MUSIC 308A Lecture 14: Secular Style in France and England
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Secul ar style in fr ance and england: pietro bembo: artful dialogue. Start taking liberties with text, emphasize sounds of words as well as meanings. 3rd generation: mannerism styles; exaggeration of expression, heard in monteverdi, gesualdo: extreme chromaticism, late madrigals = basically opera with recits, french and english focused on dance forms, metric regularity. Relationships between madrigalism in english style and french style of rhythm traces back to. Duple, cut time: after double bar: rhythm is twice as fast, cl ment janequin, la guerre (1528, battle between french and swiss, to claim control of milan, pep rally for depicting battle. Included poetic uses of sounds, striking, hitting, shooting sounds; emphasizes sonic features of the words to depict the battle itself. English madrigal: had strong connections to italy: strong fascination with italian culture, ex: william shakespeare (1564-1616), plays set in italy, musica transalpina (1588): music from across the alps, italian madrigals translated into.
