Gesualdo be like: "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your great-great-grandkids are gonna love it."

Omigosh, the special theme song is killer!

14:26 "Beautiful! Back to Gesualdo..." 😂🔥

Whether you like Gesualdo's music or it makes you claw your ears off, his eyebrows cannot be ignored.

The dog head tilt part made me lol, I was literally having the equivalent human reaction to when dogs do that.

Last week, inspired by this video, I made an arrangement of Moro lasso for the small sax and euphonium jazz ensemble I play in. I told them this is one of the most notorious madrigals of late renaissance. Neither of them knows any early music.
We played it yesterday. They said they wouldn‘t understand. Those were only normal jazz harmonies.  LOL.
Sounds surprisingly great for 2 alto, 1 tenor, euphonium and baritone sax even though I had to transpose down a major third. Will be performed in the next concert.

An amazing presentation of Gesualdo's music with illuminating examples. You manage to stay clear of the sensationalist hype surrounding the person of Gesualdo and clearly bring out his innovations, while also providing the musical context within which he operated. He didn't compose in a musical vacuum, and through the comparison with other composers you show that very clearly. The cartoons of disapproving contemporary authorities raising their warning forefingers are hilarious.

Dear Sir, I have been following the Early Music Sources channel for some time. Each of your videos represents a moment of inspiration, profound learning and joy for me. Today, I feel so honored that you mentioned my music "The Prince of Venosa", for string quartet, as a work inspired by Gesualdo. Thank you so much... Have a wonderful day!

9:14 That is the funniest thing I've ever seen in a music educational video. I was making that exact dog face as I was listening! Head tilt, eyebrows, everything.

- Who is afraid of Carlo Gesualdo?
- Me, but only when he returns in his Arnold Schoenberg form...

Lovely "spiciness" in the opening/closing theme, Elam. Very magical and disquieting - but in a mischievous, not terrifying way.

Gesualdo: “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet…but your kids are gonna love it!”

" Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL harpsichord! "

Lacorcia is a complete revelation to me, incredible music, it make look Gesualdo´s music completely traditional.

I just learned about Gesualdo in history a few weeks ago. I had the closed captioning running once and it heard "Gesualdo" as "Jazz Waldo." So now that's what I call him. I think considering the creepiness of Waldo (just somehow being everything at once) and the chromatic nature of his music, "Jazz Waldo" is actually kind of suitable.

Vincenzo Galilei with a burn book, and ol' Zarlino rolling his eyes as he admonishes an unprepared fourth. Laughed hard so often during this video: does it go in the education playlist or the humour one??
Elam Rotem + friends: you are so awesome.

Ah... so glad to see you tackle Gesualdo.  Sincerely, compared to some of the other composers who wrote similar music in those times, somehow, Gesualdo seems to have done the better job of it.  I don't think he was as insane as often regarded given his colorful past, though... just fortunate, and perhaps a bit misunderstood, particularly from a modern perspective.  I also don't think his music was as innovative as people think, but more refined in the use of the techniques available to him.

18:21 this ending almost sounds like barbershop pieces' endings that we hear in barbershop music competitions!

And yes, the opening theme, always varied according to the topic of the video, is a most marvelous cherry on top of the cake. A sign of distinction reserved to a labor of love.

Beautifully done, Elam, thank you! When I first heard Gesualdo played at uni, I thought 'What blessed madness is this?!' I really liked what you said about his perhaps not having been an innovator per se but more willing to freely express ideas already in the air. It's always seemed to me that Gesualdo's particular flavour of madness was the extent to which the emotive capabilities of music were perhaps more important to him than the 'rules'. As you imply, far too much has been made of his wild, impulsive, and maybe scandalous nature. But I also don't think it would be a stretch to say that the guy was driven. After all, how many composers (even with considerable financial resources) would have undertaken the work and expense of meticulously publishing their own compositions. That's some dedication! I guess today we might judge him to be 'on the spectrum'? Whether true or not, I'm happy to consider myself in Gesualdo's strange company of misfits. I should mention that I think about Gesualdo and his music enough that I often call my dog Gesualdo (it's not his name). Unfortunately, he's more a fan of Caccini. ;-)

Years ago I sang with a chamber choir that performed some sacred motets by Gesualdo. The more I studied the relationship between his music and the texts he set, the more I came to understand the significance of his genius. Your excellent presentation here has added so much more, putting him in a fuller context. Bravo!