Listening Facts

Question 1

Quam Pulchram Es

Answer 1

C. 1426
By John Dunstable
About Song of Solomon
A Renaissance motet
Is Homophonic

Question 2

Nuper Rosam Flores

Answer 2

C. 1436
By Guillaume Dufay
Isorhythmic Motet
Written for the dedication of the Florence cathedral
The title means: Remember roses
4/7s are really important, lol.

Question 3

Missa L’homme Arme

Answer 3

C. 1460
By Guillaume Dufay
Mass Movement
Cantus firmus Mass
Original tune associated with the order of the golden fleece.

Question 4

Missa Prolationum

Answer 4

C. 1475
By Johannes Ockeghem
Mass Movement

Question 5

Missa Pange Lingua

Answer 5

C. 1515
By Josquin Des Prez
Paraphrase Mass movement
Gloria Movement
Plainchant
Hymn (rhyming text, strophic)

Question 6

Ave Maria

Answer 6

C. 1480
Motet
Josquin de Prez
First few phrases come from a chant
Melody passes between lines
male and female voices

Question 7

Miserere Mei Deus

Answer 7

C. 1503-1504
Josquin de Prez.
Motet
Savanarolla’s imprisonment led to letters with duke of Ferrera, who Josquin was employed be.

Question 8

Giesu, Sommo conforto

Answer 8

C. 1495
Girolamo Savonarola
A Lauda
Tune based on a carnival tune.

Question 9

El Grillo

Answer 9

C. 1500
Frottola - the cricket
Josquin de Prez?
I love this one!!

Question 10

La Spagna

Answer 10

C. 1500
Heinrich Isaac
Basse Danse
Had a repeating bass line - usually, instrumentalists would improvise, but Isaac composed a piece for it.
The one piece on the listening list that is purely instrumental.

Question 11

Taunt Qe Vivray

Answer 11

c. 1528
Claudin De Sermisy
Parison Chanson; french secular music.

Question 12

Ein Feste Burge Ist Unser Gott

Answer 12

C. 1592
Johannes Walter
Chorale Setting
Based on Luther’s Chorale
Tenorlied

Question 13

Oh Lord Make Thy Servant Elizabeth

Answer 13

C. 1570
William Byrd
IN ENGLISH
Anthem
Based on Psalm 21
Prayer for the monarch Elizabeth I.
IN some sections it is monophonic and others imitative.
*English cross relation

Question 14

Tu Es Petrus

Answer 14

1573
Palestrina
Motet

Question 15

Pope Marcellus Mass: Agnus Dei

Answer 15

1567
G.P da Palestrina
Mass movement
Good example of counter-reformation music, and of Palestrina’s style.
Originial Mass

Question 16

Tristis Est Anima Mea

Answer 16

1565
Orlando Di Lassus
Motet
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
(High voice made to reflect Christ’s own Isolation)

Question 17

In Eccelsis

Answer 17

1612
Giovanni Gabrielli
Concerted Motet:
-Six Instruments
-Four Voices
-SATB Choir; homophonic
-basso continuo
All used in big contrast.
(Kid singing in the recording)

Question 18

Wachet Auf Ruft uns die Stimme.

Answer 18

1619
Michael Praetorius
Concerted Motet
Lutheran Hymn based on the parable of the wise and foolish virgin.
3 sections of his piece - different music for each stanza.

Question 19

El Bianco e dolce Cigno

Answer 19

1538
Jacques Arcadelt - Low Countries
Madrigal
Name means gentle white swan
Imitation demonstrates a thousand deaths a day.

Question 20

Solo e Pensoso

Answer 20

End of 16th-C
Luca Merenzio
Madrigal
Based on a love poem by Petrarch
The high voice is slowly, consistently moving - contrasting quicker voices.
Handout on text painting.

Question 21

Cruda Amarilli

Answer 21

Late 16th-C
Claudio Monteverdi
Madrigal
Name means “Cruel Armarillis”

Question 22

Hor che’l Ciel e la terra

Answer 22

1638
Claudio Monteverdi
Madrigal (Stile concitato)
Poem by Petrarch
Opening of calm has stagnant, repeated chords.

Question 23

As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending

Answer 23

1601
Thomas Weelkes
From a collection: the Triumphs of Oriana (Eizabeth I)