frottola

Examples

• All

• In poem 101, there is a common lexis to that of the frottola and the same theme of the imminence of death, the acknowledgment that love has made one a prisoner, and the compensation derived from "knowing" that one is not deceived.

  Academic text (2003)

• If the riddles and proverbs of the canzone-frottola are confusing, they connect at a deeper, more parabolic level.

  Academic text (2003)

• These forms, like the frottola form, are appropriate to the declared intention to never sing again as one once did.

  Academic text (2003)

• The frottola would remain disordered, and the renunciation of Laura of the descort.

  Academic text (2003)

• I agree with Foresti's focus on the I-character's "indifference" toward the love object, and I see it as the necessary starting point, the status quo ante, of his further development, as permitted by the canzone-frottola.

  Academic text (2003)

• Pietro Bembo essentially rejected poem 105; although he recognized its formal superiority to another frottola attributed to Petrarch, he denied that it had any sense or logical consequentiality.

  Academic text (2003)

• Many composers experimented with the frottola form, creating vibrant and engaging pieces for their audiences.

• During the late 15th century, the frottola became prominent in Italy, influencing the development of early modern music.

Synonyms

M

madrigal

vsfrottola

• Specialized

5 9.9

A song for several voices sung without instruments, often from the Renaissance

uses simpler melodies and popular style instead of strict multi-voice forms

C

canzona

vsfrottola

• Archaic

9.9

A lyrical Italian song or poem from medieval to early modern times

is limited to a late fifteenth to early sixteenth popular secular form

V

villanelle

vsfrottola

• Archaic

9.7

A simple country song or dance from Italy

is a composed secular form with poetic texts rather than folk dance

Surface Forms

Etymology