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A frottola thus ennobled would become a madrigal, while a madrigal, all too scantily treated, would sink to a frottola."— Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
The madrigal was a musical Mediterranean.— Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
At the same time the evidence is conclusive that the madrigal was acquiring general popularity as a form of dramatic music, and the madrigal drama reached the zenith of its glory at the very moment when its fate was preparing in the experiments of Galilei and others in the new monodic style destined to become the basis of modern Italian opera CHAPTER XII Influence of the Taste for Comedy An illuminative fact in the history of the madrigal drama is the growth of the comic element.— Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
The music of the madrigal was composed by Signor Archilei.— Some Forerunners of Italian Opera

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