Ch. 17 - The Renaissance Madrigal PDF

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Ch. 17 - The Renaissance Madrigal; The Musical Experience at Belmont University...

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The Musical Experience MUH 2000 Ch. 17 - Singing in Friendship: The Renaissance Madrigal Key Points

- Both professional and amateur music-making expanded in the Renaissance through secular vocal and instrumental genres

- Jacques Arcadelt was an early master of the Italian madrigal, a 16th century tradition that linked music and lyric poetry

• Madrigals usually feature expressive text setting, word-painting, and multiple meanings

- English madrigals, such as those by John Farmer, were often simpler and lighter in style than their Italian counterparts Social Music-Making in the Renaissance

- The madrigal is known for the expressive device of word painting: making music directly reflect the meaning of the words Claudio Monteverde (1567-1643)

- Born in Cremona, Italy - Took a position as court composer for the duke of Mantua in 1590 • Wrote Orfeo, his first great operatic masterwork - Wrote madrigals throughout his lifetime - Major works • 9 books of madrigals • Sacred music (vespers) • Masses, magnificats, & motets • Operas (Orfeo) • Other dramatic music - Felt that music should follow words rather than strict rules of harmony or counterpoint

Farmer’s Fair Phyllis

- English madrigal - Love story between Phyllis and Amyritas - Farmer moved to London in 1599 and published madrigals...