto - Aure liete e soavi"
(The 1st Book of Madrigals also contains madrigals by Stefano Felis
Stefano Felis
Stefano Felis, Latinized form of his last name 'Gatto', in English: 'cat' , was a Neapolitan Italian composer of the Renaissance, and the collaborator and probable teacher of composer Pomponio Nenna...
). In 1621 Carlo Milanuzzi
Carlo Milanuzzi
Carlo Milanuzzi was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era.-Life:Carlo Milanuzzi was born in Santa Natoglia, or Esanatoglia in the Marche region, to Milanuzzo and donna Felice, probably around 1590, but not after 1592, the starting-date of the Baptismal Books of the town, in which no...
added the 'continuo' part to the book.
4th Book of Madrigals ("Il quarto libro de madrigali à cinque voci"), 2/1609, 1/1597?
- "Ahi dispietata vita"
- "Cruda Donna e pietosa"
- "O Donna troppo cruda e troppo bella"
- "S'io vivo"
- "Ma se da voi"
- "Deh s'io v'ho dato il core"
- "Ecco o mia dolce pena"
- "Lumi miei cari Lumi"
- "Volgete a me quei fugitivi rai"
- "Vuoi tu dunque partire?"
- "Non mi duol che non m'ami"
- "O gradite o sprezzate"
- "Che fai meco mio duolo"
- "Apri il sen alle fiamme"
- "Tu segui o bell'Aminta" (text by Clori)
- "Amoroso mio foco"
- "Invan cor mio tu brami"
- "Dovrò dunque morire"
- "Parto io si, ma il mio core"
- "Occhi miei che vedeste"
5th Book of Madrigals ("Madrigali à Cinque voci. Quinto Libro."), 1603
- "Deh! scoprite il bel seno"
- "Mercè, grido piangendo"
...
6th Book of Madrigals ("Il Sesto Libro de Madrigali à cinque voci"), 1607
- "Andianne à premer 'latte"
- "Viviamo amianci, ò mia gradita Ielse"
- "Voi sapete ch'io v'amo"
- "Ch'io non t'amor cor mio - Ma se tu sei quel core"
- "Legasti anima mia"
- "Chi prende Amora gioco"
- "Non può vana dolcezza - Del mio bel ciel sereno"
- "Se non miro io mi moro" (S'io non miro non moro)
- "Perch'io restasi in vita"
- "Ardo misero amante - Et mi'è si dolce"
- "Mentre ch'all'aureo crine"
- "Temer donna non dei"
- "Ecco ò dolce, ò gradita"
- "Filli mentre ti miro"
- "Quella candida mano"
- "Amorosetto Neo"
- "Così bella voi sete "
- "Felice era il mio core"
7th Book of Madrigals ("Il Settimo Libro de Madrigali à Cinque Voci"), 1608
- "S'egli è ver ch'io v'adoro"
- "Godea del sol i rai"
- "In due vermiglie labra"
- "Con le labra di rose"
- "Havera per la sua Ninfa"
- "Che non mi date aita"
- "Occhi belli ch'adoro"
- "Filli mia s'al mio seno"
- "Coridon del tuo petto"
- "L'amoroso veleno"
- "Non veggio il mio bel sole"
- "Sospir, baci, e parole"
- "Filli cor del mio core"
- "Ardemmo insieme bella donna, ed io"
- "Suggetemi suggete"
- "Ove stavi tu auvolto"
- "Fuggite pur fuggite"
- "Scherzava Amor, e Cori"
- "Amorosetto Neo"
8th Book of Madrigals ("L'Ottauo Libro de Madrigali à Cinque Voci"), 1618
- "Leggiadra pastorella in treccle d'oro"
- "Toito ch'in don' gli chieggio"
- "Rid' il Ciel' rid' il Sole"
- "All'apparir de Sole"
- "Già sospirai d'amore"
- "Incenerit è l'petto"
- "Il Ciel ti guardi amorosetta Armilla"
- "Piccioletta farfalla"
- "Lasso ch'io moro"
- "Tolse dal Ciel' due stelle"
- "Donna questo mio core"
- "Si gioioso mi fanno i dolor miei"
- "Filli non voi ch'io dica"
- "O man' candid' e cara"
(The 8th Book also contains the following madrigals by other composers:
- "E così vago il pianto" / G. Melcarne
- "Quando l'alba novella" / GesualdoGesualdoGesualdo may refer to:*Gesualdo, Campania, a town in Italy*Gesualdo Bufalino , Italian writer*Carlo Gesualdo , Italian late Renaissance composer**Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices, a film about the composer...
