Renaissance- madrigal

Question 1

The Renaissance madrigal is a ______ genre that flourished in Italy beginning in the early ____ century.

Answer 1

Secular, 16th century.

Question 2

Madrigal texts often consisted of ____________ by highly regarded Italian poets

Answer 2

serious Italian poems

Question 3

With their close relationship between music and text, madrigals set the stage for the emergence of…

Answer 3

opera at the end of the 16th century.

Question 4

Jacques Arcadelt and Philippe Verdelot, the two most famous and influential madrigal composers, were…

Answer 4

French, not Italian

Question 5

Eventually, the _____ madrigal became a subgenre with its own characteristics

Answer 5

English

Question 6

True or False?

The madrigal by Morley utilizes imitation extensively and has a rich polyphonic texture.

Answer 6

True

The madrigal by Morley utilizes imitation extensively and has a rich polyphonic texture.

Question 7

True or False?

The madrigal by Morley, Aprill is in my mistris face, is highly dissonant and extremely expressive.

Answer 7

False

The madrigal by Gesualdo, Belta, poi che t’assent, is highly dissonant and extremely expressive

Question 8

What are the terms for the two styles of music in the Renaissance era?

Answer 8

First practice and second practice, coined by Monteverdi

Question 9

Madrigals were typically “through-composed” in terms of structure, meaning that…

Answer 9

they followed the direction of the text and did not include repeated musical material or refrains, as did the formes fixes.
(Erlkonig is ‘through-composed’)

Question 10

How many voices were typically in the Italian madrigal?

Answer 10

Five

Question 11

After the middle of the 16th century, the madrigal became a vehicle for…

Answer 11

some of the more extreme experiments with chromaticism and unusual textures

Question 12

Madrigals in which new style set the stage for the beginning of opera?

Answer 12

a style of madrigal that featured basso continuo and solo voice

Question 13

What was Musica transalpina?

Answer 13

“music from beyond the Alps.” It was a collection of “greatest hits” in which Italian madrigals were translated into English for an English audience.

Question 14

Under whose reign did the Madrigal become increasingly popular?

Answer 14

The reign of Queen Elizabeth the first.

Question 15

Define Define

Answer 15

a popular secular vocal genre that flourished in the 16th century
based on an intimate relationship between poetry and music
featured vivid word painting

Question 16

Define word painting

Answer 16

musical pictorialization of the text
in vocal works, the music reflects the meaning of the text
employed in madrigals, operas, oratorios

Question 17

Define chromaticism

Answer 17

from the Greek khroma (color)

melodies and harmonies that include any of the notes available within the octave, in either tonal or modal context

Question 18

Define ballett

Answer 18

Italian for “little dance”
16th-century Italian and English strophic song type
a type of madrigal, generally in simple dancelike style
often includes “fa-la-la” refrains and regular rhythm
embraced by English madrigalists

Question 19

Define nonsense syllables

Answer 19

syllables with no meaning, such as “fa-la-la” or “nonny-nonny-no”
a characteristic feature of the English madrigal

Question 20

How many books of Madrigals did Gesualdo write?

Answer 20

six, often portraying feelings of guilt and sorrow.

Question 21

True or false?

All the notes of the octave appear in the first four measures of Gesualdo’s Moro, lasso al mio duolo.

Answer 21

False,

NEARLY all the notes appear, but A# is missing.

Question 22

True or False?
Complex polyphony in the verses of “My Bonnie Lass, she smileth” alternates with homorhythmic text setting in the “Fa la la” refrains..

Answer 22

False

Homorhythmic text setting in the verses alternates with more imitative writing in the “Fa la la” refrains.

Question 23

Is there a difference between the terms ‘homophonic’ and ‘homorhythmic’?

Answer 23

Yes, there a difference between the terms ‘homophonic’ and ‘homorhythmic’?

Question 24

Who is this?
aristocratic Italian composer and lutenist
wrote his own texts, often reflecting a deep sadness, despair
music seems to convey emotional turmoil and distress

Answer 24

Carlo Gesualdo (ca 1566-1613)

Question 25

What was Carlo Gesualdo’s notable genre?

Answer 25

madrigal: six books

Question 26

Carlo Gesualdo was known for his…

in regard to harmonies

Answer 26

his unsettling use of chromaticism and dissonance and

abrupt harmonic shifts and chord changes

Question 27

Carlo Gesualdo made use of what major tool in his madrigals?

Answer 27

extravagant word painting

Question 28

Who is this?
-English composer, organist, theorist, and music publisher
-influenced by the style of his teacher, William Byrd
published Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke, providing valuable information about 16th-century performance practices for both performers and composers
-several of his keyboard pieces appear in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

Answer 28

Thomas Morley

Question 29

What tools did Morley use in his English Madrigals?

Answer 29

they include both homorhythmic and contrapuntal textures

easily singable melodic lines

Question 30

What tool(s) did Morley use in his balletts?

Answer 30

demonstrate a light-hearted character, regular rhythm, and the use of nonsense syllables in the refrain

Question 31

In which genre of music did Morley demonstrate his virtuosic writing?

Answer 31

demonstrated in his keyboard works