His monodies, the most numerous and significant portion of his work, were of many types: arias, both through-composed and strophic, variations over ground basses, laments, madrigals in the monodic style, and others. Stylistically, d'India's music has features in common with Monteverdi's music of the same period: expressive chromaticism, dissonances with unusual resolutions, and a keen sense of drama. Indeed, some of the longer monodies are effectively operatic scenes, though d'India did not write anything specifically called an "opera." His polyphonic madrigals often borrow textural ideas from Gesualdo, especially in juxtaposing slow, intensely chromatic music with light, almost delirious diatonic passages; in this regard d'India was one of Gesualdo's few successors (until the 20th century). Some of d'India's later music is unusual in showing aspects of the influence of almost all of the contemporary composers in Italy within a single piece. Publications: Il primo libro de madrigali a 5 voci (1606) Libro secondo de madrigali a 5 voci (1611) Il terzo libro de madrigali a 5 voci (1615) Il quarto libro de madrigali a 5 voci (1616) Il quinto libro de madrigali a 5 voci (1616) Il sesto libro de madrigali a 5 voci (unknown, presumed lost) Settimo libro de madrigali a 5 voci (1624; no copies of the Alto part are known to exist) Ottavo libro de madrigali a 5 voci (1624) Villanelle alla napolitana, a 3 voci, libro primo (1608) Libro Secondo delle Villanesse alla napolitana a 3,4, et 5 voci (1612) Le Musiche e Balli a 4 voci (1621) Le Musiche di Sigismondo D'India nobile palermitano da cantar solo (1609) Le Musiche a 2 voci di Sigismondo D'India (1615) Le Musiche del sig. Sigismondo D'India (1618) Le Musiche del Cavalier Sigismondo D'India a 1 et 2 voci, libro quarto (1621) Le Musiche del Cavalier Sigismondo D'India, libro quinto (1623) Novi concentus ecclesiastici, 1610 [2–3vv) Liber secundus sacrorum concentuum, 1610 (3–6vv) Liber primus motectorum, 1627 (4–5vv, bc) Sources and further reading Bukofzer, Manfred, Music in the Baroque Era. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1947. Reese, Gustave. 1959. Music in the Renaissance, revised edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.. Footnotes External links 1580s births 1629 deaths Renaissance composers Italian Baroque composers Composers from Sicily Musicians from Palermo Madrigal composers 17th-century Italian composers Italian male classical composers 17th-century male musicians