Chapter 16

At which point in the text of Fair Phyllis do the voices imitate each other in rapid succession?

"up and down he wandered"

Match the style characteristic with the correct phase in madrigal development.

Early Madrigal Correct label: Chiefly composed for amateurs Middle Stages Madrigal Correct label: Texture expanded to 5 or 6 voices final phase madrigal (1580-1620) Correct label: written to harmonic and virtuosic extremes

To which Italian city did Arcadelt move from present-day Belgium?

Florence

What is the texture of the last line of Fair Phyllis?

Homorhythmic

Which instrument was commonly found in particularly prosperous Renaissance homes?

Lute

Farmer "paints" the first line of the text, "Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone," through the musical use of:

Monophony

Claudio - famously stated that his music was designed to serve the expressive power of his -.

Monteverdi, texts

The madrigal is known for the expressive device of word-

Painting

The first person to master the problems of printing polyphonic music is:

Pertucci

Which of the following characterize the Renaissance madrigal?

They were set to poetry based on courtly or rustic love. They were written in the vernacular (language of the people). They often featured expressive devices, such as word-painting, to bring the words and the music more closely together.

Arcadelt emphasizes the last line of the poem in the madrigal by repeating it.

True

Arcadelt uses word-painting to portray the images in the poetry of this madrigal.

True

Farmer's madrigal is written for a four-voice SATB ensemble.

True

The focus of the melody in Arcadelt's madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno is on the top vocal line (the soprano).

True

Madrigalisms enhanced the - content of the music.

emotional

The English madrigal preceded the development of the Italian madrigal by some twenty years

false

Farmer's Fair Phyllis is written for - voices.

four

The setting of Farmer's madrigal Fair Phyllis is:

pastoral

In the Renaissance two important - genres grew out of the union of poetry and music: the French - and the - madrigal.

secular, chanson, italian