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Originally submitted Jan 23
The '''frottola''' was a northern [[Italian]] [[polyphonic]] song type of the period between about 1470 and 1530 that catered for humorous or sentimental verses popular at the time. Verses were set for three – later four – voices, usually with a soprano main melody. Occasionally the supporting voices were replaced by instruments, usually viols, or winds or even by a single [[lute]]. It was similar to the later [[English]] ''Ayre'' (See [[madrigal]]) and the Neapolitan “villanella” in that multiple verses were each sung to the same tune.
It was taken over by the more sophisticated and flexible [[madrigal]] which was more suitable for the increasingly varied texts of interest to the [[Renaissance]] Italians.
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[[Category: Songs]]
It was taken over by the more sophisticated and flexible [[madrigal]] which was more suitable for the increasingly varied texts of interest to the [[Renaissance]] Italians.
[[Category:Musical forms]]
[[Category: Songs]]