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Music for a While Flashcards

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What is the name of the play Music for a While was written for?

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Oedipus, it is an ancient Greek legend.

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What is a basso continuo?

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A group of instruments which provide the bass and chords. Bass viol and left hand of harpsichord

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Which instruments provide the basso continuo in Music for a While?

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Harpsichord, Bass viol

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What is the key of Music for a While?

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A minor

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What type of voice is heard in this version of Music for a While?

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Soprano

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At the time Music for a While was written, how would the right hand of the harpsichord part have been played?

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Improvised

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What is a ground bass?

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A repeated bassline. It was three bars long and moving in constant quavers.

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How long is the ground bass in Music for a While?

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3 bars

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What type of rhythmic unit is used throughout the ground bass in Music for a While?

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Quaver

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How could the word setting in Music for a While be described?

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These is use of ‘word-painting’. The music reflects the lyrics.

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On which word in Music for a While is there an extended melisma?

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Eternal

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What is word painting?

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When the music reflects the words

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Give an example of word painting in Music for a While.

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Drop, wond’ring, eternal, eas’d pain

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What type of music is Music for a While?

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Lament

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How could most of the melodic writing in Music for a While be described?

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Conjunct

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What is often used to decorate the melody in Music for a While?

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Ornaments

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What is the structure of Music for a While?

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Ground Bass, ABA’ ternary form

18
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What is the overall texture of Music for a While?

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Melody-dominated homophony

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What happens to the tonality of the central section (B section) of Music for a While?

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Modulations

20
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What is this music for in the play?

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To show music has a calming influence to Alecto and others.

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What is the metre of Music for a While?

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Simple Quadruple (4/4)

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What is the tempo of Music for a While?

A

Slow

23
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What is a lament?

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A song that displays sorrowful feelings. It’s the traditaional for laments to have falling phrases, mino keys and slow tempo

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What is the purpose of introduction in this piece?

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to set the mood in minor, set the tempo, introduce the ground bass

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