Listening Test 2 Flashcards
Quam pulchra es (How Beautiful You Are)
Composer: John Dunstable
Language: Latin
About: Love between Christ and the Church
Number of Parts: 3
Time Period: 15th century
Type: Motet
Form: Through composed
Texture: Moves homophonically, Harmony in full triad, Thirds and sixth are prominent. No cantus firmus.
Se la face aye pale (If My Face is Pale)
Composer: Guillame Du Fay
Language: In chanson: French. In mass: latin.
About: Chanson- A man is in love with a woman he cannot have; Tenor borrowed from chanson to use it as a cantus Firmus in Mass- Glory to God
Number of Parts: In chanson: 3 parts. In mass: 4 parts
Time Period: 15th century
Form: In Chanson - through composed. In the MassCantus Firmus is used
Type: Chanson- Ballade; Mass in Gloria
Texture:In Chanson: homophonic; frequent syncopations; angular contra tenor line. In the Mass: tenor is in metric canon in the ratio of 3:2:1
Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen (Innsbrook, I Must Leave You)
Composer: Henricus Isaac
Language: German
About: Emperor leaving the city of Innsbruck
Number of Parts: 4
Time Period: 15th century
Type: Lied
Form: Through composed: strophic
Texture: homophonic
Ave Maria
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Language: Latin
About: Virgin Mary
Number of Parts: 4
Time Period: 15th century
Form: Through Composed
Type: Motet
Texture: Polyphonic with imitative contrapunctals
Mille regretz (A Thousand Regrets)
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Language: French
About: A man’s regret for leaving Holy Roman emperor
Number of Parts: 4
Time Period: Early 16th century
Form:Through composed
Type: Chanson
Texture: Homophonic with some imitation
Ein feste Burg is unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God)
Composer: Martin Luther (original) Johann Walter (polyphonic setting)
Language: German
About: Strength of God and the Kingdom
Number of Parts: Luther- 1 Walter-4
Time Period: Early 16th for Luther; Late 16th century for Walther
Form: Strophic AAB-Bar in Luther; In Walther, Cantus Firmus in the tenor
Type: Chorale
Sing Joyfully unto God
Composer: William Byrd
Language: English
About: Praising God
Number of Parts: 7
Time Period: Late 16h century
Form: through composed
Type: Full Anthem
Texture: Polyphonic with imitations
Pope Marcellus Mass: Agnus Dei
Composer: Palestrina
Language: Latin
About: Lord have mercy
Number of Parts: 6
Time Period: Late 16th century
Type: Mass
Form: Through composed
Texture: Accopella, Imitative counterpoint
O magnum mysterium
Composer:Tomas Luis de Victoria
Language: latin
About: awe and mystery of christmas
Number of Parts: 4
Time Period: Late 16th century
Form: Through composed
Type: Motet
Texture: Polyphonic with imitative counterpoints
Oy comamos y bebamos (Today Let’s Eat and Drink)
Composer: Encina
Language: Spanish
About: Fat Tuesday
Number of Parts: 4
Time Period: 15th century
Type: Villancico
Form: ABBA
Textrue: Homophonic
Da le belle contrade d’oriente
Composer: Rore
Time: Late 16th Century
Language:Italian
About: Courtly love; waking lovers in the morning
Number of Parts: 5
Type: Madrigal
Form:Through composed and strophic
Texture: Polyphonic
“Io parto” e non piu dissi
Composer: Gesualdo
Language: Italian
About: Courtly love; Lovers separating
Number of Parts:5
Time Period:Late 16th Century
Type: Madrigal
Form: Through Composed
Texture: Polyphonic, Imitative
Revecy venire du printans (Here Again Comes the Spring)
Composer:LeJeune
Language:French
About: Here again comes the Spring
Number of Parts: 5
Time Period: Late 16th Century
Type: Chanson
Form: Strophic with refrain
Texture: Homophonic
My Bonny lass she smileth
Composer: Morley
Language: English
About: My bonny lass she smileth
Number of Parts:5
Time Period:Late 16th Century
Type: Ballett
Form:AABB Refrain/verses with fa-la-la refrains
Texture: Homophonic
As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending
Composer: Thomas Weelkes
Language: English
About: celebration of Queen Elizabeth, referencing the classics with Vesta and Orina.
Number of Parts: 6
Time Period: Late 16th century
Type: Madrigal
Form: through composed
