Mapping the Presence of Paduan Repertoire in European Anthologies in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century.

During their century-old activity, the cappella of the Basilica del Santo and that of the Cathedral of Padua welcomed among their collaborators such outstanding figures as Costanzo Porta, Luigi Balbi, Lelio Bertani, Amadio Freddi, Leandro Gallerano, and many others. Some of their compositions were included, alongside those of other chapel masters working in similar Italian chapels, in several collections printed in various European cities: Heidelberg, Munich, Nuremberg, Frankfurt, Antwerp, and Strasbourg. The aim of the present paper is a mapping the compositions of Paduan composers within the collections printed in Europe during the first half of the 17^th century. In particular the attention will focus on the case of Il Trionfo di Dori (Venice, 1592) that was provided with German texts by Johann Lyttich (Nuremberg, 1612-1613) and Martin Rinckart (Leipzig, 1619). Beside that, the paper will investigate the channels that might have allowed these compositions to reach the various cities in which they were printed and the possible reasons for their large diffusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]