Madrigals Flashcards
(38 cards)
Italian?
Madrigals
Early?
1520s
Was?
Jacques Arcedelt
“With…”
“With a thousand deaths a day I may be content
Multiple?
Multiple imitative entrances
Then?
Mid century
Was?
Cipriano de Rore
Involved?
Syncopation
Frequent?
Rests - breathlessness of grief
Falling?
Minor thirds and semitones
Before Rores?
Generation chromaticism was rare
Then?
Late century
Was?
Luca Morenzio
Song?
Sole e penesso
Involved?
High chromatic ascent
And?
Striking literal images
With?
Heavy contrast between diatonic and chromatic writing
In general
Text dominates the music, with great attention paid to structure
Melodic?
Lines are more importune than the polyphony
Stylistic features include?
Imitation
Word?
Painting through melodic shape and rhythm
Complex?
Counterpoint and rhythms
Declamatory?
Word setting
Expressive?
Use of dissonance and chromaticism