Notes from the Silver City of the Holy Roman Empire

During this trip we have an opportunity to visit the studio of one of the great artists of the German renaissance; Albrecht Dürer. Early on a cool July morning in 1494 we have reached the Tiergärtner Platz.
Standard Operating Procedures dictate that anachronistic technology may not be used, so I am inserting a 21st century photograph of Dürer's house. It is encouraging to note that this part of the town has changed very little despite some devastating attacks by the Allied Forces during the Second World War.
The red-timbered house is a double focus of interest for this trip since Dürer bought it from the heirs of the noted astronomer, Bernhard Walther.
The picture to the left is Albrecht's new wife, Agnes, daughter of Herr Frey, a craftsman in copper and brass (materials which Dürer himself often uses for engravings). With the benefit of a historical perspective, I can tell you now that Agnes' arranged marriage was, for want of a better word lacklustre. For Albrecht, marriage was a prerequisite imposed by the Burghers of the city if he wished to open his own workshop. For Agnes, if she does not have a particularly romantic relationship with Albrecht, and will never have children, at least she has the prestige of being the mistress of the household of a respected merchant and internationally famous artist.
Sadly, Albrecht is already busy with new commissions, and cannot spare the time to entertain the "idle curiosity of casual guests, however esteemed". However, Agnes is much more approachable and suggests that later in the day we might pay a visit to her father's workshop.
It turns out that her father is not only a skilled craftsman, but also a harper of some renown in the city. Not a mastersinger himself, but sometimes called upon to accompany contestants in the singing contests of the guild of mastersingers for which the city is famed.
At around 3pm, Herr Frey has excused himself from his workshop and escorted us back to his house where he is keen to perform for us a song by Heinrich Isaaks for which he recently obtained written music from a travelling ballad-seller. At this time, Isaaks has relatively recently been forced to find alternative employment as a result of the banishment of the Medici family from Florence following the French invasion, and it seems that he is making full use of his connections with the woodblock printing craftsmen of his native land to disseminate his music, and thereby earn an honest Florin.
The song which has Agnes' father so excited is Ne piu bella di queste, performed at the celebrations for the marriage of Emperor Maximilian I to Bianca Maria Sforza in Innsbruck in March, and he is keen to perform this song for us on his chamber harp, an instrument slightly larger than the bardic harp favoured by the celts.

