The supporting parts of the composition were transferred from voices to instruments apparently with little trouble.Mme.Archilei herself played the lute and her husband, Antonio Archilei, and Antonio Nalda played two chitarroni.

The music of the madrigal was composed by Signor Archilei.
Here are the opening measures of this lyric: [Musical Notation] [Footnote 35: "Schicksale und Beschaffenheit des Weltlichen Gesanges," by R.G.Kiesewetter.Leipsic, 1841.] Here is the beginning of the composition as Mme.

Archilei decorated it with her extraordinary skill in the vocal ornamentation of the period: [Musical Notation] We are told that despite the fine professions of the Florentines, Mme.
Archilei was permitted to embroider Peri's _Euridice_ in something like this fashion.

But we must admit that even in those days a prima donna had power, and that something had to be conceded to popular taste.
Furthermore, we shall see that the Florentines did not purpose to abolish floridity entirely..