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Marco Cara
12+ albums
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Marco Cara (also Marchetto Cara) (c. 1465 - after 1525) was an Italian composer. He was in the service of the Gonzaga court at Mantua from 1495 to 1525, in which year he was made a citizen of the town. He was Isabella d'Este's favorite composer, and along with Tromboncino was a master of the frottola form, writing over 100 of them, and putting Mantua on the musical map, Many of his works were published by Petrucci. He aimed to provide a light and airy texture appropriate to the frottola texts he set, which could also be successfully performed by voice and lute. His own singing to the lute was praised for its ,mourning sweetness' in Castiglione's Il cortegiano, and indeed he raised the frottola to a level where it anticipated the sophistication of the early madrigal. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Ostinato vo' seguire: Ostinato vo' seguire
782Per fuggir d'amor le punte: Per fuggir d'amor le punte
343Io non compro piu speranza 7
294Lo non compro più speranza
275Io non compro piu speranza
266Oime El Cuor
237Lo non compro più speranza: Lo non compro più speranza
198Io non compro più speranza
139Ostinato vo' seguire
1210"O mia ciecha e dura sorte"
12albums
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Frottole
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Alla Venetiana - Early 16th Century Venetian Lute Music
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Norton Recorded Anthology Of Western Music - Volume 1 (Disc 3)
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Norton Recorded Anthology Of Western Music - Volume 1 [Disc 3]
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Italian Airs and Dances
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Stolba Vol 1 (Disc 3)
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Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music Vol 1 Ancient to Baroque CD3
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Stolba Vol 1 [Disc 3]
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Early Music Festival, Florentine Music of the Sixteenth Century, Early Music Consort of London Disc 2
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Norton Recorded Anthology - Western Music - Ancient to Baroque - Disc 3
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A Florentine Festival
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Norton Anthology Of Western Music - Volume 1 [Disc 3]