Previous posts for October 18th are here: Heinrich Schütz; Luca Marenzio (2019), Lotte Lenya; Ferdinand Schubert (2020), and Baldassare Galuppi (2021)
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Luca Marenzio (18 October 1553 or 1554 – 22 August 1599) was a great and prolific Italian madrigalist.
Sing We!
There are things that you’ll need to get prior
To joining a madrigal choir:
Marenzio’s hits,
Some Morley, and bits
Of pseudo-archaic attire.
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Dolorosi martir, fieri tormenti
Even more characteristic of his style, and a defining characteristic of the madrigal as a genre, is his use of word-paintingg:
the technique of mirroring in the music a specific word, phrase,
implication or pun on what is being sung. -- Wikipedia
When Marenzio sought for a text,
He was never perturbed or perplexed.
He looked for high passion
Express in a fashion
Where his word-painting skills could be flexed.
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