secular vocal
-
Copland : simple Gifts and I bought Me a cat from old American songs
-
Weekes : Thule the period of cosmography and The Andalusian Merchant
-
Handel : I Rage and 0 Ruddier than the cherry from Acis and Gaeta
-
Schumann : wid mung ( Ab
major ) and Ich Groene Nicht Cc major)
vocal style
-
reutitnea
- Avia
-
chorus
=
,
, Ibonghtmeacat Fmajor
-
-
lastinthefirstsetotold American songs
-
Humour established from the outset by
-
trombone acciaccatura ( glissando) -
sudden accents Yonder tree
-
unpredictable rests b. 133¢
use of extreme contrasts of dynamics -
Sf → p
Changing metre Yonder tree b.
-
5
- Main melody is pentatonic + melodytunderlying chords clash
-
While Fmajortlmiuor chords are perfectly ordinary ,
the Bbinthe cello
against the C. in the voice and
the 9th chord add dissonance
1-
-
Imperfect cadence formedbyanfmajorchord
over a Bb and Cmajor Chord including D
① Cat ② Duck ③ Goose
-
Trombone glissando -
muted brass -
hand stopped horn
-
-
staccato bassline -1 chords -
sulpont.ie/1oinVi0lih
Double Bass doubles bassoon
( clarinet
bassoon doubles cello dissonance AbiEiA muted trumpet
.
- -
-
trutnbone
-
sforzando Cst)
④ Heh -
muted trombone
double bassoon
-
upperstrings glissandi
-
acciaccaturas in bassoon -
Increased dissonances
-
Oboetclarinet chords D. Ebifiltb
stopped ⑤ pig
"
-
double -
+
pizzicato chords in violins /violas -
Semiquaverstaccato -
slurred pizzihdbabsks
P "" "
offbeat quavers oboe /
countermelody in clarinet in horn ,
- in
violas
-
glissandi
hand open
-
Staccato upper strings -1 woodwind -
muted horn from
stopped
>
-
note
-
alternating Dmt Am chords doubles cello _
alternating 4th -15-4
-
Oboehassamerhythmasvocalline -
glissandi in divided violas E- A F- C
⑥ Cow ① Horse
staccato off-beat ihordsinmntedbrass high register woodwind
-
-
-
double basses join cellos _
pizzicato violins
-
Semiquaver staccato melody now in violins _
pizzicato double basses donblesarcocellos
-
Dbmajorchordiu 1ˢᵗ inversion -
dissonance Etf
,
,2022: Describe how animals are depicted musically by Copland
,IEC
: I bought Me a cat, with reference to
harmony , orchestration and the treatment of melody
,
, -
Abmnjor
Simple Gifts
-
Joseph Brackett -
Ternary form
-
first set of old American
"
songs for low voice + piano -
Shaker
-
1950-1 orchestrated in 1954 Communities
(Inthe Opening bars/ first verse /
Introduction / First Zbars Melody
-
in octaves -1 without accompaniment Baritone soloist
-
played byflnteioboeilllarinetsih octaves → strings-1 Woodwind
- -
lstclarinetinhigh register exploits sonority provide an accompaniment
-
key of Ab
major consisting of sustained
recurring chords
-
b. ↳ b. 3 perfect cadence -
motif
-
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 )
-
Cellos doubled by bassoon
Strings supported by harp chords
-
→
Chorus
"
Whetstine
simplicity is gained
"
woodwind again in octaves
chorus
prefigure first 2barsot
↓
-
first zchordfromsame
Perfect cadence
-
Chords changing on the
off -
beats of the bar
-
,'
Orchestration of
Till by turning , turning ,
/ Chorus
b. v2
- unison violas + clarinets
anticipate first 2 bars
→
↓
reprise
-
harmonisation is same as before
-
only orchestration diff
lil double bass included
Iii ) flute t oboe added to wind chords
↓
brief coda
-
repeated patterns in violin
-
sustained muted brass chords
-
use of upper strings
-1
Harp harmonics
↓
-
reference to melody in
_
perfect
cello -1 bassoon cadence
,2018 : comment on simple Gifts with reference to
=
presentation of the melody t orchestration
, Weekes : Tnnele The Period of
, cosmography / The Andalusian Merchant
-
English Madrigal
-
1580 and 1620
acapellq
Characteristics of this genre
:/ Thule
-
written for between 3-6 solo voices 6 Voices ↑
Texture imitative , some homophonic Thule
-
predominantly
is
passages
Through composed [ each section of the text is set to new music)
-
-
-
Each line 1- text treated separately
◦
using rhythmic + melodic motifs
-
Word painting Ascend not higher Flying Fishes
-
Final section of Madrigal is often in Andalusian merchant
repeated with Lvpperparts
The period of cosmography
"
Ibmnjur " The period of cosmography "
"
Thule modulate to
-
repeated semibreves →
-
dottedscaiicmotif → dominant Bb
¥↳→Ñ
-
Imitation 51-752 -
polyphonic Texture -
voices in
parallel 3%6-14
I
"
Doth vaunt of Hecla
"
Hedqwhosesnlphvrions
"
"
new musical idea shift to relative minor (c)
EbM%°r→
-
using Gmaj -16m chord syllabically
consisting 2perfect 4th →
introduced by 2 + continuous Quaver
soprano
- -
,
ugh ,phrion, ,,
movement
immediately immituted -
melisma tic
by all voices -
contrary motion
↓
" Doth melt the frozen clime
" ''
Thaw the sky " →
Eb C Fm Db Abloverlaps) -7 -
different voice pairings
-
Progression otchorus
-
Copland : simple Gifts and I bought Me a cat from old American songs
-
Weekes : Thule the period of cosmography and The Andalusian Merchant
-
Handel : I Rage and 0 Ruddier than the cherry from Acis and Gaeta
-
Schumann : wid mung ( Ab
major ) and Ich Groene Nicht Cc major)
vocal style
-
reutitnea
- Avia
-
chorus
=
,
, Ibonghtmeacat Fmajor
-
-
lastinthefirstsetotold American songs
-
Humour established from the outset by
-
trombone acciaccatura ( glissando) -
sudden accents Yonder tree
-
unpredictable rests b. 133¢
use of extreme contrasts of dynamics -
Sf → p
Changing metre Yonder tree b.
