Impact of Bembo on development of madrigal

Question 1

Mace - demise of frottola form

Answer 1

external structural form in verse de-emphasized –> expressive function of rhythm and sound emphasised
Frottola too fixed as a form to accomodate this

Question 2

Northern polyphony entered into the madrigal - Feldman and Mace

Answer 2

Literary equivalent of complexity of northern polyphonic style = Petrarchan syntax

Question 3

1550 anthologies

Answer 3

Contained sonnets almost exclusively

Question 4

Dean Mace quotation - impact of Bembist principles/Petrarchan sonnets

Answer 4

‘Italian poetry prepared the way for the absorpotion of word-meaning into music.’

Question 5

James Haar - limit to Bembo’s influence?

Answer 5

Influence of Bembo in Venice - 1520s and 1530s
Willaert and Rore exhibit a ‘genuine musical bembismo’
Much less certain that Bembo exerted theoretical influence in Florence

Question 6

Haar - Bembo and Florence

Answer 6

Bembo failed to penetrate circle of Florentine amateurs where the madrigal was shaped
Compare with notable influence of Giangiorgio Trissino 1513-18