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What language is Amarilli Mia Bella?
SPA Spanish (Español) (Aminta Iriarte) , “Amarili, mi bella”, copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , “Amarilli”, copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission.
What style is Amarilli Mia Bella?
Amarilli, mia bella is the best known of the solo madrigals that Giulio Caccini included in his Le nuove musiche of 1602. ‘ The text was by Alessandro Guarini, who no doubt saw in his poem the brevità, acutezza, leggiadria, nobiltà and dolcezza that he claimed were most characteristic of modern madrigal verse.
What is the form of the cruda Amarilli?
The madrigal is a distinctive type of secular song that originated in Italy. It was an aristocratic form of poetry and music that flourished at small Italian courts. In the piece, Cruda Amarilli, Monteverdi uses many musical devices that are typical of a madrigal.
What is the primary difference between the first practice Prima Pratica and the second practice seconda pratica according to Monteverdi?
The basis of the distinction for Monteverdi was that in the first practice music dominated the text, whereas in the second, the text dominated the music. Others called the two practices “stile antico” and “stile moderno” (old and modern style).
What musical period does Monteverdi’s Tu Se Morta represent?
This piece has a homophonic texture, which is common in Baroque music, along with polyphonic. There is use of basso continuo in this piece, using only an instrument and voice. The rhythm in this piece is very free, with no sense of beat and it has irregular phases. Word painting is also used in this piece.
Who is the composer who invented the seconda pratica?
Giulio Cesare Monteverdi’s concept of prima and seconda pratica was a shrewd rhetorical device that separated Artusi from Claudio Monteverdi and thus aimed to nullify Artusi’s critiques.