This edition of canzoni villanesche for three voices (1545) and madrigals for four voices (1548) reflects the didactic bent of a Neapolitan composer, poet, teacher, and theorist whose works seem like paradigms of the musical and notational practices of his time. Cimello’s versatility is demonstrated in compositions ranging from refined settings of serious madrigal poems (many by local poets associated with the Accademia dei Sereni) to comical settings of his own poems in city dialect, including ...