X:13 % number
T:Ne piu bella di queste % title
C:Heinrich Isaaks % composer
O:Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Pal. 1178 % origin.
M:4/2 % meter
L:1/4 % length of shortest note
Q:160 % tempo
K:F % key
V:1 name="Superius" sname="S." % voice 1
V:2 name="Tenorius" sname="T."
V:3 name="Altus" sname="A."
V:4 name="Bassus" sname="B."
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V:1
F4 | F2 F2 G2 G2 | A4 G4 | c4 c2 B2-|B2 A3 G/F/ G2 |
w:Ne piu bel-la di que-ste, ne piu de_____
w:lu-non ve-de-te che nel ciel su re_____
V:2
c4 | A3 B c2 c2 | c4 c4 | G4 c2 B2-|B2 f2 d2 e2 |
w:Ne piu bel-la di que-ste, ne piu de_____
w:lu-non ve-de-te che nel ciel su re_____
V:3
f4 | c2 d2 e2 e2 | f4 e4 | c4 c2 d2-|d G c2 B4 |
w:Ne Piu bel-la di que-ste, ne piu de____
w:lu-non ve-de-te che nel ciel su re____
V:4
F,4 | F,2 F,2 C,2 C,2 | F,4 C,4 | C,4 C,2 G,2-|G,2 F,2 G,4 |
w:Ne piu bel-la di que-ste, ne piu de___
w:lu-non ve-de-te che nel ciel su re___
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V:1
A4 | z2 A2 A2 A2 | B3 A G2 F2 | E4 :|
w:gnia si truo-va'al-cu-na'i-de--a:
w:gnia ve-de-te Ci-the--re-a,
V:2
d4 | z2 f2 f2 f2 | f3 f _e2 d2 | c4 :|
w:gnia si truo-va'al-cu-na'i-de-a:
w:gnia ve-de-te Ci-the-re--a,
V:3
A4 | z2 c2 c2 c2 | d3 c B2 A2 | G4 :|
w:gnia si truo-va'al-cu-na'i-de--a:
w:gnia ve-de-te Ci-the-re--a,
V:4
D,4 | z2 F,2 F,2 F,2 | B,,2 B,,2 _E,2 F,2 | C,4 :|
w:gnia si truo-va'al-cu-na'i-de--a:
w:gnia ve-de-te Ci-the-re--a,
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V:1
z4 z4 | z4 z4 | z4 A2 A A | B2 A G2 F2 E | F4 z4 |
w:ve-de-te qui Mi-ner---va;
V:2
z4 e2 e e | f2 e d2 c2 =B | c2 z2 f2 f f | f2 _e>d c d c2 | c2 z2 A2 A A |
w:ma-dre dol-ze d'a-mo---re; ve-de-te qui Mi-ner----va; che gl'in-ge-
V:3
z4 z4 | z4 z4 | z4 c2 c c | d2 c B A B G2 | F2 z2 c2 c c |
w:ve-de-te qui Mi--ner---va; che gl'in-ge-
V:4
z4 G,2 G, G, | A,2 G, F, E, F, D,2 | C,2 z2 F,2 F, F, | B,,2 C, _E, F, B,, C,2 | F,4 z4 |
w:ma-dre dol-ze d'a--mo---re; ve-de-te qui Mi--ner---va;
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V:1
z4 z4 | z4 G2 G G | A2 G A G c2 =B | c4 |
w:e'l mar-ti-al fu--ro---re
V:2
B2 A c B/A/G/F/ G2 | F4 z4 | z4 z4 | z4 |
w:gni con--ser-----va,
V:3
d2 c>d e f2 e | f2 z2 e2 e e | f2 e f e c d2 | c4 |
w:gni con--ser---va, e'l mar-ti-al fu--ro---re
V:4
z4 z4 | z4 C,2 C C | F,2 C, F, G, A, G,2 | C,4 |
w:e'l mar-ti-al fu--ro---re
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V:1
[M:6/2] A2 A2 A2 | B4 B2 A4 A2 | G2 F2 G2 A2 F4 | E4 z4 z4|
w:do-ma coll' ar-te'et col-la sa----pien-za:
V:2
[M:6/2] F2 F2 F2 | B3 c d e f4 f2 | e2 f2 e2 c2 d4 | G4 z4 z4 |
w:do-ma coll' ar--te'et- col-la sa-----pien-za:
V:3
[M:6/2] c2 c2 c2 | d4 B2 c4 d2 | e2 d3 c c4 =B2 | c4 z4 z4|
w:do-ma coll' ar-te'et col-la sa---pien--za:
V:4
[M:6/2] A,2 A,2 A,2 | G,4 G,2 F,4 F,2 | C,2 D,2 E,2 F,2 D,4 | C,4 z4 z4 |
w:do-ma coll' ar-te'et col-la sa----pien-za:
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V:1
[M:4/2] E2 E E | D2 D2 C>D E F | G B A G2 F2 E | F4 F4 |]
w:ve-nu-ti'in-sie-me'ad a-bi-tar Fio-ren------za._
V:2
[M:4/2] G2 G G | F2 F2 f2 e d | c G A c2 B c2 | c4 c4 |]
w:ve-nu-ti'in-sie-me'ad a--bi-tar Fio-ren----za._
V:3
[M:4/2] c2 c c | B2 B2 A c2 B/A/ | G2 F E F2 G2 | F4 F4 |]
w:ve-nu-ti'in-sie-me'ad a--bi--tar_ Fio-ren--za._
V:4
[M:4/2] C,2 C, C, | D,2 B,,2 F,2 C, D, | E,2 F, C, D,2 C,2 | F,4 F,4 |]
w:ve-nu-ti'in-sie-me'ad a--bi-tar_ Fio-ren--za._

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