Part one of term paper
“The madrigal had a special place in the career of Claudio Monteverdi”(Hanning 133). Monteverdi used this genre to make many stylistic changes from the late Renaissance to the early Baroque period. He went from using polyphonic vocal ensemble settings, to much more extravigant pieces that were instrumentally accompanied. His fifth thr ...

Part two of term paper
... in Venice by a man named Alexandro Vincenti. It was published when Monteverdi was seventy-one years old. The publishing of this book came almost twenty years after his seventh book of madrigals was published. The eighth book is the largest of Monteverdi’s secular works. The eighth book contains twenty-two seperate works. These works are divided into two sections. The first of these sections is called ‘Canti guerrieri,’ or ‘Songs of war.’ This section contains nine works. Of these ...