Villotta
A villotta is a four-part through-composed dance song from the 16th century of northern Italian origin. In a narrower sense, Villotta describes the dance-like folk song of Venice.
Properties of a Villotta
The Villotta has no fixed shape. One of its clearest features is the juxtaposition of even and odd clocked sections. This feature was particularly common in the villottas of the collections of Filippo Azzaiolo and Giovanni Leonardo Primavera . A structure comparable to the Quodlibet was formed by Villotas with a series of various text fragments or even melody quotations.
The Venetian Villotta was mostly sung with the Nio , an eight-bar instrumental refrain.
History of Villotta
The first evidence of the Villotta music form appeared around 1535. After 1540 the term “Villotta” lost its specific meaning and became interchangeable with the term “ Villanella ”.
literature
- Villotta . In: Wolfgang Ruf , Annette van Dyck-Hemming (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 13th, newly revised and updated edition. tape 5 : Scia-Zyli . Schott, Mainz 2012, ISBN 978-3-7957-0006-5 , p. 346 .
- Villotta . In: Wilibald Gurlitt , Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Tangible part: A-Z . Schott, Mainz 1967, p. 1034 .