Stile concitato

Stile concitato (rather Genere concitato^[1]) or "agitated style" is a Baroque style developed by Claudio Monteverdi with effects such as having rapid repeated notes and extended trills as symbols of bellicose agitation or anger.

Kate Van Orden points out a precedent in Clément Janequin's "La Guerre" (1528).

Agathe Sueur points out similarities and ambiguities between Monteverdi's genere concitato and stile concitato in rhetoric and poetry.^{[2] [3]}

Some examples of stile concitato can be found in the following works:

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643): Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643): L'incoronazione di Poppea
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643): Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
• Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674): Jephte
• Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677): Tradimento

References

1. Gerald Drebes: ‘‘Monteverdis „Kontrastprinzip“, die Vorrede zu seinem 8. Madrigalbuch und das „Genere concitato“.‘‘ In: ‘‘Musiktheorie‘‘, Jg. 6, 1991, S. 29–42, online:
2. Agathe Sueur, Le Frein et l'Aiguillon. Eloquence musicale et nombre oratoire (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle), Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2014, « Lectures jésuites du genere concitato de Monteverdi ».
3. Almeida, Vicente Casanova de. Monteverdi e o Stile Concitato – uma poética guerreira no Oitavo Livro de Madrigais de 1638. Dissertação. 2014. Disponível em: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27157/tde-10112014-144929/pt-br.php