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The Madrigal
- Madrigal: Italian, secular song in polyphonic setting (2-8 voices)
- Precursor to opera
- First generation: higher brow, imitative
- Second generation: experimental harmonies and dissonances
- Third generation: crazy texts, rhythms, voice crossings
- Monteverdi: madrigal composer who wrote first opera Orfeo in 1607
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XITlmDJ9-Hk
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDiVTAb0Hjw
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbPE9P23c-w
The Madrigal
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- Intro
- What in the World is a Madrigal?
- Italian Song: Secular Polyphonic Vocal Composition for 2-8 Voices
- Developed in 3 Stages Throughout the Renaissance
- First Generation
- Developed from Frotolla: Homophonic, Rustic, and Popular
- Polyphonic Sections Alternate with Chordal, Homophonic Sections
- Dissonant Harmonies Appear at Specific Moments in the Text
- Primo Libro
- Arcadelt 'Il bianco e dolce cigno'
- Second Generation
- Wider Use of Poetry and More Serious Texts
- Experimental Harmonies
- Vicentino Wrote a Big Treatise in 1555
- Vicentino 'Laura, che 'l verde lauro'
- Third Generation
- Mannerist
- Chose Emotionally Intense Texts to Depict Musically
- Voice Crossings
- Crazy Rhythms
- Sudden Tempo Changes
- Text Painting
- More Third Generation
- Required Skilled Singers and Sophisticated Audiences
- Maurenzio 'Solo et pensoso'
- Monteverdi (1567-1643)
- Review






























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