At the beginning of the 17th century, the stile rappresentativo emerged, offering a more human musical narrative of the divine child, rooted in everyday experience.
Performer Biography
Ensemble La Fenice, founded in 1990 by cornett player Jean Tubéry, specializes in 17th-century Italian music and has won two international first prizes.
Album & Artwork
The album title, "Natale in Italia," translates to "Christmas in Italy," featuring Italian music from the Nativity to the birth of the Baroque era.
Compositional Technique
The album features the tradition of alternatim, alternating between odd-numbered sung verses and even-numbered verses spoken with a clear voice, as stipulated by the Caeremoniale episcoporum of 1600.
Compositional Technique
Girolamo Frescobaldi's Capriccio pastorale evokes the zampogna, or bagpipe, through a sustained bass note imitating its drone and short, monotonous melodic figures over a triple meter.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in the Church of Saligny, Yonne, France, between December 19th and 23rd, 2014.
Compositional Technique
The practice of contrafacto, which involves replacing a secular text with a sacred one, was accepted by composers like Monteverdi.
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