Madalena Casulana and the Italian Madrigal

Graduate Thesis Or Dissertation

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Abstract

Madalena Casulana was a sixteenth-century woman and composer whose madrigals were published in the first extant publication dedicated entirely to a female's work. These madrigals were also published in anthologies alongside well-known composers of the period, including Cipriano de Rore and Orlando di Lasso. This thesis examines two ofCasulana's madrigals, Ridon or per le piaggie and lo d'odorate fronde, and-explores how she used established compositional techniques of the Italian madrigal in the late sixteenth century, including text selection, madrigalisms, chromaticism, and word painting in her music. (Maddalena Casulana).

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