Music for a While Flashcards

1
Q

Composer

A

Henry Purcell

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2
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Time period

A

1692 (baroque)

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3
Q

Type of music

A

Incidental music

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4
Q

Instruments

A

Voice (solo)
Harpsichord
Bass Viol

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5
Q

Structure

A

Ternary

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6
Q

Bass feature

A

Ground bass (ostinato in the bass)

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7
Q

Tonality

A

A minor with ambiguity in the bass part (chromatic writing)
Dissonance
Suspensions

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8
Q

Modulations in the B section

A

E minor

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9
Q

Harmonic features

A

Perfect cadences

Suspensions

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10
Q

Texture

A

Homophonic (melody dominated)

Some contrapuntal parts

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11
Q

Time signature

A

4/4

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12
Q

Tempo

A

Adagio (slow)

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13
Q

Rhythmic features

A

Rests in bar 7

Weak beat accents in bar 24

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14
Q

Organisation of Pitch (word painting)

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Word painting on “drop” (represents snakes dropping from Alecto’s head)
Word painting on “pains” (dissonance, relates to pain)
Word painting on “eas’d” (resolves dissonance)
Scalic
Descending shape

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15
Q

How is the returned section A different to the first A section?

A

Added ornamentation, melody is slightly changed to allow it to end in A minor

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16
Q

Vocal melody

A

Conjunct with some leaps
Syllabic
Passing notes and sequences

17
Q

Ornaments used

A
Mordents
Apoggiaturas
Slides
Grace notes
Trills
18
Q

Rhythm of ground bass

A

Semiquavers

19
Q

Rhythm of vocals

A

Quavers and semiquavers

20
Q

Rhythmic features on harpsichord

A

Tied notes

Dotted rhythms

21
Q

Dynamics and expressions

A

None written in the score

22
Q

Type of chords

A

Root position and first inversion, Augmented and diminshed triads

23
Q

Example of false relation

A

Bar 1, F# and F natural

Bar 9, G# and G natural

24
Q

Where is there use of a tierce de picardie

A

Bar 23

The harpsichord plays a C# for the first time changing it from A minor to A major