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MADRIGALISM ➔ 16th-Century Italian Madrigal ◆ Propels Italian music to leadership role for European music ◆ Subject matter: ● Sentimental ● Heroic ● sensual/erotic (moreso later in the century) ◆ Performed by men AND women (different ranges) ➔ Madrigal Performance ◆ Performances were for audiences and signers, both ● They were entertaining to hear, but also fun to sing! ◆ Mixed-gender groups ◆ Performance context: ● Began with amateur groups ● As genre became more popular → courts employed professional groups → composers wrote more complicated music for them ➔ Musical Features of the Madrigal ◆ Form: through-composed ◆ Texture: polyphonic, with moments of homophony (cadence) ◆ Text setting: madrigalism - text painting, word painting ◆ Imitation ◆ Rhythmic changes that affect pacing ➔ Monteverdi’s Cruda Amarilli ◆ Worships her, saying sorry ◆ Arch pattern in a phrase (increase dynamics then decrescendo) ◆ Changes in tempo - not continuous ◆ Elusiveness ◆ Faster when appreciating about her beauty, slower during the sadder parts ➔ Weelkes’s As Vesta Was ◆ Moving parts along with sustained notes...