Assignment: Grout and Palisca, Chapter
7
Skim: 187-192
Read: 192-205
Skim: 205-206
Read: 207-213 (middle)
Skim: 213 (middle)-214
Read: 214-233
Study Questions:
2. What are the style characteristics of the 16th-century
Italian madrigal? How does
it differ from the
trecento madrigal? How many voice parts does it have?--p.
194
3. What types of texts were set as madrigals? Where
were madrigals
performed?--p. 194
4. What nationalities are represented among the earliest
composers of
madrigals?--p. 194-195
5. In what ways does Arcadelt’s Ahime, dov’ è’l
bel viso represent a transitional
style between the
frottola and the madrigal?--p. 195 (and NAWM 37)
6. Who was Pietro Bembo? What musical qualities did
he note in the sonnets of
Petrarch?--p. 196
7. What contrapuntal, harmonic, and rhythmic devices
did Willaert, de Rore, and
Vicentino employ
to pictorialize the text?--p. 196-201 What was the historical
justification for
Vicentino’s experiments?--p. 199-200*
8. What is "chromatic" notation? How was it used to depict the text?--p. 200-201
9. The leading madrigal composers of the late 16th
century were of what nationality?
What role did women
play in madrigal ensembles?--p. 201-202
10. Be able to describe the style of Gesualdo--p. 203 (and NAWM 40)
11. In what ways are Monteverdi’s 16th-century madrigals progressive?--p. 204
12. Who was Pierre Attaignant?--p. 207 How do the
French chansons in his collec-
tions differ from
those published in the Netherlands?--p. 208-209
13. What are the stylistic characteristics of the
German Lied? Where is the main
melody usually found?
How did it influence Lutheran church music?--p.
210-211 (and review
p. 180-181)
14. What happened to native German music in the late 16th century?--p. 211-213
15. What is Musica transalpina? When did the
English madrigal school flourish?
What is a ballett?--p.
214-215
16. How does the English madrigal differ from its Italian counterpart?--p. 215
17. When did the lute song flourish in England? How
do the text and musical style
of lute songs compare
with those of madrigals?--p. 216-218
18. How is Dowland’s song Flow my tears related
to the pavane?--p. 218 (and
NAWM 45)**
19. How was the organ employed in church music of
the early 16th century?--p.
221-222
20. In general, how were secular vocal works of the
16th century adapted for in-
strumental performance?--p.
222
21. From what vocal form was the canzona derived?
To what new genre did it lead
in the 17th century?
How did it change in style in its later development?--p.
222-223
22. What is the general style of 16th-century dance
music? How were dances usu-
ally grouped together?--p.
224
23. What are two methods of improvisation in the
16th century?--p. 226 What is a
toccata?--p.
227
24. Among what group of composers of the late 16th
century was the variation form
particularly prominent?--p.
230
**Despite the apparent modern tonal
effects, it is important to remember that this lute song, like all music
prior
to the late 17th century, was conceived within the modal system.