stile concitaton.
Music.
A baroque style developed by Monteverdi, emphasizing dramatic expression and excitement.
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1926 H. Prunières Monteverdi iii. v. 180 The semiquavers of the stile concitato express their terror at the menace of the god.
1940 Music & Lett. Apr. 244 Monteverdi..claimed, in the preface to the volume in which the ‘Combattimento’ is printed, to have originated a new stile concitato.
1947 M. F. Bukofzer Mus. Baroque Era (1948) ii. 38 Monteverdi enriched the concertato style by an important innovation: the stile concitato (style of agitation) in which he turned the measured tremolo of the gorgia to dramatic effect.
1959 Listener 16 Apr. 692/3 He admired the stile concitato of Monteverdi.
1967 Listener 18 May 665/2 These were part of Monteverdi's stile concitato, a style he cultivated..to express wrath, anger, indignation.
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