Gesualdo Online is the website dedicated to the complete work of Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (1566-1613), one of the major composers of the late Italian Renaissance. The project collects the entire production of Carlo Gesualdo, which consists of more than 200 edited pieces of music and 39 references to the musical sources. Downloading is free of charge, with editions available in three formats: PDF, Sibelius and MEI files. In addition, Gesualdo Online proposes dynamic editions, in which the user can identify the variants attested in the different sources and choose the ones she or he prefers. This innovative proposal aims to encourage a rethinking of the basic principle of the critical edition.

Gesualdo Online makes available to our community of music lovers, musicians and researchers Gesualdo’s complete musical works as follows:

As for the incomplete compositions, we propose that users interested in Carlo Gesualdo’s music create accounts and contribute to the online edition with their own reconstructions.

Musicologists interested in contributing are invited to contact the responsible of the project, Philippe Vendrix.

Contributors

Arjmand Ailin

Belliot Hyacinthe

Besson Vincent

Blistain Max

Braud Augustin

Busnel Marc

Cassia Cristina

Da Col Paolo

Fiala David

Gurrieri Marco

Napoli Alberto

Vendrix Philippe


Agostino Agresta fl. 1601-after 1617†

Roles: Composer

Alessandro Gardano circa 1539-circa 1591

Roles: Bookseller ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Roles: Copyist/Scribe ; Lyricist-Poet

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Student

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner

Roles: Employer/Patron ; Lyricist-Poet ; Writer/Scientist

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner

Roles: Bookseller ; Printer/Publisher

Angelo Gardano circa 1540-1611

Roles: Bookseller ; Music printer

Roles: Lyricist-Poet

Ascanio Mayone circa 1565-1627

Roles: Composer ; Organist

Ascanio Meo fl. 1589-1616

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Member of a church (musician)

Bartolomeo Magni fl. 1611/1644

Roles: Bookseller ; Dedicator ; Editor ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Roles: Lyricist-Poet

Camillo Lambardi circa 1560-1634

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Member of a church (musician) ; Organist ; Tenor

Roles: Composer ; Dedicatee/Owner ; Employer/Patron ; Lutenist

Costantino Vitale fl. 1599/1610

Roles: Bookseller ; Music printer

Dattilo Roccia 1570/1580-after 1617

Roles: Composer ; Singer

Roles: Composer

Roles: Composer

Roles: Dedicator

Roles: Dedicator ; Editor ; Music printer

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Writer/Scientist

Roles: Music printer

Francesco Genvino 1580/1585-before 1633

Roles: Composer

Francesco Lambardi circa 1587-1642

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Organist

Francesco Roccia 1582-after 1613

Roles: Composer ; Organist

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Writer/Scientist

Roles: Bookseller

Roles: Bookseller ; Editor ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Giovanni de Macque 1548/1550-1614

Roles: Choirboy ; Choirmaster ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Organist ; Student ; Teacher

Roles: Bookseller ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Giovanni Maria Trabaci circa 1575-1647

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Organist

Roles: Dedicator ; Editor ; Music printer

Girolamo Montesardo circa 1580-fl. 1609

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Organist ; Singer

Roles: Printer/Publisher

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Member of a princely/private household ; Monastic Order ; Student ; Writer/Scientist

Roles: Lyricist-Poet

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner ; Employer/Patron

Livio Celiano 1557-1629

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Monastic Order ; Writer/Scientist

Lucrezio Nucci circa 1584-...

Roles: Music printer

Luigi Cassola circa 1480-before 1560

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Writer/Scientist

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner

Luigi Rossi circa 1598-1653

Roles: Composer ; Copyist/Scribe ; Instrumentalist ; Lutenist ; Member of a princely/private household ; Organist ; Singer ; Singing teacher

Roles: Dedicator ; Editor ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner

Mutio Effrem 1549-after 1640

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Editor ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Member of a princely/private household

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner

Roles: Dedicator

Roles: Lyricist-Poet

Ottavio Beltrano 1598-fl. 1652

Roles: Music printer

Roles: Bookseller ; Dedicator ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Roles: Printer/Publisher

Roles: Composer

Roles: Lyricist-Poet

Rocco Rodio circa 1535-after 1615

Roles: Composer ; Music theorist

Scipione Cerreto circa 1551-circa 1633

Roles: Composer ; Lutenist ; Music theorist

Roles: Composer ; Instrumentalist

Roles: Dedicator ; Editor

Scipione Stella 1558/1559-1622

Roles: Composer ; Dedicator ; Member of a princely/private household ; Monastic Order ; Organist

Simone Molinaro circa 1565-1634

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Editor ; Lutenist

Stefano Felis 1538-1603

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Priest

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Student ; Teacher ; Writer/Scientist

Tomaso Pecci 1576-1604

Roles: Composer ; Composer (no known polyphonic works preserved) ; Member of a princely/private household

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Member of a princely/private household ; Student

Vittorio Baldini fl. 1575-1618†

Roles: Bookseller ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

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Vendrix Philippe, Gesualdo Online (2013-2015), in RicercarDataLab [https://ricercardatalab.cesr.univ-tours.fr/projects/3/] (accessed 05 October 2025).

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