Secular Music in the High Renaissance - Gesualdo: Music and Murder

We take another look at secular music, but this time from the high Renaissance. The drama of this music is heightened by the real life murder of one of its composers.
Recordings:
The Nightingale: amzn.to/3yBd0Rb
Come Again: amzn.to/3zrykJY
Moro Lasso: amzn.to/3kBth3g
Introduction (0:00)
Rise of the Madrigal (0:27)
Musica Transalpina (1:05)
The Nightingale (1:50)
English Madrigals (4:18)
Come Again (6:13)
Carlo Gesualdo (7:55)
Moro lasso (9:31)
Concluding thoughts (12:28)
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Here are links to recordings of music I used in this video:
The Nightingale: amzn.to/3yBd0Rb
Come Again: amzn.to/3zrykJY
Moro Lasso: amzn.to/3kBth3g

[@hubertkonieczny8575]

Passed my musicology exam thanks to your videos :) Appreciate it a lot, keep up the good work!

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I am so glad to hear that! Congratulations!!

[@ChowMeinWarrior]

Thank you so much, Dr. Nielsen!

[@Ottavio_Farnese]

Transalpina us an adjective referring to something or someone 'beyond the Alps' from the point of view of Italy, so it means 'french' (or rarely 'german')

[@bradwalton3977]

Great presentation, professor, thanks!

[@mikemusic10]

Regarding Gesualdo never being convicted for murder, here's a passage from the Gesualdo Hex, a book I highly recommend: "...custom held that a cuckolded male, and particularly a Neapolitan prince, not only had the right but the duty to protect the honor of the family name by murdering the guilty parties."