1. MUSIC IN COMMEDIA DELL’ ARTE Week Five

2. Find clues of music in Commedia... "... there are numerous references to what types of music might have been played on the guitars of Brighella or Scapino. These would have ranged from the popular sarabonde to the ciaccona, or included examples from the Mannerist madrigali, in which music was set to imitazione delle parole (that is, without traditional measures, or verse/chorus formats)."

3. Sarabande Handel - Sarabande

4. Ciaccona Bach's Ciaccona - Olga Goija (Solo Viola)

5. Madrigali A group of musical performers singing traditional Renaissance and medieval music — a cappella madrigals, folk songs, ballads, chants and carols, almost all of it written prior to 1650. Madrigali seeks to bring this once wildly popular music back to life, not in some stuffy academic setting, but full of spirit, colour, drama, and emotion — romantic, fanciful, bawdy, joyous. A song form that uses chromatics and close harmonies. Madrigali a quattro voci

6. Tarantella Tarantella style music.

7. Moresca Music Tafelmusik performs Monteverdi, Moresca

8. Who plays what in Commedia? Traditionally, the character with the most musical skill is Brighella, he plays anything and sings. Brighella and his variants are most frequently depicted with musical instruments. The most common instrument is the guitar, followed by the lute. After Brighella, the most frequently pictured musician is Scramouche, another Zanni, also playing a guitar. Very close is Isabella, the innamorata. She always plays the lute. The only two masks who do not show up with instrument in hand is Capitano and Il Dottore. However it must be remembered that a lot of the characters were playing instruments that matched the skill set of the actor. We know the common instruments played through depictions in illustrations.

10. STRINGS. GUITAR: Brighella, multiple illustrations Scaramouche by Sand & multiple others Pulcinella by Severini & multiple others Scapino by Minaggio Arlecchino by Picasso Pierrot by Watteau Zanni, multiple, including Fritellino by Callot & Francken Mezzetino (variant of Brighella) by Watteau Flautino (variant of Brighella) by Bonnart Buffetto (variant of Brighella) by Cantu' Leandro, the lover Isabella, the lover by Watteau & by Gillot

11. Strings... MANDOLIN: Arlecchino by Picasso & multiple others Pierrot Columbina Pulcinella by Marchiore

12. Strings... COLASCIONE: Trivellino (variant of Arlecchino) by Sand Metzetin (variant of Brighella) by Callot Razullo (variant of Zani) by Callot Lucia Mia (variant of Zani) by Callot Coviello by Fr. Bertelli

13. Strings... VIOL DA BRACCIA (early violin): multiple Zanni including Zany Corneto Scaramouche Pierrot Leandro VIOL DA GAMBA (early cello): multiple Zanni multiple unmasked characters who appear to be musicians ZITHER: multiple Zanni including by G. Tiepolo & by Callot CONCERT ZITHER: Zany by Geijn Polichinelle (French variant of Pulcinella) by Fruijtiers Leandro, the lover

14. Winds FLUTES end-blown or transverse-blown: Brighella, Ottavio, the lover by Sand Pantalone Pulcinella by Picasso Multiple Zanni RECORDER: Mezzetino by Probst SHAWM: Pulcinella PIPE & TABOR: Zanni BAGPIPE: multiple Zanni

15. Brass CORONET: Zanni Leandro, the lover SACKBUT: musicians

16. Percussion DRUMS: various sizes played by hand or drumstick Pulcinella Dancers various, mostly female TAMBOURINE: various sizes Francishina by Callot Bernovalla by Callot