... original verse written specifically for madrigal purposes. The quality of the words was deemed so important that they were able to stand as poetry of merit in their own right and were sometimes published as thus. Petrarch (1304-1374) was one of the earliest poets to have his words used as the inspiration for madrigal setting. This form of borrowing is seen in our set pieces too. Palastrina took a plainsong hymn and used it in his Mass. Another form of music borrowing is arranging! Arranging is where a composer takes an original piece of music and adapts it to his or her requirements. For example 'You are the Sunshine of My Life' was originally a 1970's popular piece of music. Frank Sinatra had it adapted to Swing music so that he could put his own twist on it. Jazz players do this as well, but taking someone else's music is ...

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