El Grillo Analysis

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The next song that I chose to listen to is El Grillo. El Grillo is a very humorous song. It is a very fascinating version of musical piece. What I really enjoyed about “El Grillo” was the use of text painting, which was used by Dez Prez'. Text-painting was a huge thing in that time, as madrigal became popular. Text-painting is when music matches the word. The song is basically an extended example of text painting, I think, because the light tone, bouncy melody, and whimsical repetition makes the listeners think of the cricket. For the majority, this is a really simple song! And I like seeing the way music has evolved. Very

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