Madrigali a quattro voci

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Madrigali a quattro voci is a collection of four-voice Italian madrigals by Renaissance composer Giaches de Wert, exemplifying the expressive and text-driven style of late 16th-century vocal music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf madrigal collection ⓘ
musical work ⓘ
vocal music collection ⓘ
associatedWithComposerActivity Italian courts of the late Renaissance ⓘ
composer Giaches de Wert ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
genre madrigal ⓘ
hasComposerNationality Franco-Flemish (via Giaches de Wert) ⓘ
historicalContext late 16th-century Italian madrigal tradition ⓘ
influencedBy Italian poetic and musical humanism ⓘ
intendedEnsemble chamber vocal ensemble ⓘ
intendedPerformanceContext courtly and aristocratic settings ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
musicalLanguage Renaissance modal harmony ⓘ
musicalPeriod Renaissance ⓘ
notableCharacteristic expressive style ⓘ
text-driven musical setting ⓘ
numberOfVoices 4 ⓘ
primaryFunction art music for cultivated audiences ⓘ
relatedGenre Italian secular vocal music ⓘ
style late 16th-century vocal music ⓘ
textExpressionTechnique heightened text declamation ⓘ
word painting ⓘ
textSetting secular ⓘ
texture polyphonic ⓘ
titleTranslation Madrigals for four voices ⓘ
usesPoeticText Italian poetry ⓘ
vocalForces a cappella voices ⓘ
voiceConfiguration four voices ⓘ
workTitleLanguage Italian ⓘ

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Giaches de Wert → notableWork → Madrigali a quattro voci ⓘ
Giaches Wert → notableWork → Madrigali a quattro voci (various books) ⓘ
linked to: Madrigali a quattro voci
Madrigali a quattro voci → titleTranslation → Madrigals for four voices ⓘ
linked to: Madrigali a quattro voci