When I started this site in 1996, there was a bit of a lack of Early Music (especially vocal and secular) MIDIs on the net, so I thought I should put some of my own, selfmade, favourite MIDIs here. Not files collected off the Net, as so many people do, but files that I've created in a very time-consuming manner.

I herewith grant you free use of the files for private purposes, but in return I do request a link to this page and mentioning my name (that's Alexa). That's not too much asked, is it?

This page is now divided into two for faster loading. Just to confuse you, the order is roughly temporal (by birth date of the composer) rather than alphabetic.


[Lasso] [Merulo] [Monteverdi] [Merula] [Cavalli] [Purcell] [Campra] [Montéclair] [Vivaldi] [Händel] [Hasse] [Pergolesi] [Mozart]



Orlando di Lasso (1532? - 1594)

portrait of Orlando Matona mia cara (Canzon a 4 voci, 12K)
S'io fusse ciaul'et tu (Canzon a 4 voci, 6K)
Un jeune moine es sorti du couent (Chanson à 4 voix, 12K)
Lucia, celu, celu (Moresca a 4 voci, 1581, 16K)
Vignon, vignon, vignette (Chanson à 6 voix, 1584, 8K)

[Top] [Lasso's bio]

Claudio Merulo (1533-1604)

Canzona 1 (12K)
Canzona 2 (8K)
Canzona 3 (13K)
[Top]

 

Anonymous

Carro della morte (4K) *
[Top]

 

William Byrd (c.1543-1623)

Ye sacred muses (6K) *
[Top]

 

Carlo Gesualdo (c.1543-1623)

Ecco, morirò dunque (3K) *
[Top]

 

Ivo de Vento (c.1544-1575)

Die weiber mit den flöhen (4K)
[Top]

 

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Ave Maria (5K) *
[Top]

 

John Coprario (c.1575-1626)

When pale famine (3K) *
[Top]

Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

portrait of Monteverdi Madrigali
E così a poco a poco (Madrigale a 6 voci, 16K)
La fiera vista (Canzonetta a 3 voci, 5K)
Vita de l'alma mia (Canzonetta a 3 voci, 3K)
Altri canti d'Amor (Madrigale a 6 voci, 1638, 63K)
Ogni amante è guerrier (Madrigale a doi tenori, 1638, 20K)

L'Orfeo (1608)
Toccata (3K)
Lasciate i monti (11K)
Ecco pur, ch'a voi ritorno (6K)
Vi ricorda, o boschi ombrosi (15K)
Tu se' morta (4K)
Possente spirto (19K)
Qual honor di te sia degno (9K)
Saliam cantando (7K)
---> all of Orfeo ZIPed (31K)

Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (1624) excerpts:
Ne vol Tancredi+Notte, che nel profondo (10K)
Piaciati ch'indi il tragga+Odi le spade (23K)
Tre volte il cavalier+Gli occhi tuoi pagheran (12K)

[Top] [Monteverdi's bio]

 

Tarquinio Merula (c1590-1665)

Scores from Studio aHOyo
La Cattarina a doi violini (1637, 10K)
La Strada a doi violini e violone (1637, 24K)

[Top]

 

Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602 - 1676)

L'Ormindo (1644)
Sinfonia (6K)
Miracolo d'Amore (13K)
Mai voli ch'il mio core (15K)
Se nel sen di giovinetti (10K)
Se mi cinge (17K)
Auree trecce inanellate (14K)
Volevo amar anch'io (26K)
Mio core, respira (11K)
Che città che città (28K)
Invan spendete l'oro (30K)
Non vorrei morir (20K)
[Top] [Cavalli's bio] [Top]


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The MIDI files marked with an asterisk (*) are donations from Linda. Thank you, Linda!


The greatest problem in making these MIDIs is getting my hands on the score. I have a good library in town, but still - they mainly serve the mainstream taste. If you have any scores in whatever form (paper, electronic) may I ask you to eMail them? My wanted-list, i.e. the ones I want to do most, is as follows:

Please contact me if you've got a score of any of these. I shall be eternally grateful. And you'll get an honourable mentioning of your name, be it real life (TM) name or net alias, whatever you prefer. Isn't that an offer? :)



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