Tavener - The Lamb Flashcards
What is the form?
Strophic, ternary
What is it written for?
SATB
How many verses are there?
Two (1-10 then 11-20)
What is the texture?
Monophonic Bar 1/3-4 showing innocent lamb
Entirely homophonic and mostly homorhythmic
Where is there two part texture?
Bars 2/5-6
Where are there octaves?
Bars 11/13-14
Where are there two parts doubled at octave?
12/15-16
What is the tonality?
The opening bars suggests G major
What happens to the tonality in Bar 2?
An inversion is added suggesting Eb major, giving bitonal feel
What Bars are in the Aeolian mode?
7-10
What do the bitonal passages contain?
Numerous dissonances
What is the joy sorrow chord and where is it found?
Am9 on ‘such’/’all’ etc always emphasised in the tenuto
How is the word setting?
Almost entirely syllabic
How is the range in the soprano part?
Very small Eb-B
How is the dynamic range?
Very limited (pp-mp)
What melody is it all based on?
The melody in Bar 1
What is the Alto part in Bar 2?
An inversion of the melody
What happens in Bar 3?
Original melody followed by inversion
Bar 4?
Retrograde of the new melody
Bar 6?
Alto part retrograde inversion of the new melody
What is the music guided by?
The words
What rhythmical device is employed at the end of each verse?
Augmentation (eg Bar 9-10)
What is the metre?
Often 4/4 feel but no Time signature
Give an example of a word on which a tenuto is employed
‘Made’ in Bar 1
