VIDEO QUESTIONS

CONSORT OF MUSICKE

Performing erotic madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi in the setting for which they were written - the Palazzo Te in Mantua.

 

1.     Who was Claudio Montverdi?

 

2.     When did Claudio Monteverdi begin services to the Gonzaga Family?

 

3.    What was his role at the Gonzaga court?

 

4.    What type of madrigals was he most known?

 

5.    Why did he leave the Gonzaga court?

 

6.    How long was he in the service of this particular court?

 

7.    Was he considered to be a Renaissance or Baroque composer? Why?

 

8.    What was the common narrative or theme which ran throughout many of his madrigals?

 

9.    What role, if any, did instruments play in the performance of his madrigals?

 

10.                       Was there any connection between the art of the Gonzaga residence and the music of Monteverdi? If so, what?