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A Level Music (Edexcel) > Vocal Music - Bach, Williams > Flashcards

Vocal Music - Bach, Williams Flashcards

Includes "Ein Feste Burg", "The Magic Flute" & "On Wenlock Edge" + WL

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What is the context of “Ein Feste Berg”?

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  • Church cantata
  • Leipzig
  • SATB choir, soloists + strings
  • For church services
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M1 - Melody

Telleman - Ein Feste Berg

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  • Cantus firmus - based on lutheran hymn
  • conjunct soprano theme

cantus firmus between tenor + sop

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M1 - Harmony

Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms Mvt.2

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  • diatonic functional chords
  • rare imperfect cadence

Bitonal, but with clashing dissonance

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M1 - Tonality

Ein Feste Berg

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  • DMaj to AMaj
  • ends in D
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M1 - Rhythm

Ein Feste Berg

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  • simple quad time
  • occasional dotted rhythms
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Luis de Victoria - Ave Maria

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  • Very contrapuntal writing
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M1 - Sonority

Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah - Handel

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SATB choir + tutti orchestra

SATB w/small orchestra

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M2 - Melody

Komm Lass Mich

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  • Melismatic scalic bass w/angular lines

Melismas in alto

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M2 - Harmony

Ein Feste Berg

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  • Scalic semiquavers
  • chromatic bass
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M2 - Tonality

Ein Feste Berg

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Dom mod to subdom
dom mod.

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M2 - Rhythm

Ein Feste Berg

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Predominant semiquaver bass is moto perpetuo at 1

Common time with decorative dotted rhythms at 66

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M3 - Texture

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Melody dominated homophony at 1

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M2 - Sonority

Barbara Strozzi - L’amante Bugiardo

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Sop + bass duet w/string accomp + oboe solo

Turn - Filled Sop

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M3 - Melody

Ein Feste Berg

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Conjunct and diatonic with small leaps

Repeated two bar phrases from 1

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M3 - Harmony

Vivaldi - Gloria

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Diatonic functional chords

Functional Harmony

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M3 - Tonality

Ein Feste Berg

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Dominant modulation at 2

Subdominant movement to reach relative min at 9

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M3 - Rhythm

Ein Feste Berg

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Common time with anacrusis

Cadential pauses with pass notes between crotchets

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M3 - Texture

Ein Feste Berg

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Chordal throughout

Homophonic throughout

19
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M3 - Sonority

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SATB choir with orchestral accomp

20
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What is the context of “On Wenlock Edge”?

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  • Song Cycle
  • London
  • Piano, strings + tenor voice
  • For text setting of poems
21
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OWE - Melody

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22
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OWE - Harmony

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Eb descent to Ab min
Db/D natural false relation

23
Q

OWE - Tonality

Stravinsky ROS

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GMinor
Bitonality brings blurriness

Bitonality blurs tonality

24
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OWE Rhythm

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Beginning triplets and sextuplets

25
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OWE - Texture

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Unison trills at 7 before triple pizz at 8

26
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OWE - Sonority

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Syllabic writing with vibrato on tenor singing sus notes

Tremolo strings at 1 before sul ponticello at 57

27
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IMTP - Melody

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Recitative style followed by cello countermelody from 5

Larger leaps at 14 then intro idea ascends from 55

28
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IMTP - Harmony

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D min to G maj chords throughout

Blocked repeated triplet chords at 9

29
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IMTP - Tonality

- Clun

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Dorian in modal character

Modal Writing

30
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IMTP - Rhythm

On Wenlock Edge

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Meter and tempo changes are common throughout

Long free notes from 5 then sep to quintuplets at 45

31
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IMTP - Texture

On Wenlock Edge

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Homorhythmic at 1 before chordal homophony from 5

Fortissimo angry tutti at 50

32
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IMTP - Sonority

On Wenlock Edge

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Sung from a distance at 5

Tremolo strings at 37 before muted strings at 55

33
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Bredon Hill - Melody

Ravel - String Quartet Mvt.2

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Happy diatonic melody at 24 before flat 7 F at 29

Adds Colour through melody

34
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Bredon Hill - Harmony

On Wenlock Edge

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blocked chords throughout

Second inversion 7ths at 29 with elevenths from 52

35
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Bredon Hill - Tonality

Schoenberg - Erwartung Op.17

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Untransposed Mixolydian feel

Fellow expressionist w/a-tonality

36
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Bredon Hill - Rhythm

On Wenlock Edge

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Tied bell like semibreves

Anacrusis fits iambic meter at 24 then triplets at 52

37
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Bredon Hill - Texture

Jonathan Dove - No.5 Am Rous Sighs

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  • Melody dominated homophony

MDH

38
Q

Bredon Hill - Sonority

On Wenlock Edge

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Double stopping from 1 with chiming piano bells at 52

Pizz/arco combo from 100 with open harmonics at 114

39
Q

Schoenberg String Quartet No.2

Antithesis

A
  • Uses Chamber Ensemble
40
Q

Schoenberg - Erwartung Op.17

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Expressionist + A-tonal

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