Explore the sensuous and expressive qualities of Italian music in Leonhard Lechners's light and inventive German songs first published in Nürnberg in 1576.
Villanellas, lighthearted and rustic part-songs of Italian origin, were introduced to Germany by Ivo de Vento in 1573 and soon came into fashion with the work of Jacob Regnart. In 1576, Leonard Lechner (1553 - 1606) set off to refine the genre with the publication of his German vianellas. He dispensed with obscene texts and adopted madrigal-inspired means of expression as well as a solid contrapuntal technique while adhering to the songs loosely structured form. During his ten years in Nuremberg, Lechner succeeded to create a new type of Gesellschaftslied (social song) that was a great fit for the free imperial city’s flourishing musical societies.
Recorders
Intermediate, A=440
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