Composer: Claudio Monteverdi Madrigal: 4.1 Title: Ah, Dolente Partita Time Signature: 4/4 Analyst: Dmitri Tymoczko Key Signature: Note: m1-6 open with a two voice texture in which harmony is ambiguous; the analysis begins with the first complete triad m7 a: iv6 m7var1 VI7 b3 iv6 m8 v m9 i m10 VII m11 III m12 b3 i6 m13 iv b2 iio6 m14 V Note: the harmony in m15-21 echoes m11-14 a fifth lower; this occurs several times in the piece. m15 i b3 VI d: III m17 i6 b3 IV m18 ii6 m19 V m21 i m22 v a: i m24 b3 iv6/4 m25 i m27 iv6 m28 i6/4 b3 v m29 iv6 m30 V m31 i m34 iv m35 i m37 d: iv6 b3 VI m38 i6/4 b3 V m39 i m41 v6 a: i6 m42 VI m43 III m45 iio6 m46 i6/4 b3 V m47 i m50 iv6 m51 V m52 i m54 b2 VI6 b4 v6 m55 iv6 b2 iii6 b3 iv6 m56 V[no3] b4 III m57 VII b4 I m58 IV m59 IV b3 ii6 b4 ii m60 i6/4 b3 V Note: m62-65 repeat 57-60 a fifth lower m61 i b4 d: III m62-65 = m57-60 m66 i m67 b2 v a: i b4.5 v6 m68 iv6 b2.5 VII b3 i Note: beat 2.5 in m69 can be analyzed as passing, as a iv6 with a suspension (or upper-voice pedal), or as a seventh chord. m69 b2 v6 b2.5 iv6 b3 V b4 i6/4 m69var1 b2 v6 b2.5 VI7 b3 V b4 i6/4 m69var2 b3 V b4 i6/4 m70 V b3 i m71 b3 d: i6 m72 V6 b3 i m73 = m72 m74 = m72 m75 = m72 m76 V b4.5 V2 m77 i6 a: iv6 b2.5 VII b3 i m78 b3 V m79 b3 i m80 V b3 i m81 V b3 VI m82 V6/iv b3 iv m82var1 I6 b3 iv m83 v m84 i6/4 b3 V m85 = m84 m86 = m84 m87 b3 i6/4 m88 V Note: final six measures of the piece echo the preceding music a fifth lower. I am analyzing this as I-iv-I rather than V-i-V in d minor. m89 I m90 b3 iv6/4 m91 V b3 iv6/4 m92 = m91 m93 = m91 m94 I m95 iv m96 I