- "Quando mia cruda sorte" / G.Melcarne
- "All'ombra degl'allori" / GesualdoGesualdoGesualdo may refer to:*Gesualdo, Campania, a town in Italy*Gesualdo Bufalino , Italian writer*Carlo Gesualdo , Italian late Renaissance composer**Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices, a film about the composer...
- "Come vivi cor mio" / GesualdoGesualdoGesualdo may refer to:*Gesualdo, Campania, a town in Italy*Gesualdo Bufalino , Italian writer*Carlo Gesualdo , Italian late Renaissance composer**Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices, a film about the composer...
Symphonia angelica di diversi eccellentissimi musici, 1585
- "Torno amato mio bene"
Del signor Alessandro di Costanzo ... Il primo libro de' madrigali à quattro voci, 1606
- "S'io taccio il duol s'avanza"
Christ Church. MS Mus. 37 Richard Goodson Sr Manuscript, Madrigals by Pomponio Nenna
- "Madonna poi ch'ancider mi volete"
Bicinia
Bicinia sive cantiones suavissimae duarum vocum, 1609
- (Unrecorded chanson)
Villanelle
Il secondo libro delle villanelle alla napolitana a tre voci, 1574
- "Signora, io penso"
Motets
Sacrae Hebdomadae Responsoria, 1622
- "Plange quasi virgo", Sabbato Sancto, in I Nocturno, Responsorium III
- "In monte Oliveti"
- "Tristis est anima mea"
- "Tenebrae factae sunt"
- "O magnum mysterium"
- "Recessit pastor noster"
- "Caligaverunt"
Early Published Sources
- Il secondo libro delle villanelle alla napolitana a tre voci, de diversi musici di Barri; raccolte per I. de Antiquis, con alcune delle sue, novam. stamp / Venetia, Gardano, 1574. OCLC: 29934375
- Bicinia sive cantiones suavissimae duarum vocum : tam divinae musices tyronibus, quam eiusdem artis peritioribus magno usui futurae : nec non & quibusvis instrumentis accomodae ; ex praeclaris huius aetatis authoribus collectae / Antwerpen, Phalèse, 1609. RISMRism-References:rism- "ree-ss-mm" loldefenition- Rism is when a noob tries to post a thread on a forum trying to sell RIMS. But since the OP does not have enough post to sell on said forum, his thread will be locked but he will get flammed in the mean time...
1609/18 OCLC: 165564608 - Pomponii Nennae, Equitis Caesarei, Sacrae hebdomadae responsoria : quae feria quinta in Coena Domini, feria sexta in Parasceve, & Sabbato sancto ad matutinas quinque vocibus concinuntur : cum basso ad organum / Romae : Apud Io. Baptistam Robletum, 1622. OCLC: 67302522
- Responsorij di Natale, e di Settimana Santa : a quattro voci / In Napoli : Nella Stamparia di Ottauio Beltrano, 1622. RISM A/I; N 380. RISM B/I, 1622, 7. OCLC: 51561390
- Di Pomponio Nenna ... Il Primo Libro de madrigali à cinque voci. / In Venetia Appresso Angelo Gardano, 1582. OCLC: 165333223
- Symphonia angelica di diversi eccellentissimi musici a IIII. V. et VI. voci / Anversa, Phalèse & Bellère, 1585. OCLC: 31261501
- Del signor Alessandro di Costanzo ... Il primo libro de' madrigali à quattro voci / Napoli, Per Gio. Battista Sottile, 1604. Et ristampato [er Gio. Battista Gargano, &] per Lucretio Nucci. Si vendono alla libraria di Pietro Paolo Riccio, (1604), 1616. (Contains 3 madrigals at the end by Dentice, marked "newly added" and 2 in the center by Nenna, "S'io taccio" and "La mia doglia")
