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Forsennata gridava is a late Renaissance Italian madrigal by the Flemish-born composer Giaches de Wert. Published in his Eighth Book of Madrigals in 1586, it sets a passage from Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso concerning the anguished Bradamante. Wert uses forceful declamation, rapid contrasts, r...
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Dramatic Ariosto madrigal, famous declamatory urgency, important precursor to Monteverdi's theatrical expressivity.
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"Gira il nemico insidioso, Amore" is a secular Italian madrigal by Claudio Monteverdi included in his Eighth Book of Madrigals, published in 1638 under the title Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi. The text portrays Love as an insidious enemy who circles and attacks the heart. Monteverdi sets this mart...
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Dramatic love-as-enemy conceit, skilled polyphony, moderate specialist reputation.
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