John Dowland Flashcards
It is?
Sensitive to the text, but greta attention paid to structure
Tonal?
Ambiguity
Sadness? Depressing?
Melancholy
Called?
First Booke of Songs
When?
1597
All songs are?
Strophic - AABB
Except for?
“Sleep wayward thoughts”
First good song?
Song 1- “Unquiet thoughts”
It it?
More through composed
Lines?
5 and 6 are always repeated
Text painting?
Word “wrap” - up and down sequence
Anything else?
“Be still” slow crotchet notes
Song 2?
Madrigalism - high notes = “clouds”, black crotchets = “dark”
Cool text painting?
Song 3 - 6th leap for “Mount” and 4th leap for “Moon”
Next good song?
Song 4
Features?
Galliard features
What Galliard features?
Dance style, 3/4 time, 4 bar phrases, dotted rhythms
Schumann?
Minor 2nd
For?
“Suffer” and “sighs”
Rhythm?
Hemiola
Typical?
Typical feature of madrigals
When?
Bars 6-7
Stairs?
Stepwise movement
Next song?
Song 7
Time?
Time signatures changes
In?
Direct response to natural speech rhythm
Yugio?
4 elements, all sung on the same E note - so equal
Next song?
13
Mainly?
Homophonic
Decorative figures?
In lute
When vocal?
Sings long notes
So?
Syllabic setting
Links with?
Campion
Next good song?
14
Interval?
Minor 2nd
For?
Grief - direct response to both verses
Figure?
Quaver rest, quaver, crotchet figure for “sighing” - like a breath
Ascending?
Chromaticism - only chromaticism in whole book!
Syncopation?
Brings out passion of the song
So makes?
Misplaced accents
Swan?
“Dying swan” relates to Arcadelt’s swan song
Song?
17
Again?
Figura suspirans - quaver rest, quaver, crotchet
Also called?
“Sighing figure”
Q & A?
Between voice and lute
Final good song?
Final song - 20 “Come heavy sleep”
Refers to?
Plea for sleep (death), sleep is a metaphor for death
Dowland’s…?
Knowledge of lute allows him to write intricate parts, like in this song
Chord?
B major chord strummed 7 times - tired/warn soul