- Di Pomponio Nenna ... Il quarto libro de madrigali à cinque voci / Venetia : Angelo Gardano & Fratelli, 1609. OCLC: 472343647
- Di Pomponio Nenna ... Madrigali à Cinque voci. Quinto Libro. Nouamente Stampati. Canto. (Alto.) (Tenore.) (Basso.) (Quinto.) / Venetia : Appresso l'Herede di Angelo Gardano, 1612. OCLC: 497707442
- Di Pomponio Nenna ... Il Sesto Libro de Madrigali à cinque voci. Canto. (Alto.) (Tenore.) (Basso.) (Quinto.) / Napoli : Nella Stamperia di G. B. Sottile. Per S. Bonino, 1607. OCLC: 497707457
- Di Pomponio Nenna ... Il Sesto Libro de Madrigali à cinque voci. Nouamente Ristampati. Canto. (Alto.) (Tenore.) (Basso.) (Quinto.) Stampa del Gardano. / Venetia : Ære Bartholomæi Magni, 1614. OCLC: 497707473
- Di Pomponio Nenna ... Il Settimo Libro de Madrigali à Cinque Voci. Canto. (Alto.) (Tenore.) (Basso.) (Quinto.) / Napoli : Nella Stampa di G. B. Sottile, per S. Bonino, 1608. OCLC: 497707495
- Di Pomponio Nenna ... L'Ottauo Libro de Madrigali à Cinque Voci. Nouamente ... dati in luce da F. Archilei, etc. Canto. (Alto.) (Tenore.) (Basso.) (Quinto.) / Roma : Appresso G. B. Robletti, 1618. OCLC: 497707536
- Di Pomponio Nenna ... Il Primo Libro de madrigali à quattro voci. / (In Venetia Appresso Angelo Gardano?), 1613. Reprinted 1624.
Manuscripts
- Florence. Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale. Ms. (Magl.XIX.106bis). (Containing 10 madrigals by Nenna for four voices in score, most likely copied from the printed volume of 1621, and 12 ricercars by Giovanni de MacqueGiovanni de MacqueGiovanni de Macque was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, who spent almost his entire life in Italy...
)
- Christ Church. MS Mus. 37 Richard Goodson Sr Manuscript Madrigals by Pomponio Nenna (containing copies of 9 madrigals from the 1st Book, and 1 undetermined)
Recordings
- Nenna, "Pomponio Nenna : Madrigals and Motets". Accademia Monteverdiana; Denis StevensDenis StevensDenis William Stevens CBE was a British musicologist specialising in early music, conductor, professor of music and radio producer....
, director; Trinity Boys Choir, Croydon; Accademia Chorus : Nonesuch H-71277 STEREO 1973. LP OCLC: 80474420 - Nenna, "Neapolitan madrigals & motets". Gesualdo Consort; Gerald Place, dir. Libra Real Sound LRS 122 1982. Cassette OCLC: 24788991 (5 works, from Book 4, "S'io taccio", from Villanelle, "Signora, io penso"; from Book 5, "Mercè grido piangendo"; from Sacrae Hebdomadae, "O magnum mysterium", "Tristis est anima mea")
- Nenna, "Madrigals & motets from Renaissance Naples". Gesualdo Consort; Gerald Place, dir. ASV Quicksilva QS 6210 1982, 1997. CD OCLC: 40618819 (5 works, from Book 4, "S'io taccio", from Villanelle, "Signora, io penso"; from Book 5, "Mercè grido piangendo"; from Sacrae Hebdomadae, "O magnum mysterium", "Tristis est anima mea")
- Nenna, "Stabat Mater". Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Verona; Alberto Turco, dir. Bongiovanni GB 5023-2 1989. CD OCLC: 25881897 (1 work, from Sacrae Hebdomadae: "Recessit pastor noster")
- Nenna, "Italia mia". Huelgas EnsembleHuelgas EnsembleThe Huelgas Ensemble is a Belgian early music group formed by the Flemish conductor Paul Van Nevel in 1971. The group's performance and extensive discography focuses on renaissance polyphony...
