26
stage used, 26
Luzzaschi, music to "Pastor Fido," 172
Lyra di braccio, 134
Lyre, 130

Madrigal, 102, 104, 105, 112
Italian, 148
solo, 168, 216, 217, 218, 219, 223
florid element in, 214
ornamented by singer, 217, 218
Madrigal drama, transition to from frottola, 147 et seq.
in maturity, 191 et seq.
Madrigal dramas, 166
comedy in, 179 et seq.
dialogue in, 181, 198 et seq., 201, 203
instruments in, 185, 199
manner of performance, 198 et seq.
voices in, 200
solo in, 201
unintelligibility of text, 213
Mantegna, 38, 39, 40
Mantua, birthplace of secular drama, 35
sketch of the marquisate, 35 et seq.
literary and artistic importance, 36
music at, 40 et seq.
musical relations with Ferrara, 46
Marenzio, Luca, 50
"Marienklage, die," liturgical drama, 9
"Mary Magdalen," sacred play, 33
Masques, 32, 33
Medici, Lorenzo de, writer of sacred plays, 29
Merulo, Claudio, his "Tragedia," 171
Minuccio, 119, 120
Monody, movement toward, 149
Caccini's, 222, 225
Music, in sixteenth century lyric dramas,