The Pietro Bembo’s Gravità and Piacevolezza

Guidelines for the Interpretation of the Italian Madrigal of the XVI Century

Authors

  • Ludmilla Thompson Sathler Freitas Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/rm.v18iespecial.151092

Keywords:

Renaissance, Italian madrigal, Pietro Bembo, Adrian Willaert

Abstract

Pietro Bembo, poet e literate born in Venice, publishes in 1525 his main work Prose della volgar lingua, a compendium about the vulgar language that was being established as the italian standard. It is in this context of questione della lingua that the italian madrigal is born, a genre of polyphonic composition known for the use of poems of great literary quality from authors like Petrarca, defended by Bembo. A “bembistic” text analysis can provide guidelines to the music performance, as the music was made having the words as foundation. Thus, I want to observe the poem O Invidia with the Prose and the gravità and piacevolezza qualities proposed in mind. This poem was set to music by Adrian Willaert, one of the madrigal representatives and Bembo’s contemporary.

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Published

2018-10-21

How to Cite

The Pietro Bembo’s Gravità and Piacevolezza: Guidelines for the Interpretation of the Italian Madrigal of the XVI Century. (2018). Revista Música, 18(especial), 205-214. https://doi.org/10.11606/rm.v18iespecial.151092