Vocal Textures- Introit
Fugal entries begin “Requiem aeternam” text as the music unfolds from the basses
upwards to the sopranos at two beat intervals
Vocal lines doubled by bassoons and basset horns
Polyphony created throughout first vocal section
Change to homophony between ATB for the declaration of ‘et lux perpetua’
Brief Soprano solo allows for another variety of texture
Imitation between men and altos in ‘exaudi’ section
Sopranos add solo melody over the imitation
Contrapuntal SQs on ‘dona eis’
Change to homophony between ATB for the declaration of ‘et lux perpetua’
Soprano imitates rest of choir
Piece ends in homophony
Vocal Textures- Kyrie
Extensive double fugue, two fugal ideas presented simultaneously
Polyphony throughout
B..30 deviation from set pattern as seen through the use of stretto in vocal texture
on Christi material
Final close of piece is homophonic in declamatory fashion
Fugal entries begin “Requiem aeternam” text as the music unfolds from the basses
upwards to the sopranos at two beat intervals
Vocal lines doubled by bassoons and basset horns
Polyphony created throughout first vocal section
Change to homophony between ATB for the declaration of ‘et lux perpetua’
Brief Soprano solo allows for another variety of texture
Imitation between men and altos in ‘exaudi’ section
Sopranos add solo melody over the imitation
Contrapuntal SQs on ‘dona eis’
Change to homophony between ATB for the declaration of ‘et lux perpetua’
Soprano imitates rest of choir
Piece ends in homophony
Vocal Textures- Kyrie
Extensive double fugue, two fugal ideas presented simultaneously
Polyphony throughout
B..30 deviation from set pattern as seen through the use of stretto in vocal texture
on Christi material
Final close of piece is homophonic in declamatory fashion
