Seconda pratica
Seconda pratica,
Stile moderno was coined as an expression by Giulio Caccini in his 1602 work Le nuove musiche which contained numerous monodies. New for Caccini's songs were that the accompaniment was completely submissive in contrast to the lyric; hence, more precisely, Caccini's Stile moderno-monodies have ornamentations spelled out in the score, which earlier had been up to the performer to supply. Also this marks the starting point of basso continuo which also was a feature in Caccini's work.
In the preface of his 5th Book of Madrigals (1605) Monteverdi announced a book of his own: Seconda pratica, overo perfettione della moderna musica (Second Practice, or, Perfection of Modern Music). Such a book is not extant. But the preface of his 8th Book of Madrigals (1638) seems to be virtually a fragment of it. Therein Monteverdi claims to have invented a new “agitated” style (Genere concitato, later called Stile concitato) to make the music "complete/perfect" ("perfetto").[2]
References
- ^ Giovanni Artusi, Seconda Parte dell'Artusi, overo Delle imperfettioni della moderna musica, p. 16, Venice (1603)
- ^ Gerald Drebes: ‘‘Monteverdis Kontrastprinzip, die Vorrede zu seinem 8. Madrigalbuch und das Genere concitato‘‘, in: Musiktheorie, Jg. 6, 1991, p. 29-42, online: "Gerald Drebes - 2 Aufsätze online: Monteverdi und H. Schütz". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
Further reading
- Selfridge-Field, Eleanor (1990). "'Two Practices, Three Styles': Reflections on Sacred Music and the Seconda Pratica" in The Well-Enchanting Skill: Music, Poetry, and Drama in the Culture of the Renaissance: Essays in Honour of F. W. Sternfeld), ed. John Caldwell, Edward Olleson, Susan Wollenberg. Introduction by Sir Michael Tippett". Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 53–64.
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- Foxon, Tim (2004). "Explain what Monteverdi meant by seconda pratica and show how this 'second practice' is reflected in three of his madrigals" (PDF). Musical Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-11. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- Hanning, Barbara Russano. "General characteristics of Baroque Music". Chronology Baroque. iclassics.com. Archived from the original on 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- Excerpted from Hanning, Barbara Russano (1998). Concise History of Western Music (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-97168-6.
- Excerpted from Hanning, Barbara Russano (1998). Concise History of Western Music (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton.