Music 4281 - The Italian Madrigal

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Washington University in St Louis

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The most important musical genre of the late Renaissance, the madrigal, intersects with poetry, theater, and the visual arts, and thus, constitutes an ideal point of entry to early modern Italy. This course explores the stylistic development of the madrigal from its origins in the early 16th century to its demise some hundred years later. The course is structured around close readings of madrigals by Verdelot, Arcadelt, Willaert, Rore, Wert, Marenzio, Luzzaschi, Fontanelli, Gesualdo, and Monteverdi. Secondary readings focus on the relation between words and music; the construction of subjectivity; concepts of mode; theories of chromaticism; and performance practice, framed in the context of 16th-century society and culture. Prerequisite: Music 3011, graduate standing, or permission of instructor.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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