Stile concitato (rather Genere concitato) 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).
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
Famous quotes containing the word stile:
“No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)