frottola
Italian secular piece
A frottola is a type of Italian secular song popular in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, typically featuring a simple melody with chordal accompaniment.
The form preceded and influenced the madrigal.
Frottole (the Italian plural) were often lighthearted, dealing with love themes in a direct, sometimes bawdy manner.
Identical in pronunciation
- syllabicOf speech segments
- repetitionAct of redoing
- duple meterTwo-beat rhythmic pattern
- refrainAbstain from acting
volta · melody · accompaniment · secular · vernacular
European cultural reawakening
- FerraraNorthern Italian city
- GonzagaPrivate Catholic university
- humanistEthics-focused secular philosopher
- PetrarchanSonnet style from Tuscany
Poems expressing romantic affection
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- light verseHumorous, often rhyming poetry
- wittyCleverly humorous
- satiricalMocking through exaggeration
rustic · rhyme scheme · stanza · bawdy · humorous · carnival · commedia · improvisation
homophonic
Identical in pronunciation
- syllabicOf speech segments
- repetitionAct of redoing
- duple meterTwo-beat rhythmic pattern
refrain · volta · melody · accompaniment · secular · vernacular
Renaissance
European cultural reawakening
love poetry
Poems expressing romantic affection
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- light verseHumorous, often rhyming poetry
- wittyCleverly humorous
satirical · rustic · rhyme scheme · stanza · bawdy · humorous · carnival · commedia · improvisation
madrigal
Unaccompanied Renaissance choral composition
- Italian LiteratureDante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Dante Alighieri
- choral musicchoral music, choral works, choral arrangements, choral arrangement, choir arrangements
- Italian songaria, canzone, romanza, serenata, arietta
- Italian folktarantella, mandola, barcarolle, ottava rima, laude
- Medieval ItalianDante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Divine Comedy, Decameron
- medieval songschanson, madrigal, ballade, rondeau, canso
frottolamotet
Sacred polyphonic choral work
Mass · sacred music · mass · hymn · Magnificat