England and the Madrigal

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry. To continue our conversation from last episode, today, we are going to talk about the madrigal in England and some of its important composers. We’ve already learned so much about the madrigal, but this innovation in vocal music brought much change to England, as we will see. We already know that the madrigal was born in Italy in the early 16th century, with masters like Luca Marenzio and Carlo Gesualdo pushing the form into emotionally expressive and harmonically adventurous territory. However, in the 1580s, Italian madrigals were being translated and printed in London. English composers and poets then became fascinated with the form. Snippets of Music within Podcast:Morley Now is the Month of Maying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NPFUz-kIu4Weelkes As Vesta was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95DJ7oqTWK8Gibbons The Silver Swan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYvZvAihBP0