Intertextuality in Vecchi’s Canzonettas and Madrigals, 1583–1590

As we have seen in chapter 1, by 1580 Vecchi had effectively invented a new genre: the four-voice canzonetta, a kind of music that found immense popularity in print and that was particularly suited to recreational singing. In his first two books of canzonettas, he established the genre’s kinship wit...

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Published inSinging Games in Early Modern Italy p. 43
Main Author Schleuse, Paul
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Indiana University Press 08.06.2015
Subjects
Arts
Behavioral sciences
Biological sciences
Biology
Death
Developmental biology
Games
Intertextuality
Leisure studies
Life cycle
Literary genres
Literary studies
Literature
Love poetry
Madrigals
Music
Music genres
Music theory
Musical games
Musical performance
Musical pitch
Musical register
Part songs
Pastoral poetry
Performing arts
Poetic forms
Poetic movements
Poetry
Popular music
Popular songs
Recreation
Singing
Singing games
Stanzas
Textuality
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Summary:As we have seen in chapter 1, by 1580 Vecchi had effectively invented a new genre: the four-voice canzonetta, a kind of music that found immense popularity in print and that was particularly suited to recreational singing. In his first two books of canzonettas, he established the genre’s kinship with the oldervillanellaand with the pastoral poetic vein then coming to prominence in the contemporary madrigal. In the next decade Vecchi produced two more books of four-voice canzonettas (published in 1585 and 1590) and one of six-voice canzonettas (1587), but he also turned his hand to the more high-status
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