Frottola

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The frottola (pronounced [ˈfrɔttola]; plural frottole) was the predominant type of Italian popular secular song of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century. It was the most important and widespread predecessor to the madrigal.

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Image: Creator:Philippe Verdelot (ca. 1475 - 1552). Intabulación: Creator:Adrian Willaert (ca. 1490 - 1562), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.