CARLO GESUALDO, THE SAME DISSONANCE IN MUSIC AS IN LIFE. FIVE-PART MADRIGALS THAT CLASH AND CREATE EDGES AND ANGLES WHERE HARMONICS GRATE. FREQUENT RHYTHMIC CONTRASTS, SHORT AND DECLAMATORY, WITH EXAGGERATED CHROMATISMS AND COUNTLESS OXYMORONS IN THE TEXT (PAINFUL JOY, HOT ICE, ETC....) THE QUINTESSENCE OF SIXTEENTH-CENTURY MADRIGAL. UNATTAINABLE POETIC-MUSICAL ART OF THE HIGHEST KIND.
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