Madrigal Flashcards
What term does “syllables with no meaning, such as “fa-la-la” or “nonny-nonny-no”” refer to?
nonsense syllables
What term does “a popular secular vocal genre that flourished in the 16th century” refer to?
madrigal
What term does “employed in madrigals, operas, oratorios” refer to?
Word painting
What term does “a characteristic feature of the English madrigal” refer to?
nonsense syllables
What term does “16th-century Italian and English strophic song type” refer to?
Ballett
What term does “a type of madrigal, generally in simple dancelike style” refer to?
ballett
What term does “featured vivid word painting” refer to?
Madrigal
The madrigal was essentially a…
secular song
What term does “from the Greek khroma (color)” refer to?
chromaticism
What term does “based on an intimate relationship between poetry and music” refer to?
madrigal
What term does “melodies and harmonies that include any of the notes available within the octave, in either tonal or modal context” refer to?
chromaticism
What term does “in vocal works, the music reflects the meaning of the text” refer to?
word painting
What term does “musical pictorialization of the text” refer to?
word painting
What term does “embraced by English madrigalists” refer to?
ballett
What term does “Italian for “little dance”” refer to?
ballett
What term does “often includes “fa-la-la” refrains and regular rhythm “ refer to?
ballett`
Moro, lasso, al mio duolo is from Gesualdo’s Il Sesto Libro di Madrigali, or…
Sixth Book of Madrigals.
How does the text in this section compare with the text of the previous section (“Moro, lasso, al mio duolo/I die, alas, in my suffering”)?
- Both sections reference death and grief.
- The starkness of death is now contrasted with a fleeting image of life.
The starkness of death is now contrasted with a fleeting image of life.
Does this passage (“E chi mi può dar vita”) feature mainly diatonic or mainly chromatic melodic lines?
Diatonic
What word exhibits word painting?
vita- life.
Consider the overall motion of the first measure: “Moro, lasso al mio duolo”
Similar motion, descending
How do the five voices interact with each other during the first four measures?
“Moro, lasso al mio duolo”
1.Chordal structure creates a sense of unity between the voices.
2. Points of imitation create complexity.
Chordal structure creates a sense of unity between the voices.
who wrote MY BONNIE LASS SHE SMILETH
Thomas Morley
The popularity of the madrigal in England was launched by the publication of…
Musica transalpina.
MY BONNIE LASS SHE SMILETH
identify the form of the song and the structure of each of the two stanzas.
1. Through-composed form, ABBA within each stanza.
2. Strophic form, AABB within each stanza.
3. Strophic form, ABBA within each stanza.
4. Through-composed form, AABB within each stanza
Strophic form, AABB within each stanza
MY BONNIE LASS SHE SMILETH
What occurs in the “Fa la la” refrain of Section B?
1. The meter is the same as in the refrain of Section A.
2. The meter changes from duple to triple.
- The meter changes from duple to triple.
Which composer does “aristocratic Italian composer and lutenist” refer to?
Carlo Gesualdo
Which composer does “wrote his own texts, often reflecting a deep sadness, despair” refer to?
Carlo Gesualdo
Which composer does “music seems to convey emotional turmoil and distress” refer to?
Carlo Gesualdo
Which composer does “known for his unsettling use of chromaticism and dissonance” refer to?
Carlo Gesualdo
Which composer does “abrupt harmonic shifts and chord changes” refer to?
Carlo Gesualdo
Which composer does “extravagant word painting” refer to?
Carlo Gesualdo
What were Carlo Gesualdo’s notable genres?
- Mass
- Madrigal
- Chanson
- Dance Music
- Organum
- Madrigal- six books
Which composer does “English composer, organist, theorist, and music publisher” refer to?
THOMAS MORLEY
Which composer does “influenced by the style of his teacher, William Byrd” refer to?
THOMAS MORLEY
Which composer does “published Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke, providing valuable information about 16th-century performance practices for both performers and composers” refer to?
THOMAS MORLEY
Which composer does “several of his keyboard pieces appear in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book” refer to?
THOMAS MORLEY
Which composer does “his english madrigals include both homorhythmic and contrapuntal textures” refer to?
THOMAS MORLEY
Which composer does “easily singable melodic lines” refer to?
THOMAS MORLEY
Which composer does “demonstrate a light-hearted character, regular rhythm, and the use of nonsense syllables in the refrain” refer to?
THOMAS MORLEY
Which composer does “his virtuosic writing was demonstrated in his keyboard works” refer to?
THOMAS MORLEY
What were Thomas Morley’s notable genres?
- madrigal
- ballett
- Mass
- keyboard settings and variations
- organ settings and variations
madrigal and ballett
keyboard settings and variations
