Stile concitato
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Stile concitato or "agitated style" is a Baroque
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...

 style developed by Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...

 with effects such as having rapid repeated notes and extended trill
Trill
Trill may refer to:* Trill , a type of musical ornament* Trill consonant, a type of sound used in some languages*Trill, a type of bird food-Fiction:* Trill , two symbiotic races of aliens in the fictional Star Trek universe...

s 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
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...

     (1567-1643): L'incoronazione di Poppea,
  • Claudio Monteverdi
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...

     (1567-1643): Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

Claudio Monteveri - Il Retorno d'Ulisse in Patrie (1640) - Act 3 (In the five-act numbered version) - Scene 5 (At the beginning where Penelope's suitors conspire to murder Telemachus)
  • Giacomo Carissimi
    Giacomo Carissimi
    Giacomo Carissimi was an Italian composer, one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque, or, more accurately, the Roman School of music.-Biography:...

     (1605-1674): Jephte
  • Barbara Strozzi
    Barbara Strozzi
    Barbara Strozzi was an Italian Baroque singer and composer.-Life:...

    (1619-1677): Tradimento
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