cerone's

Updated: May 17, 2025

A frottola thus ennobled would become a madrigal, while a madrigal, all too scantily treated, would sink to a frottola." A typical frottola by Scotus shows observance of Cerone's requirements. These compositions are what we would call part songs and they are usually constructed in simple four-part harmony, without fugato passages or imitations.

W. J. (William James) Henderson - Some Forerunners of Italian Opera