Example 1. Intervallic structures of the phrygian and hypophrygian modes on E Example 2. Forms of the clausula in mi

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1 Black Sheep: The Phrygian Mode and a Misplaced Madrigal in Marenzio s Seventh Book Seth Coluzzi, Brandeis University Example 1. Intervallic structures of the phrygian and hypophrygian modes on E Example 2. Forms of the clausula in mi

2 2 Example 3. Terminal clausulae in mi a) Rore, Altiero sasso lo cui gioco spira (Book I a 5, 1542) b) Palestrina, Deh, or foss io col vago de la luna (Book I a 4, 1555)

3 3 Example 4. Phrygian quasi-cadence Example 5. Phrygian background model Table 1. Battista Guarini, Tirsi morir volea (pub. in Rime, 1598) Prima parte Seconda parte Terza parte Tirsi morir volea gli occhi mirando di colei ch adora; ond ella, che di lui non meno ardea, gli disse: Ohimè, ben mio, deh, non morir ancora, chè teco bramo di morir anch io. Frenò Tirsi il desio ch' havea di pur sua vita all hor finire, et sentìa morte e non potea morire. Et mentre fisso il guardo pur tenea ne' begli occhi divini et nettare amoroso indi bevea, la bella Ninfa sua, che già vicini sentìa i messi d Amore, disse con occhi languidi e tremanti: Mori, cor mio, ch io moro. Le rispose il Pastore: Et io, mia vita, moro. Così moriro i fortunati amanti di morte sì soave e sì gradita, che per anco morir tornaro in vita. Tirsi wanted to die, his eyes gazing upon her whom he adored; she, who burned no less than he, said to him: Alas, my love, do not die yet, for I too wish to die with you. Tirsi checked the desire he felt to end his life immediately, and felt death but could not die. And while he held his gaze fixed on the beautiful, divine eyes and there drank of amorous nectars, his lovely nymph, who now close by felt the messengers of Love, said, with languid, trembling eyes: Die, my heart, for I am dying. The shepherd answered her: And I, my life, am dying. Thus died the fortunate lovers a death so sweet and so welcome, that to die again they returned to life.

4 4 Example 6. Tirsi morir volea, mm. 1 12

5 5 Example 7. Tirsi morir volea, mm Example 8. Tirsi morir volea, mm

6 6 Example 9. Tirsi morir volea, structural analysis Example 10. Tirsi morir volea, mm

7 7 Example 11. Tirsi morir volea, mm Example 12. Tirsi morir volea, mm

8 8 Table 2. Marenzio, Settimo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (1595) Title Textual Source System Clefs Final 1. Deh, poi ch era ne fati ch i dovessi Guarini: Pastor fido I, ii durus Standard (C1) A 2. Quell augellin, che canta Guarini: Pastor fido I, i durus Standard G 3. Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancora Guarini: Pastor fido I, ii durus Standard E 4. O disaventurosa, acerba sorte Bembo: Alma cortese durus Standard B 5. Al lume de le stelle Tasso: Rime e prose durus High (G2) A 6. Ami, Tirsi, e me l nieghi Anon. durus High A 7. O dolcezz amarissime d amore Guarini: Pastor fido III, i durus High C 8. Sospir, nato di fuoco Anon. durus High E 9. Arda pur sempre, o mora Guarini: Pastor fido III, vi mollis High F 10. Questi vaghi concenti Anon. mollis High G 11. O fido, o caro Aminta Guarini: Pastor fido I, ii mollis High A 12. O Mirtillo, Mirtillo, anima mia Guarini: Pastor fido III, iv mollis High C 13. Deh! dolce anima mia (by A. Bicci) Guarini: Pastor fido III, iii mollis Standard G 14. Com è dolce il gioire, o vago Tirsi Guarini: Pastor fido III, vi mollis Standard G 15. Care mie selve, a Dio Guarini: Pastor fido IV, v mollis Standard D 16. Tirsi mio, caro Tirsi Guarini: Pastor fido IV, v mollis Standard D 17. Ombrose e care selve Guarini: Pastor fido V, viii mollis Standard F Example 13. Marenzio, O disaventurosa acerba sorte (1595)

9 9 Example 14. Marenzio, Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancora, mm Example 15. Altered form of phrygian quasi-cadence in Marenzio s Cruda Amarilli

10 10 Example 16. Marenzio, O fido, o caro Aminta (1595), mm

11 11 Example 17. Structural framework of Marenzio s O fido, o caro Aminta Example 18. Marenzio, O fido, o caro Aminta (1595), mm. 1 6 Example 19. Marenzio, Stillò l anima in pianto (1594), mm. 1 8

12 12 Table 3. Narrative context of O fido, o caro Aminta as #5 in Seventh Book 3. Cruda Amarilli 4. O disaventurosa, acerba sorte 5. O fido, o caro Aminta Male speaker Amarilli Male speaker Female beloved Amarilli Aminta Cruel Amarilli death with tell you of my suffering O unfortunate, bitter fate, O merciless, untimely death you have hidden [celata] yourself from my wretched being, and no longer do I have hope of seeing you [anima mia] here O faithful, o dear Aminta, O lover known to late, who gave me, in dying, both life and death This said, the fair Amarilli pierced her own breast with the same blade E-phrygian B-hypophrygian (A-phrygian-like opening) A-aeolian 5. Al lume de le stelle 6. Ami, Tirsi, e me l nieghi Tirsi Female beloved Female Tirsi A-aeolian A-aeolian