Chapter 17: Singing in Friendship: The Renaissance Madrigal Flashcards
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Word-painting
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Musical pictorialization of words as an expressive device; a prominent feature of the Renaissance madrigal. (page 88)
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Madrigalism
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A striking effect designed to depict the meaning of the text in vocal music; found in many madrigals and other genres of the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. See also word-painting. (page 88)
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Madrigal
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Renaissance secular work (originating in Italy) for voices, with or without instruments, set to a short, lyric love poem; also popular in England. (page 88)
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Part Book
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A bound music book—either print or manuscript—with music for a single vocalist or instrumentalist. (page 91)
