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Frotalla

Italian secular polyphonic song about country life composed for aristocratic people. Single voice with accompaniment Based on Villancico

Marco Cara

1465-1525


Leading Composer of Frottala


16th Century Madrigal

Text from High Quality Italian Poetry, text painting, careful consideration and high achievement of composition, text and musical relationship, music as a dramatic art

Early Madrigal Style

4 Voices of Mixed genders, free use of instruments, purpose

Verdelot

1480-1530


French Composer


4 Voice Homophonic Madrigals similar to frotalla

Arcadelt

1507-1568


French Composer active in rome


Leading Composer

Willaert

1490-1562


Franco flemish composer,


Taught at san marco, music and text. cadence at the end of the sentence. first person who insisted that notes and syllables lined up

Le Institutione Harmoniche

Zarlino


1558


theory book talked about willaert's teaching. important rules of harmony

Style of Middle Madrigals

5 voices, fragmented texture, mixture of consonance and dissonance to enhance text painting, strong dissonance appears

de Rore

1516--1565


franco flemish composer


successor as director of san marco. fascinated by chromatic and enharmonic tetrachord


L'antica musica ridotta alla moderna practica

1555


Vicentino


Ancient Music Adapted to the Modern Practice


Revive Greek Tetrachords


Characteristics of Late Madrigals

Extreme Chromaticism, extreme contrasts, fragmented textures

Late Madrigalists

Lasso (Lassus)


de Monte


de Vert


Marenzio


Geualdo

Gesualdo

1561-1613


exciting live-killed his wife and her mister


fleed country and married niece of duke of ferrara


fascinated with chromaticism

Imperfection of Modern Music

Artusi


1600


Criticized madrigalists for breaking rules for sake of text painting

Villanella, canzonetta, balletto

littler farmer song, little song, little dance song,


balletto has fa la la refrain


translated into other languages

Parisian Chanson

light, fast strong rhythmic song 4 voices, sweet, homophonic wiht melody on top, duple meter


Leading Composer Sermisy 1490-1462


Antaighant printed over 50 collections of Parisian Chanson

Programmatic Chanson

Uses music to tell story or describe image


leading composer Jannequin (1485-1560)

Academy of poetry and Music

1570


unite poetry and music as in ancient times and revive the ethical effects of ancient Greek Music


Co founded by Jean Antoine de Baif

Musique Mensuree

measured music- late 16th Century French style of text setting, especially in chansons, in which stressed syllables are given longer notes than unstressed syllables (usually twice as long) syllabic, irregular rhythm, homophonic texture, with instruments. text in french. Leading composer le jeune

Consort Song

english genre for voice and consolt of viols


William byrd leading composer

Musica Transalpina

1588


collection of italian madrigals translated into english


influenced english composers to write english madrigal


Thomas Morley

1577-1602


wrote madrigals, canzonets and balets, modeled after italian genres


A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke

1597


Thomas Morley


Treatise aimed at broad public interested in music


Triumphos of Oriana

1601


Collection of 25 madrigals-23 composers modeled after similar italian anthology

Thomas Weelkes

1575-1623


wrote as vesta was- wrote poem and madrigal providing many opportunities for text painting


Lute Song

solo song ith accomp. also known as ayre


serious genre with serious and literary text


accomp subordinate to vocal melody with some rhythmic and melodic independence


Tablature

tells player which strings to pluck and where to place the fingers on the string

John Dowland

1563-1626


Leading Lute Song Composer


Flow my tears- lute song with 3 repeated strains like pavane.