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Italian Art Song Mid-term

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originally a street song or music sung by a crowd; consisted of one voice accompanied by 2-3 instruments

dominated in the Renaissance

polyphonic madrigal

replaced the frottola because the texts had become too vulgar

Francesco Petrarca

(1304-1374) a poet of high quality, used in madrigals; used by Florentine Camerata

Late Renaissance

voices were treated with equal importance, so the treble (soprano) lost its dominance; the complexity caused the words to get lost

stile rappresentativo

style that imitated normal speech in its rhythms and inflections; Baroque

a musician in the Florentine Camerata

Florentine Camerata

a group of men (musicians, artists, writers, and wealthy noblemen) that met to discuss art and a reaction against polyphony

musician in the Florentine Camerata; wrote the first opera Daphne

basso continuo style

style in which the bass line was emphasized and the harmonic progressions were notated by a figure bass

doctrine of affections

(word painting) descending intervals for grief and dotted rhythms for happier emotions and agitation

inventor of musica recitative

Le nuove musiche

(1601) Caccini's first book of songs: based on two types of poetry- madrigals and arias

in Le nuove musiche; through-composed and had uneven phrase lengths

in Le nuove musiche; strophic and also known as strophic canzonettas; dominates over madrigal