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Purcell Flashcards

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Context

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  • baroque

- for Oedipus

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Melody

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  • conjunct
  • melodic sequences
  • appoggiaturas + mordents
  • passing notes
  • word painting (drop, eternal, pain’d, eased, wondering)
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Harmony + tonality

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  • diatonic
  • perfect cadences in ground bass (5-1)
  • occasional suspensions/dissonance
  • ground bass - 3 bars - LH harpsicord & bass viol
  • Am (modulation in B section)
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Rhythm

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  • occasional syncopation/dotted rhythm

- mainly quavers/semi-quavers

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Texture + tempo

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  • homophonic

- slow, quadruple time

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Instrumentation

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  • harpsicord/bass viol
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Form

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  • ternary
  • del capro aria
  • aria = slow, sad song
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