Renaissance — Sacred & secular
Late Renaissance / Early Baroque · 1605

Cruda Amarilli

C. Monteverdi

Key
Gm
Time
C
Tempo
♩=60
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Five-voice madrigal. Famous for its 'unprepared' dissonances that helped trigger the Baroque seconda prattica.

Teaching points

  • Foundational seconda prattica madrigal
  • Famous dissonance battle
  • AO3: 1600 stylistic crisis
Full score ↓Public domain

CPDL multiple eds, PD.

Topic T9