Chosen Phrase Of Lyrics

Question 1

What’s the phrase and where?

Answer 1

“To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray”

Bars 46.4-50.1

Question 2

Dynamics

Answer 2

Piano, reflects the quiet of the night

Question 3

Pitch

Answer 3

Rising pitch to crescendo at 49

Pitch aids word painting “learning to pray”

Question 4

Rhythm

Answer 4

4/4

Crotchets, minims, dotted min8ms and quavers

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

4 bar phrase

Opens with anacrusis to add emphasis

Question 6

Melody

Answer 6

Mostly conjunct
some disjunct leaps eg “through the night” with rising major 3rd and falling perfect 4th

Rising and falling like the hill scenery

Question 7

Instrumentation

Answer 7

Woodwind doubles the melody throughout phrase

Creates effect of Maria together with the landscape and the lark

Question 8

Tempo

Answer 8

Con espressione (with expression) - beseeching cry for help and emotional

Question 9

Texture

Answer 9

Homophonic
Melodic and chordal accompaniment
This all shows Maria in unison with the hills and the environment

Question 10

Tonality

Answer 10

F# minor 47
A major 48
D major as phrase ends
Modulation highlights emotional change - again like hilly landscape

Question 11

Timbre

Answer 11

X

Question 12

Harmony

Answer 12

Plagal cadence gives spiritual feel (IV,I) of night helping word painting
Perfect cadence (V,7,I) gives sense of peace in prayer word paints “Learning to pray”

Question 13

Word painting and setting

Answer 13

Setting - arpeggios at 46 introduce “to”
Syllabic word setting throughout with woodwind
Word painting - rising major 3rd “through the” 47, falling perfect 4th “night”
Rising sequence 48/9 “a lark who is learning” then perfect cadence on “pray”