Discuss the Casulana’s use of word painting in her madrigals.
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Word painting is the effect created when musical elements imitate the meaning of the text in mood and sound. Casulana focused on the composition of madrigals in which each line of text is set to new music (through-composed), which allows for inclusion of word painting. This device demonstrates that the words themselves are of paramount importance no matter how the music is performed.
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