Francesco Landini (c.1325-1397) was the most widely
praisedcomposer of the Italian rs !o"a# and a leadin$
representati"e of
the Florentine style which came to dominate s%&se'%ent
appraisalof the art and m%sic of the recento. Landinis life *
interests re+ectthe early h%manist mo"ement# and indeed some
acco%nts of the,enaissance place the ori$in of that phenomenon in
his time *place# with the school of the painter iotto di ondone
(12/7-1337).Landinis own father# 0acopo del asentino (c.131-139)#
was apainter of the school of iotto# and Francesco himself
contri&%tedpoetry in the style of 4ante# etrarch and occaccio.
Landinish%manist orientation manifested itself in his writin$s on
ethics and6illiam of c8hams new lo$ic# as well as in his
m%ltifaceted wor8 in
m%sic. lind since childhood# Landini was not only a
leadin$composer# &%t a prominent or$anist and desi$ner * t%ner
ofinstr%ments. Landini e"idently mastered instr%ments other than
theor$an# and has &een portrayed as an inte$ral mem&er of
Florentinesociety# adept at the er%dite philosophical * political
disc%ssionswhich mar8ed this increasin$ly self-aware a$e.
he nat%re of the s%rname attri&%ted to Landini
(sometimesLandino) is a matter of some de&ate# as he is named
only asFrancesco in m%sical so%rces. is place of &irth may ha"e
&een
Fiesole# and it seems he may ha"e spent some time in :enice
&efore137. In any case# the center of Italian m%sic in the rs
!o"a stylemo"ed from :enice to Florence d%rin$ the period# a period
d%rin$which Landini was the most prominent of an accomplished $ro%p
ofcomposers. e can &e connected directly to &oth Loren;o da
Firen;e(d.1372
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Italian# and almost entirely in the &allata form he
apparentlypioneered. F%lly 15 son$s are sec%rely attri&%ted to
Landini (1&allate?)# appro@imately two thirds of which are in
two parts with theremainder in three. =ome te@ts are almost
certainly &y Landini# andwhile some are 8nown to &e &y
others# most of the te@ts he set mayha"e &een his own. Landini
is the &est-represented composer inthe Squarcialupi Codex# the
most important sin$le so%rce for
recento sec%lar polyphony# while the %nnamedman%script Florence
Biblioteca nazionale 26was apparentlycompiled at least partially
%nder his direction. Landini wrote a&o%tone '%arter of the
s%r"i"in$ Italian rs !o"a sec%lar m%sic.
Landinis m%sic is 8nown for its pro$ressi"e tonal layo%t and
clearlydeAned parts. here is often a lo$ical formal desi$n to
Landinis
settin$s# and one characteristic cadence of the periodhas
&eennamed for him. ltho%$h it did not remain in fashion for
lon$#Landinis m%sic was %sed as a model &y Italian rs
=%&tiliorcomposers# who sometimes added new parts. It did not
s%r"i"e theFranco-Flemish ,enaissanceB the %se of the madri$al form
&y Landiniand other composers of his era is not connected to
the +owerin$ ofthat $enre in the 1/th cent%ry. =ince they were
redisco"ered inmodern times# howe"er# se"eral of Landinis son$s
(especially thetwo-part &allata Ecco la primavera) ha"e
remained pop%lar. Landinisclear melodic "ision and e@pressi"ity
ser"e to ass%re his m%sics
place in the rs !o"a repertory. owe"er# as one can easily
o&ser"e&y per%sin$ the followin$ disco$raphy# the maCority
of his wor8sha"e yet to &e recorded.
![Manual Fosa Landini[9]](https://img.dokumen.tips/doc/110x75/5571fb924979599169953ef3/manual-fosa-landini9.jpg)
