songs Flashcards
(14 cards)
Alleluia! O Virga mediatrix
- composer: Hildegard von Bingen
- text: latin, sacred
- texture: monophonic
- ensemble: a cappella
- genre: plainchant gradual (proper mass)
- direct performance
notes:
- male voices.
- leader man then choir of mans.
- lots of alleluias
- no instr.
Angus Dei from Notre Dame Mass
- composer: Guillaume de Machaut
- text: latin, sacred
- texture: 4-voice, non-imitative polyphony
- ensemble: a cappella
notes:
- 4 male singers
- all diff parts
- some very high pitch sounds like female
- no intrs.
- some sustained aaaaaa, and eeeeeeee
Regina Caelil
- composer: Vicente Lusitano
- text: latin, sacred
- texture: imitative polyphonic
- ensemble: a cappella SATB
notes:
- female + male voices
- no instr.
- lots of repetitions
- says aleluia lots but no always
Lasciatemi qui solo
- composer: Francesca Caccini
- text: italian, secular
- texture: homophonic
- ensemble: solo female voice, TODO find instr.
- genre: early baroque monody
- lament aria
notes:
- solo female voice
- plucked, deep bowed
- weird strum type thing
Mio ben, teco il tormento from Orpheus
- composer: Luigi Rossi
- style: lament aria
notes:
- female solo voice
- almost accordian type instr.
- plucked
- piano sounding thing
- trumpet
- really cool tune
Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, op. 8, RV 297 – Allegro con molto
- composer: Antonio Vivaldi
- in RITORNELLO form
notes:
- no voices
- struming
- violin fast bursts, also crazy fast
- starts quiet gets loud
- sounds like running
Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, op. 8, RV 297 – Largo
- composer: Antonio Vivaldi
notes:
- no voices
- violin not as fast as the other one
- very light buzz strum thing
- more gentle than the winter one
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049, i. Allegro
- composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- ensemble: recorder, viol,
- genre: concerto grosso
- ritornello form
notes:
- violin
- flute
- weird struming
The Well-Tempered Clavier, no. 1, prelude in C, BWV 846
- composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
notes:
- piano type thing
- one note at a time
The Well-Tempered Clavier, no. 1, fugue in C, BWV 846
- composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- texture: imitative polyphonic
notes:
- piano type thing
- multiple notes at once
Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008, vi. Gigue
- composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
notes:
- chello (deep violin)
- pretty fast
“La giustizia ha già sull’arco” from Julius Caesar
- composer: George Frideric Handel
- genre: soprano aria
notes:
- solo female voice
- violin
- some other instr. bops and boops
“There were Shepherds”
- composer: George Frideric Handel
- recitative
notes:
- solo female voice
- english ish
- violin
- maybe orgeon? (or deep bow)
“Glory to God”
- composer: George Frideric Hande
- chorus
notes:
- many voices female + male
- glory to god
- violin deep and high
