Ce fut en mai

Question 1

Ce fut en mai background information

Answer 1

• monophonic chanson
• Moniot d’Arras
• composition date: mid-13th century
• source of text: secular poem
• old French
• solo singer
• monophonic texture (with improvised accompaniment on some recordings)

Question 2

Ce fut en mai essay sections

Answer 2

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Question 3

Ce fut en mai essay

Answer 3

-strophic form,
onsisting of 5 verses, w/ 12 short lines in each verse

• internal structure (musical form) of each verse is AABB, w/ open and closed endings
• first ending of part A is “open” (ending on A, which sounds like the mediant) while the second ending is “closed” *ending on F, which sounds like the tonic)
• rhyme scheme is AAB AAB CCB CCB
• melodic range is 9th
• although message of text is touching and poignant, the music s lilting and jolly 0 w/ no relationship b/t text and music