Amor, io sento l'alma (Arr. for Guitar)

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Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on December 20, 2021 at 22:20

Note the spelling variants. Scoti - Douglassi, Scotus. Have found others too. Escoto, Escotto, Scottini & others. I thought, adding the E would perhaps, be the key to finding more information regarding the family link to Spain? 

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on December 20, 2021 at 22:03

William, thank you for picking up the thread. 

He was clearly a powerhouse of an influencer, in his time. With publications in 3 languages  I read, that many of his writings on the occult were burned, at some point. Its strange, as there was an interesting 8-9 minute, Wiki video, about him on YouTube up until just a week ago. Was going to post it here, but video has dissapeared from YouTube. 

Comment by William Douglas on December 20, 2021 at 19:49

Girolamo Scotto (Hieronymus Scotus; also Gerolamo) (c.1505 – 3 September 1572) was an Italian printer, composer, businessman and bookseller of the Renaissance, active mainly in Venice . He is said to be descended from the Scoti-Douglassi family.  He was the most influential member of the firm of Venetian printers, the House of Scotto, which existed from the late 15th century until 1615. At its peak in the 1560s, the Scotto firm under Girolamo was one of the preeminent publishing firms of Europe, producing volumes on law, scholasticism, philosophy, medicine, theology, and ancient literature in addition to music. Only the firm of  Gardano produced more books of music in the 16th century than the House of Scotto under Girolamo; over half of Scotto's publications, 409 out of approximately 800 in total, were books of music

Scotto's music, all secular and vocal, was written for his market, and was largely didactic. He wrote 220 compositions which he published himself, many of them madrigals for two or three voices. 

Comment by J Ruaidri Douglas on December 20, 2021 at 14:51

& he was a composer. There are 19 songs from this collection.