; Paul Van NevelPaul Van NevelPaul Van Nevel is a Belgian conductor, musicologist and art historian. In 1971 he founded the Huelgas Ensemble, a choir dedicated to polyphony from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Van Nevel is known for hunting out little known polyphonic medieval works to perform.He grew up in a musical...
, dir. Series: Vivarte. Sony Classical SK 48065 1992. CD OCLC: 26994214 (2 works, from Book 4, "Ancide sol la morte", "La mia doglia s'avanza") - Nenna, "Polifonia sacra a Napoli tra XVI e XVIII secolo". Ensemble Vocale di Napoli; Antonio Spagnolo, dir. Foné 94 F 01 1994. CD OCLC: 33015447 (2 works from Sacrae Hebdomadae, "In monte Oliveti", "Caligaverunt")
- Nenna, "Spesso gli leglo : Neapolitan madrigals of the 16th and 17th century". Ensemble Vocale di Napoli; Antonio Spagnolo, dir. Edition: Tonträger. Series: The Golden Age of Naples. Niccolo 2000. CD OCLC: 254876794
- Nenna, "Il primo libro de' madrigali à 4 voci, Napoli, 1613". Ensemble Vocale Palazzo Incantato, Sergio Lella, dir. Tactus TC551401 2001. CD OCLC: 52724705
- Nenna, "Barock im Vatikan". Gambenensemble "The Earle his Viols", (Irene Klein, Jessica Marshall, Brigitte Gasser, Randall Cook) ; Evelyn TubbEvelyn TubbSoprano Evelyn Tubb is a long-time member of The Consort of Musicke and one of the world's greatest early music specialists, known for her innovative and original performances. She originally comes from the Isle of Wight and studied piano, trumpet, violin and singing...
, soprano ; Marie Nishiyama, harp. Marc Aurel Edition MA 20030 2005. CD OCLC: 70866662 (2 works: "S'io taccio il duol s'avanza" ; "Ecco, o mia dolce pena") - Nenna, "La Tavola Cromatica". Evelyn TubbEvelyn TubbSoprano Evelyn Tubb is a long-time member of The Consort of Musicke and one of the world's greatest early music specialists, known for her innovative and original performances. She originally comes from the Isle of Wight and studied piano, trumpet, violin and singing...
, soprano; The Earle His Viols, Richard EarleRichard EarleRichard Bethell Earle was born 4 October, 1827 in Driffeld and died 2 April, 1884 in Southwell. He was an England cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire in the late 1850's to the early 1860's.- External Links :* from Cricinfo....
, (Irene Klein, Jessica Marshall, Brigitte Gasser, Randall Cook), Marie Nishiyama, harp. Raum Klang 2302 CD 2006. - Nenna, "O dolorosa gioia". Concerto ItalianoConcerto ItalianoConcerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well-known for their interpretations of Monteverdi and Vivaldi, among others.The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, and made its Rome debut with Francesco Cavalli's La Calisto in 1984...
; Rinaldo AlessandriniRinaldo AlessandriniRinaldo Alessandrini is a virtuoso on Baroque keyboards, including harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ. He is founder and conductor of the Italian early music ensemble Concerto Italiano, performing music of Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Couperin, J. S. Bach, and others...
, dir. Opus 111 P2000 2006. CD OCLC: 493128846 (1 work, from Book 4, "Occhi miei che vedeste")
External links
- "Ahi dispietata e cruda" by Pomponio Nenna - Loredana Nocerino, Marcella del Monaco, Guido Ferretti and Sergio Petrarca of Ensemble Vocale di Napoli, Antonio Spagnolo, dir. - live performance in Capodimonte, 2004.
- "Eccomi pronta ai baci" by Pomponio Nenna - Francesca Zurzolo, Marcella del Monaco, Guido Ferretti and Sergio Petrarca of Ensemble Vocale di Napoli, Antonio Spagnolo, dir. - live performance in Capodimonte, 2004.
- "Recessit Pastor Noster" by Pomponio Nenna, performance by Corale Polifonica Psalterium.