Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Examples vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. One. Introduction: The Cultural Work of the Madrigal 1
6. Two. Night and Deceit: Verdelot’s Machiavelli 38
7. Three. The Desiring Subject, or Subject to Desire: Arcadelt 57
8. Four. Radical Inwardness: Willaert’s Musica nova 78
9. Five. The Prisonhouse of Mode: Cipriano de Rore 101
10. Six. A Coney Island of the Madrigal: Wert and Marenzio 122
11. Seven. The Luxury of Solipsism: Gesualdo 146
12. Eight. The Mirtillo/Amarilli Controversy: Monteverdi 170
13. Nine. I modi 194
14. Appendix: Examples 221
15. Index 369