09:00 PM
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We have long wanted to plan a concert devoted to exploring the published villanelle alla
napoletana alongside popular songs from around the same time and place.
The villanella was strophic song, usually for 3 voices The texts, often in Neapolian
dialect, are usually rustic and comic or even satirical. The first composers of the canzone
villanesca were Neapolitans, but composers from outside Naples such as Willaert and
Lassus eventually tried their hand at the genre. It became one of the most popular forms
of song in Italy and influened other forms such as the canzonetta and the madrigal.
Vesuvius Ensemble began over 15 years ago performing the popular songs that likely
inspired composers of villanelle, and we’re thrilled to combine these two genres in
tonight’s program and to see what happens when we put them side by side.