Carol to St Stephen Structure

Question 1

1.

Answer 1

Based off the medieval carol, ‘Eya Martyr Stephanae’ (burden + 3 verses)

Question 2

2.

Answer 2

Through Augmentation and Fragmentation, the piece evolves melodically and structurally

Question 3

3.

Answer 3

Men’s choir chanting 10 short motifs - derived from the original carol

Question 4

4.

Answer 4

Each member is allocated a specific amount of times to perform each motif before moving to the next motif

Question 5

5.

Answer 5

After 10 motifs, the soloists begin singing the verses for the motifs

Question 6

6.

Answer 6

While the soloists sing, the women’s choir imitate augmented manipulations of the verse

Question 7

7.

Answer 7

Men continue to perform fragments derived from the burden

Question 8

8.

Answer 8

Altogether, the performance continues to build an extremely dense polyphonic structure until the soloist dies out at the end of the piece

Question 9

The imitation

Answer 9

if often very close (less than a bar apart) however it is never perfect imitation but rather something melodically or rhythmically similar