Product Description
AMORI (Loves): Eight madrigals on texts by Giovan Battista Marino
for four-part male choir
CONTENTS:
1. OCCHI (Eyes)
2. ERRORI DI BELLA CHIOMA (Beautiful hair wanderings)
3. BELTA CRUDELE (Cruel Beauty)
4. BELLA CANTATRICE (Beautiful Singer)
5. AMOR SECRETO (Secret Love)
6. PENDENTI IN FORMA DI SERPI (Pendants in the Shape of Snakes)
7. LONTANANZA CONSOLATA (Consoled Distance)
8. OCCHI (Eyes)
The collection comprises eight Madrigals that alternate between different musical styles. In odd numbers, there are more meditative pieces that closely follow the text, faithfully illustrating its keywords; instead, in even numbers, there is a more regular treatment of musical form, with bipartite or tripartite structures and thematic returns of the music, organized into livelier and more rhythmic movements. To give unity to the composition, the author adopted a series of chordal motifs that serve as leitmotifs, formed by two or three chords symbolizing some basic concepts that cyclically reappear in the various pieces (love, life, death, etc.).
The ensemble comprises four parts: first tenor, second tenor, baritone, bass, which can be performed by soloists or by a choral group. In the piece "Bella Cantatrice," it is possible to entrust the main melody to a tenor soloist. Although a reduction for piano is printed in the score, its purpose is only to support the voices during rehearsal. Public performance is intended for a cappella voices.
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