Monody
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In music, monody refers to a solo vocal style distinguished by having a single
", meaning "with instruments").In poetry, the term monody has become specialized to refer to a poem in which one person laments another's death. (In the context of ancient Greek literature, monody, μονῳδία, could simply refer to lyric poetry sung by a single performer, rather than by a chorus.)
History
Musical monody, which developed out of an attempt by the
Contrasting passages in monodies could be for the most part melodic or for the most part declamatory and the two styles of presentation developed into the aria and the recitative respectively, both of which came to be incorporated into the cantata by about 1635.
The parallel development of solo song with accompaniment in France was called the air de cour: the term monody is not normally applied to these more conservative songs, however, which retained many musical characteristics of the Renaissance chanson.
An important early treatise on monody is contained in Giulio Caccini's song collection, Le nuove musiche (Florence, 1601).
Main composers
- Vincenzo Galilei (1520 – 1591)
- Giulio Caccini (c. 1545 – 1618)
- Emilio de' Cavalieri (c. 1550 – 1602)
- Lucia Quinciani (b. c. 1566)
- Bartolomeo Barbarino (c. 1568 – c. 1617)
- Jacopo Peri (1561 – 1633)
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643)
- Alessandro Grandi (c. 1575 – 1630)
- Giovanni Pietro Berti (d. 1638)
- Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582 – 1629)
- Claudio Saracini (1586 – c. 1649)
- Francesca Caccini (1587 – after 1641)
- Benedetto Ferrari (c. 1603 – 1681)
See also
References and further reading
- ISBN 1-56159-174-2
- ISBN 0-393-09530-4
- ISBN 0-393-09745-5