1. MUH 3211 - Music History I Vocal Music, 1600-1650
9/15/2018
Chapter Eight
Vocal Music,
DAY 27 (6 Nov 17)

2. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Leading figure of the era
Master of two styles (prima & seconda prattica)
Mantua : Secular works - madrigals & opera (!) - genre concitato
Venice : Sacred music - m.d.c. of St. Mark’s - also operas (public) - numerous commissions
Text, p (bio)

3. “Cruda Amarilli” (Anth I/71)
Composed by Monteverdi, c. 1600
Criticized by G. M. Artusi (1600) - L’Artusi, or the Imperfection of Modern Music
Problems w/ dissonances (unprepared/harsh)
Published in Fifth Book of Madrigals (1605) - prefatory letter from C. M. - “…the second practice…” (seconda prattica) - defense by Giulio Cesare Monteverdi (brother)
“Cruda Amarilli” : Score & Recording

4. Concertato style Madrigals
Madrigals w/ basso continuo support
“T’amo mi vita” - Anth I/72 - Monteverdi, 5th Book of Madrigals (1605) - cf. Luzasschi setting (Anth I/52)
“Zefiro torna e di soave accenti” - Anth I/73 - Monteverdi, c Ground Bass, Ostinato, Ciaccona - Alternate performance (HIP instruments)
“Lasciatemi qui solo” - Anth I/74 - Francesa Caccini (1618)

5. Opera Sung drama (Recitative & Aria) ….
w/ acting, dancing, costumes, scenery, etc.
Origins in 16th C dramas w/ music
Madrigal Comedies
“First” opera? (pick one – text, p. 216) - Dafne (Florence,1598) – Peri & Rinuccini - Rappresentazione… (Rome, 1600) – Cavalieri - Euridice (Florence, 1600) – Peri & Rinuccini - Euridice (Florence, 1602) – Caccini & Rinuccini
Orfeo (Mantua, 1607) – Monteverdi & Striggio

6. Monteverdi, Orfeo Mantua, 1607 Orpheus/Euridice myth
still in repertoire (!)
Monody (recitative), aria, chorus, instrumental, etc.
Orfeo (complete) - Act I (opening) - Act II (excerpt) – 25:45 (Anth I/77)

7. Sacred Music (early 17th C)
Prima prattica (old) - Palestrina & Zarlino - remains in use
Seconda prattica (new) - Monteverdi, et al.
Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)
Mixed settings of sacred texts
Giovanni Gabrieli ( ), organist
St. Mark’s (San Marco)
“In Ecclesiis” (1590s?)
Polychoral settings - multiple groups - physically separated
Canzon Primi Toni (1612)
Sonata pian e forte

8. San Marco (Venice) - interior