1 ene 1611 año - Madrigal: Moro, lasso, al mio duolo

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Genre: madrigal
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
date: 1611
Language: Italian
Performing forces: 5 voices (a cappella)
Texture: polyphonic

- opening is highly chromatic, contains every half step within the octave except for A#
- slow, descending line reflects the text (death and grief)
- a diatonic passage follows for contrast ("E chi mi puo dar vita"
- word painting on "vita" - more rhythmic activity reflecting the energy of life, as well as imitation to contrast the earlier chordal passages

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