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Copland : simple Gifts and I bought Me a cat from old American songs
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Weekes : Thule the period of cosmography and The Andalusian Merchant
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Handel : I Rage and 0 Ruddier than the cherry from Acis and Gaeta
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Schumann : wid mung ( Ab
major ) and Ich Groene Nicht Cc major)
vocal style
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chorus
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lastinthefirstsetotold American songs
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Humour established from the outset by
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trombone acciaccatura ( glissando) -
sudden accents Yonder tree
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unpredictable rests b. 133¢
use of extreme contrasts of dynamics -
Sf → p
Changing metre Yonder tree b.
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- Main melody is pentatonic + melodytunderlying chords clash
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While Fmajortlmiuor chords are perfectly ordinary ,
the Bbinthe cello
against the C. in the voice and
the 9th chord add dissonance
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Imperfect cadence formedbyanfmajorchord
over a Bb and Cmajor Chord including D
① Cat ② Duck ③ Goose
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Trombone glissando -
muted brass -
hand stopped horn
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staccato bassline -1 chords -
sulpont.ie/1oinVi0lih
Double Bass doubles bassoon
( clarinet
bassoon doubles cello dissonance AbiEiA muted trumpet
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trutnbone
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sforzando Cst)
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muted trombone
double bassoon
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upperstrings glissandi
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acciaccaturas in bassoon -
Increased dissonances
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Oboetclarinet chords D. Ebifiltb
stopped ⑤ pig
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double -
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pizzicato chords in violins /violas -
Semiquaverstaccato -
slurred pizzihdbabsks
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offbeat quavers oboe /
countermelody in clarinet in horn ,
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violas
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glissandi
hand open
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Staccato upper strings -1 woodwind -
muted horn from
stopped
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note
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alternating Dmt Am chords doubles cello _
alternating 4th -15-4
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Oboehassamerhythmasvocalline -
glissandi in divided violas E- A F- C
⑥ Cow ① Horse
staccato off-beat ihordsinmntedbrass high register woodwind
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double basses join cellos _
pizzicato violins
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Semiquaver staccato melody now in violins _
pizzicato double basses donblesarcocellos
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Dbmajorchordiu 1ˢᵗ inversion -
dissonance Etf
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,2022: Describe how animals are depicted musically by Copland
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: I bought Me a cat, with reference to
harmony , orchestration and the treatment of melody
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Abmnjor
Simple Gifts
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Joseph Brackett -
Ternary form
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first set of old American
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songs for low voice + piano -
Shaker
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1950-1 orchestrated in 1954 Communities
(Inthe Opening bars/ first verse /
Introduction / First Zbars Melody
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in octaves -1 without accompaniment Baritone soloist
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played byflnteioboeilllarinetsih octaves → strings-1 Woodwind
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lstclarinetinhigh register exploits sonority provide an accompaniment
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key of Ab
major consisting of sustained
recurring chords
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b. ↳ b. 3 perfect cadence -
motif
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chords are all
Although these
major + minor triads within key of Ab , Lin root )
they do not coincide with the / main beats
melody
thereby producing dissonances
b.io/A-theendotthererse )
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Cellos doubled by bassoon
Strings supported by harp chords
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→
Chorus
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Whetstine
simplicity is gained
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woodwind again in octaves
chorus
prefigure first 2barsot
↓
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first zchordfromsame
Perfect cadence
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Chords changing on the
off -
beats of the bar
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Orchestration of
Till by turning , turning ,
/ Chorus
b. v2
- unison violas + clarinets
anticipate first 2 bars
→
↓
reprise
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harmonisation is same as before
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only orchestration diff
lil double bass included
Iii ) flute t oboe added to wind chords
↓
brief coda
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repeated patterns in violin
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sustained muted brass chords
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use of upper strings
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Harp harmonics
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reference to melody in
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perfect
cello -1 bassoon cadence
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presentation of the melody t orchestration
, Weekes : Tnnele The Period of
, cosmography / The Andalusian Merchant
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English Madrigal
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1580 and 1620
acapellq
Characteristics of this genre
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written for between 3-6 solo voices 6 Voices ↑
Texture imitative , some homophonic Thule
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predominantly
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passages
Through composed [ each section of the text is set to new music)
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Each line 1- text treated separately
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using rhythmic + melodic motifs
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Word painting Ascend not higher Flying Fishes
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Final section of Madrigal is often in Andalusian merchant
repeated with Lvpperparts
The period of cosmography
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Thule modulate to
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repeated semibreves →
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dottedscaiicmotif → dominant Bb
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Imitation 51-752 -
polyphonic Texture -
voices in
parallel 3%6-14
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new musical idea shift to relative minor (c)
EbM%°r→
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using Gmaj -16m chord syllabically
consisting 2perfect 4th →
introduced by 2 + continuous Quaver
soprano
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ugh ,phrion, ,,
movement
immediately immituted -
melisma tic
by all voices -
contrary motion
↓
" Doth melt the frozen clime
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Thaw the sky " →
Eb C Fm Db Abloverlaps) -7 -
different voice pairings
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Progression otchorus