Florentine Camerata. The word of music Almost all the encyclopedic articles about Florentine Camerata say that it was a group of poets, philosophers and musicians, who wanted to bring ancient Greek music into the modern, at that time, Italian music. However, if we get deeper, it becomes obvious that Camerata members had no clear notion about what was the real sound of ancient Greek music . Of course, there were some ancient descriptions but it did not give precise explanations. Following these descriptions we can guess next: a) A poet (he is a singer as well) was reading his poem in a singsong manner and accompanied by music b) A singer sang the text in a free rhythm and it was also accompanied by the music (but we should not forget that there was also a choir in Ancient Greece). Italy of 16th century. In music of that time (mainly) polyphony was prevailed. Camerata thought that polyphonic music had no “miracle”, because there was no clear and understandable syllable. Ca...
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