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Title:The notion of affetto misto in 16th and 17th century vocal music
Abstact:The Italian expression affetto misto, found in the technical vocabulary of 16th century theory of affects, designates a type of composition devoted to the description of the psychological state of a subject pulled between two opposing emotions. At the origin of this is a thesis that they are as many affects as there are elements of musical writing (e.g. intervals, modes, etc.) and that they can be combined in polyphony in a krasis of opposites.There are several ways in which a mixed affect occurs: breaking the rules of counterpoint, harmony, modes and paradoxical associations of musical figures and symbols. The aim is to show through several examples from 16th and 17th century vocal repertoire that this genre of mixed emotions can be found and demonstrated to exist in musical practice.
- Speaker
- Louise Sykes
- Hosted by
- Department of Music, School of Education
- Venue
- MR055, MacRobert Building
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