Trecento madrigal

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The Trecento madrigal is an Italian form of music of the 14th century (from approx. 1300 to 1370), mostly two, rarely three-part, unaccompanied vocal compositions in a simple manner, in which the upper part is the main part. Due to its simple construction and the primitive rhythm as well as the secular texts, the Trecento madrigal was not necessarily considered a noble form. Around 1300, Francesco da Barberino described the madrigal as "rough and disordered singing".

At the end of the 14th and 15th centuries, the term fell into disuse for musical purposes, when the madrigals were now reflected more in literary form (see madrigal ). From 1530, the literary models, especially Petrarch's, served as texts for the new form of the madrigal, which is not musically related to the Trecento madrigal .

Important representatives are Jacopo da Bologna , Giovanni da Cascia , Maestro Piero , Lorenzo da Firenze and Francesco Landini .