Music For A While

Question 1

Who is it by?

Answer 1

Henry Purcell

Question 2

What is the musical era?

Answer 2

Baroque

Question 3

What is the tonality?

Answer 3

A minor

Question 4

What is the key signature of section B?

Answer 4

C major

Question 5

What is bass part like?

Answer 5

Ground bass is very chromatic with lots of accidentals

Question 6

What are there lots of in terms of tonality?

Answer 6

Modulations

Question 7

What is the form?

Answer 7

Ternary form (ABA)

Question 8

What happens in the final section?

Answer 8

It is extended with with another repetition of the phrase “shall all your cares beguile”

Question 9

What are the dynamics?

Answer 9

Non-existant

Question 10

What are the 4 main features?

Answer 10

• ground bass
• word painting
• melisma
• suspensions

Question 11

What is the ground bass?

Answer 11

A repeating melodic phrase in the bass part. It is 3 bars long and often chromatic.

Question 12

What type of ground bass is it?

Answer 12

A walking bass line

Question 13

What is the time signature?

Answer 13

4/4

Question 14

Name 3 examples of word painting

Answer 14

• short quavers with rests in between sound like raindrops on word ‘drop’
• music stops for quaver to emphasise “dead”
• The word “eternity” is dragged out with melisma

Question 15

What is a tierce de picardie and when does it appear?

Answer 15

A change of key at the last chord found under the word “snakes”

Question 16

What is melisma?

Answer 16

More than one pitch per syllable

Question 17

What is they key signature of section B?

Answer 17

C major

Question 18

What happens in section A1?

Answer 18

• shortened repeat of the first two lines
• additional ornamentation in which the singer shows off her range
• final chord is arpeggiated