Ensemble Syntagma
Stylems - Italian Music From The Trecento
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917219524
- Catalog number CC 72195
- Release date 05 September 2008
About the album
Styleme, term used by historians of Byzantine painting for borrowed stylistic elements incorporated in a work of art. The music of the 1300s is attractive for the inventiveness and often exquisite complexity of its melodies. It is a marked departure from the style of the previous 150 years, which were dominated by the French school. One of its remarkable advances was measured notation, a recent invention. To the world of music this was akin to the invention of the wheel: it offers a freedom whose full potential has yet to be exploited. Like the explorers of new worlds, composers embarked on bold adventures. The use of mensuration infinitely enlarges the possible combinations of voices, both vertically and horizontally. The Trecento style is often criticised for being excessively sophisticated, dry and cerebral. And yet, at any rate where its best examples are concerned, it is thoroughly justified for dramatic reasons. Used intelligently and with moderation it creates the very image of objectivity.
As a result of these new perspectives, syllabic word-setting was abandoned: music was no longer there to serve the subtleties of a word or a poetic image, but instead created and pursued its own meaning and nuance. In spite of often quite banal texts, the new music, by and of itself, brings to light hitherto unsuspected facets and depths of feeling. It is worth noting that in De vulgari eloquentia Dante was at the same time developing the notion that music was better served by poetry that was mediocre.
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11Che Ti Zovar Nasconder
05:10 -
12Alta Serena Luce
03:30 -
13Aquila Altera
02:55 -
14Per Un Verde Boschetto
02:39 -
15Senti Tu D'amor
02:51 -
16Faccia Chi De' Se'l Po'
02:53 -
17Benche Partito Da Te
03:29 -
18Amor, Tu Solo 'L Sai
02:51 -
19Quando l'Oselli Canta
02:45 -
110Che L-aggi'i' Fatto
03:55 -
111La Bella e La Veççosa Carbiola
03:05 -
112Pescando In Aqua Dolce
02:45 -
113Qual Lege Move
04:10 -
114Mille Mercede Amor
03:00 -
115Chi Vuol Veder
04:15 -
116O Crudel Donna
02:48 -
117Che Ti Zova Nasconder
05:08