Masters of Italian Renaissance
Masters of Italian Renaissance

Summary/Abstract: The Renaissance period in Italy determined the genesis of professional music which would afterwards have a fulminating evolution around the world. The composers’ preferences most often favoured vocal music, which at the time had a greater ability of expression in comparison with the musical instruments and which therefore reached its peak. The choral creation of the Renaissance is remarkable by the astounding evolution of genres and musical forms. The most significant representatives of this period are Giovanni Pierluigi daPalestrina, Luca Marenzio, Carlo Gesualdo and Claudio Monteverdi. Monteverdi stands as the last important composer of the golden age of the a cappella choral creation, leaving an invaluable heritage due to his polyphonic and instrumental music, while his dramatic madrigals envision him as a precursor of the opera.

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