Showing posts with label madrigals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label madrigals. Show all posts

17 February 2008

The Madrigal

In the pieces for today - the madrigals of Monteverdi. We are seeing in action the newfound appreciation for both proper setting of the text and the idea of music setting out to elicit emotional response.
A question that I'd like to look at in class is the following:
Why should music have expression as one of its goals?