Missa Papae Marcelli - Palestrina

Question 1

History

Answer 1

Composed ~ 1562 by Palestrina following Pope Marcellus II’s death

Question 2

Form

Answer 2

Ordinary Mass

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei

Question 3

head motif

Answer 3

appears in Soprano in Kyrie opening and Tenor 1 in Agnus Dei

appears throughout the piece - used in beginning + end = Kyrie + Agnus Dei

Question 4

imitation/imitative counterpoint

Answer 4

phrase’s shape + pattern/intervals + durations imitated by another voice often at a different pitch level
appears in Kyrie in single-voice imitation + paired imitation

Question 5

single-voice imitation

Answer 5

the successive imitation of 1 voice by the others

appears in Kyrie

Question 6

paired imitation

Answer 6

imitation between 1 pair of voices and at least 1 other pair

appears in Kyrie

Question 7

Kyrie = melismatic/syllabic?

Answer 7

melismatic

Question 8

texture in Gloria opening

Answer 8

starts in 4 - question + answer (antiphony)
contrasts to Kyrie where imitation featured heavily, Gloria has more unison
homophonic - parts sing notes belonging to chords in unison (chordal texture)

Question 9

cadences used in Credo and Sanctus

Answer 9

Plagal (Amen)

Question 10

harmony in Sanctus

Answer 10

functional

dissonance from 4-3 suspension

Question 11

era

Answer 11

Renaissance