Vocal Music - Bach, Williams

Question 1

What is the context of “Ein Feste Berg”?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

M1 - Melody

Telleman - Ein Feste Berg

Answer 2

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

cantus firmus between tenor + sop

Question 3

M1 - Harmony

Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms Mvt.2

Answer 3

• diatonic functional chords
• rare imperfect cadence

Bitonal, but with clashing dissonance

Question 4

M1 - Tonality

Ein Feste Berg

Answer 4

• DMaj to AMaj
• ends in D

Question 5

M1 - Rhythm

Ein Feste Berg

Answer 5

• simple quad time
• occasional dotted rhythms

Question 6

Luis de Victoria - Ave Maria

Answer 6

• Very contrapuntal writing

Question 7

M1 - Sonority

Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah - Handel

Answer 7

SATB choir + tutti orchestra

SATB w/small orchestra

Question 8

M2 - Melody

Komm Lass Mich

Answer 8

• Melismatic scalic bass w/angular lines

Melismas in alto

Question 9

M2 - Harmony

Ein Feste Berg

Answer 9

• Scalic semiquavers
• chromatic bass

Question 10

M2 - Tonality

Ein Feste Berg

Answer 10

Dom mod to subdom
dom mod.

Question 11

M2 - Rhythm

Ein Feste Berg

Answer 11

Predominant semiquaver bass is moto perpetuo at 1

Common time with decorative dotted rhythms at 66

Question 12

M3 - Texture

Answer 12

Melody dominated homophony at 1

Question 13

M2 - Sonority

Barbara Strozzi - L’amante Bugiardo

Answer 13

Sop + bass duet w/string accomp + oboe solo

Turn - Filled Sop

Question 14

M3 - Melody

Ein Feste Berg

Answer 14

Conjunct and diatonic with small leaps

Repeated two bar phrases from 1

Question 15

M3 - Harmony

Vivaldi - Gloria

Answer 15

Diatonic functional chords

Functional Harmony

Question 16

M3 - Tonality

Ein Feste Berg

Answer 16

Dominant modulation at 2

Subdominant movement to reach relative min at 9

Question 17

M3 - Rhythm

Ein Feste Berg

Answer 17

Common time with anacrusis

Cadential pauses with pass notes between crotchets

Question 18

M3 - Texture

Ein Feste Berg

Answer 18

Chordal throughout

Homophonic throughout

Question 19

M3 - Sonority

Answer 19

SATB choir with orchestral accomp

Question 20

What is the context of “On Wenlock Edge”?

Answer 20

• Song Cycle
• London
• Piano, strings + tenor voice
• For text setting of poems

Question 21

OWE - Melody

Question 22

OWE - Harmony

Answer 22

Eb descent to Ab min
Db/D natural false relation

Question 23

OWE - Tonality

Stravinsky ROS

Answer 23

GMinor
Bitonality brings blurriness

Bitonality blurs tonality

Question 24

OWE Rhythm

Answer 24

Beginning triplets and sextuplets

Question 25

OWE - Texture

Answer 25

Unison trills at 7 before triple pizz at 8

Question 26

OWE - Sonority

Answer 26

Syllabic writing with vibrato on tenor singing sus notes | Tremolo strings at 1 before sul ponticello at 57

Question 27

IMTP - Melody

Answer 27

Recitative style followed by cello countermelody from 5 | Larger leaps at 14 then intro idea ascends from 55

Question 28

IMTP - Harmony

Answer 28

D min to G maj chords throughout | Blocked repeated triplet chords at 9

Question 29

IMTP - Tonality | - Clun

Answer 29

Dorian in modal character | Modal Writing

Question 30

IMTP - Rhythm | On Wenlock Edge

Answer 30

Meter and tempo changes are common throughout | Long free notes from 5 then sep to quintuplets at 45

Question 31

IMTP - Texture | On Wenlock Edge

Answer 31

Homorhythmic at 1 before chordal homophony from 5 | Fortissimo angry tutti at 50

Question 32

IMTP - Sonority | On Wenlock Edge

Answer 32

Sung from a distance at 5 | Tremolo strings at 37 before muted strings at 55

Question 33

Bredon Hill - Melody | Ravel - String Quartet Mvt.2

Answer 33

Happy diatonic melody at 24 before flat 7 F at 29 | Adds Colour through melody

Question 34

Bredon Hill - Harmony | On Wenlock Edge

Answer 34

blocked chords throughout | Second inversion 7ths at 29 with elevenths from 52

Question 35

Bredon Hill - Tonality | Schoenberg - Erwartung Op.17

Answer 35

Untransposed Mixolydian feel | Fellow expressionist w/a-tonality

Question 36

Bredon Hill - Rhythm | On Wenlock Edge

Answer 36

Tied bell like semibreves | Anacrusis fits iambic meter at 24 then triplets at 52

Question 37

Bredon Hill - Texture | Jonathan Dove - No.5 Am Rous Sighs

Answer 37

- Melody dominated homophony | MDH

Question 38

Bredon Hill - Sonority | On Wenlock Edge

Answer 38

Double stopping from 1 with chiming piano bells at 52 | Pizz/arco combo from 100 with open harmonics at 114

Question 39

Schoenberg String Quartet No.2 | Antithesis

Answer 39

- Uses Chamber Ensemble

Question 40

Schoenberg - Erwartung Op.17

Answer 40

Expressionist + A-tonal