Listening Flashcards
How beautiful you are
John Dunstable 1st half of 15th century Adapted from song of solomon 7: 4-12 A motet and a cantilena Rhythm is simple and varied, with some hemiolas An example of contenance angloise because... - its consonant - it has lots of 3rds - it uses fauxbourdon
More and more
Binchois (Gilles de Bins) 1425 About courtly love Rondeau form Imperfect time, major prolation Landini cadences Hemiolas, dotted rhythms, syncopation Texture is mostly treble Mostly syllabic Unusual cadence at the end of A section, and unexpected final on D
Ballade: If my face is pale
Guillaume Du Fay
1430
French, English, and Italian Elements
FRENCH: Ballade form, syncopation, angular countertenor
ENGLISH: Pervasive consonance, thirds and sixths, triadic figures
ITALIAN: Stepwise tenor and countertenor, mainly syllabic
Composed to honour the Holy Shroud
4 voice tenor
Cantus firmus mass
Gloria: If my face is pale
Guillaume Du Fay 1430 Recognizable by use of Ballade tenor Centered on F "Et in terra pax" material used throughout
Innsbruck, I must leave you
Henricus Isaac 1500 A lied Homophonic Strophic Syllabic Modal (lydian)
A thousand regrets
Josquin Desprez 1520 Switches between homophony and imitation Used combinations of 2, 3, and 4 voices Used descending text figures Reiteration in text figures Phrygian mode Cadences on A, sounds Aeolian
Hail Mary Serene Virgin
Josquin Desprez 1480-85 Written when Desprez was working for Sforzas Hypoionian Cadence on C 7 sections 1. Hail Mary (imitation) 2. Conception (Fauxbourdon) 3. Birth (Voice pairing and imitation) 4. Pious humility (Voice pairing) 5. True virginity (Full four voice texture) 6. Most excellent (Variety) 7. Prayer (declamation in rhythmic unison)
A mighty fortress (M)
Martin Luther 1529 Strophic aab form Ionian mode
A mighty fortress (J)
Johann Walter
1529
Sung in service by choir or in other places
Tune is in tenor, surrounded by counterpoint
Sing joyfully unto God
William Byrd 1580s - 90s Written during reign of Queen Elizabeth I Composer was quietly Catholic Ionian
Agnus Dei I, Pope Marcellus Mass
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
1560
Cambiata
The white and sweet swan
Jacques Aradelt 1538 Text alternates lines of 7 and 11 syllables 2 meanings to death metaphor 1. Love 2. Sex
Alone and pensive
Luca Marenzio 1590 Madrigalisms Chromatic motion = wandering steps Leaps and runs = mountains and rivers Jagged motive = darting eyes Dotted rhythms = cupids pursuit
“I depart” I said no more
Carlo Gesualdo 1600 Chromaticism, dissonance and descending lines on sad words Through composed Phrygian
Flow my tears, Second book of Ayres
John Dowland 1600 aabbCC a and C sections have the same ending Hypoaeolian Descending = tears Rests = laboured Descending on happy = irony
