However, many of these pieces now so frequently used by singers to begin their recitals are not really songs but arias from operas or cantatas. If some of the songs and arias of these composers still find a place in modern recital programmes, this is largely due to their inclusion in the collection of Arie antiche published by Alessandro Parisotti. 1527) the singer and composer Giulio Caccini (1545–1618) whose Euridice was one of the first operas, and whose song ‘Amarilli’ is perhaps the oldest still to retain a place in the modern concert repertoire the lutenist Andrea Falconieri (1586–1656) and many others.
Solo song in Italy emerged with the troubadors of the 15th and 16th centuries, with the songs of such composers as the lutenist Marchetto Cara (d.
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