Music 1711F/G Lecture Notes - Virelai, Musica Transalpina, Luca Marenzio
13 Mar 2013
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Mar 6 music of the 16th century secular vocal music of the 16th century. Close to the italian frottola (homorhythm and vertical sonorities. Musical form = textual form (cadences, cesuras) Pierre attaingnant, (parison music publisher) championed paridian chanson (good business) Two of the four people singing on this recording call western their alma. Les cris de paris mater by the way. Madrigal is taken from the 14th century form, but is otherwise unrelated. Grows out of the frottola but is different . Word painting paying attention to the meaning of the words. Petrarch (1304-1364) is popularized again by pietro bembo (1470-1547) Bembo encourages other italian poets to write in the vernacular (see box on page 155) Typically 7 syllable lines are alternated with 11 syllable lines. A conceit at the end of the poem. Its an image the poem leaves you with. 2000 publications of madrigal collections between 1530-1600. Many of the best composers were writing them.
