Kevin Sutton corrected my erroneous posting:

>>IIRC, it was called "the doctrine of the affections," or something like
>>that.
>
>No, this is definitely not the doctrine of affections.  The "affects" were
>very specific, deeply thought out psychological "moods" as it were that
>were achieved (or attempted) throughout the whole piece.  It is much more
>than simple word painting.

Obviously, I wasn't recalling correctly.  Thanks Kevin--do you or anyone
else know of examples offhand? I used to think the term would apply to
works such as the late Monteverdi madrigals, but perhaps these are closer
to word painting.

Bill H.