Monteverdi - Ohimé, Se Tanto Amate Flashcards
(22 cards)
What were madrigals sometimes accompanied by?
A lute
What is the instrumentation?
SSATB
What is the structure?
Through-composed although no strict structure.
Name a recurring thematic feature
The falling third on the word Ohimé
What is the texture of this piece?
Use of homophonic passages (1-6, 20-23, 30-33 etc)
Use of imitative polyphony (33-37, ATB 39-41)
Use of parallel thirds (SS 5-8, 61-65)
Tell me about the antiphonal effect in Bars 1-4
S answers AT, perhaps representing the sighing of two lovers?
What is the tonality?
The key suggests 1 flat but the piece is in G minor. D minor is often used.
Tell me about the harmony
Use of Tierce de Picardie at end and in bar 19
Use of Dominant Pedal in B (61-66)
Unprepared dissonances (2,4 etc)
False relations (19-20, 37-38, 49-51 chain of fr’s)
What do the dissonances and false relations represent?
Agony
Tell me about the penultimate chord of the piece
It ‘should’ have an A at the top but has a B to preserve falling third motif of Ohimé
What about words is typical of secconda prattica or representational style?
The music serves the words
What does the falling third on Ohimé represent?
Sighing
What does the repeated Ohimé represent and in what bars does it appear especially?
Thousands of sighs and especially Bars 47-51
What year was this piece written?
1603
What are Monteverdi’s dates?
1567-1643
How is the word setting?
Nearly syllabic throughout
Give an example of 3 unusual melodic shapes and where they are
tritone in top part in bar 12
descending seventh in bass bar 16
chromatic progression in second part bars 16-17
Time signature?
Remains constant throughout, however, the words are still served at all times
Why is there an elision in Bar 5?
To ensure the stressed syllable ‘ma’ falls on the third beat of the bar
What happens in Bar 18?
Music slows down for ‘morire’ (to die)
What word is set to slower minims rather than the busier quavers?
‘lo moro’ (I die) and double entendre of the verb also being used in a sexual context
What are all at the discretion of the performer?
Tempo, Dynamics and Phrasing