-
5
- Main melody is pentatonic + melodytunderlying chords clash
-
While Fmajortlmiuor chords are perfectly ordinary ,
the Bbinthe cello
against the C. in the voice and
the 9th chord add dissonance
1-
-
Imperfect cadence formedbyanfmajorchord
over a Bb and Cmajor Chord including D
① Cat ② Duck ③ Goose
-
Trombone glissando -
muted brass -
hand stopped horn
-
-
staccato bassline -1 chords -
sulpont.ie/1oinVi0lih
Double Bass doubles bassoon
( clarinet
bassoon doubles cello dissonance AbiEiA muted trumpet
.
- -
-
trutnbone
-
sforzando Cst)
④ Heh -
muted trombone
double bassoon
-
upperstrings glissandi
-
acciaccaturas in bassoon -
Increased dissonances
-
Oboetclarinet chords D. Ebifiltb
stopped ⑤ pig
"
-
double -
+
pizzicato chords in violins /violas -
Semiquaverstaccato -
slurred pizzihdbabsks
P "" "
offbeat quavers oboe /
countermelody in clarinet in horn ,
- in
violas
-
glissandi
hand open
-
Staccato upper strings -1 woodwind -
muted horn from
stopped
>
-
note
-
alternating Dmt Am chords doubles cello _
alternating 4th -15-4
-
Oboehassamerhythmasvocalline -
glissandi in divided violas E- A F- C
⑥ Cow ① Horse
staccato off-beat ihordsinmntedbrass high register woodwind
-
-
-
double basses join cellos _
pizzicato violins
-
Semiquaver staccato melody now in violins _
pizzicato double basses donblesarcocellos
-
Dbmajorchordiu 1ˢᵗ inversion -
dissonance Etf
,
,2022: Describe how animals are depicted musically by Copland
,IEC
: I bought Me a cat, with reference to
harmony , orchestration and the treatment of melody
,
, -
Abmnjor
Simple Gifts
-
Joseph Brackett -
Ternary form
-
first set of old American
"
songs for low voice + piano -
Shaker
-
1950-1 orchestrated in 1954 Communities
(Inthe Opening bars/ first verse /
Introduction / First Zbars Melody
-
in octaves -1 without accompaniment Baritone soloist
-
played byflnteioboeilllarinetsih octaves → strings-1 Woodwind
- -
lstclarinetinhigh register exploits sonority provide an accompaniment
-
key of Ab
major consisting of sustained
recurring chords
-
b. ↳ b. 3 perfect cadence -
motif
-
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 )
-
Cellos doubled by bassoon
Strings supported by harp chords
-
→
Chorus
"
Whetstine
simplicity is gained
"
woodwind again in octaves
chorus
prefigure first 2barsot
↓
-
first zchordfromsame
Perfect cadence
-
Chords changing on the
off -
beats of the bar
-
,'
Orchestration of
Till by turning , turning ,
/ Chorus
b. v2
- unison violas + clarinets
anticipate first 2 bars
→
↓
reprise
-
harmonisation is same as before
-
only orchestration diff
lil double bass included
Iii ) flute t oboe added to wind chords
↓
brief coda
-
repeated patterns in violin
-
sustained muted brass chords
-
use of upper strings
-1
Harp harmonics
↓
-
reference to melody in
_
perfect
cello -1 bassoon cadence
,2018 : comment on simple Gifts with reference to
=
presentation of the melody t orchestration
, Weekes : Tnnele The Period of
, cosmography / The Andalusian Merchant
-
English Madrigal
-
1580 and 1620
acapellq
Characteristics of this genre
:/ Thule
-
written for between 3-6 solo voices 6 Voices ↑
Texture imitative , some homophonic Thule
-
predominantly
is
passages
Through composed [ each section of the text is set to new music)
-
-
-
Each line 1- text treated separately
◦
using rhythmic + melodic motifs
-
Word painting Ascend not higher Flying Fishes
-
Final section of Madrigal is often in Andalusian merchant
repeated with Lvpperparts
The period of cosmography
"
Ibmnjur " The period of cosmography "
"
Thule modulate to
-
repeated semibreves →
-
dottedscaiicmotif → dominant Bb
¥↳→Ñ
-
Imitation 51-752 -
polyphonic Texture -
voices in
parallel 3%6-14
I
"
Doth vaunt of Hecla
"
Hedqwhosesnlphvrions
"
"
new musical idea shift to relative minor (c)
EbM%°r→
-
using Gmaj -16m chord syllabically
consisting 2perfect 4th →
introduced by 2 + continuous Quaver
soprano
- -
,
ugh ,phrion, ,,
movement
immediately immituted -
melisma tic
by all voices -
contrary motion
↓
" Doth melt the frozen clime
" ''
Thaw the sky " →
Eb C Fm Db Abloverlaps) -7 -
different voice pairings
-
Progression otchorus
