Matricale - Nymphéas Trombone Quartet - Wilminktheater Enschede

Matricale

The first years after birth - a phase in which you see, taste and hear all aspects of life for the first time. You become familiar with sounds that surround you and in a few years you will be at home in the sound world of your mother tongue. From now on, this language will occupy an important and special place in your life. You will learn other languages ​​later on, but when someone addresses you in your mother tongue, it gives a completely different feeling and the message is much more striking and deeper.

This impact of a mother tongue is something that is very interesting for artists. In music, this led to the emergence of the madrigal in the 14th century, derived from the Latin matricale, meaning mother tongue. These madrigals were written in the native language of the local population and composers, in contrast to the…