At the beginning of the 16th century, the rediscovery of Petrarch’s work and the enthusiasm for his Canzionere influenced poets and musicians, giving birth to a new genre : the madrigal. The program presented by the students of the department of early music of the Lyon CNSMD (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon) is the result of a seminar led by Luc Coadou on the first madrigal collections published at the end of the 1530s.

Music by Verdelot, Arcadelt, Willaert.