Villanella (music)
The Villanella ( villaˈnɛlla , peasant girl ) or Villanelle , also (Canzone) Villanesca , is an Italian rural folk tune in the 16th century in the region of Naples , which is why it is also known as Villanella alla Napolitana . It is a three-part strophic song with the chorus with folk text.
The Villanella is the reaction to the elaborate sentences that were imported from the Franco-Flemish cultural area into central Italy in the first half of the 16th century. The frottole is very similar, although it is not three-part but mostly four-part and was created in the area of Florence and Mantua . Early versions of this popular song were performed a cappella or only with soprano and instrument accompaniment in the third or fifth . The Villanella developed into an increasingly artistic melody and approached the madrigal , into which it merged in the last third of the 16th century. Examples of these late forms are the canzonets by Adriano Banchieri , which are still known today , the dance songs by Baldassare Donati as well as Ballerti , Amor im Nachen ( Amor Vittorioso ) and On Bright Days with Fa-la-la-Refrain by Giovanni Gastoldi .
It found distribution also to France, Germany and England and was u. a. by Orlando di Lasso and Luca Marenzio integrated into their music.
For example, the Villanesca “La Cortesia” by Diego Pisador from 1552 has been handed down as a three-part instrumental piece for Vihuela .
See also
swell
- Bertelsmann Lexicon in 10 volumes 1977
- Brockhaus multimedia 2004
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerhard Nestler: History of Music . Bertelsmann 1962, pp. 165-166
- ↑ Villanesca La Cortesia. In: Emilio Pujol (Ed.): Hispanae Citharae Ars Viva. A collection of selected guitar music from old tabs, edited by Emilio Pujol. (Spanish, French, English and German) Schott, Mainz 1956 (= guitar archive. Volume 176), p. 2 f.