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Hildegard of Bingen
Sc. 4: Quae Es, Aut Unde Venis? 12th Century (She was born in 1098) "you who have been, or you who have come" (google translate) |
-begins with echoey male voice introducing
-then nun sings in latin, -sounds like she's singing in a big church -hits some pretty high ones -hard to understand any of the words -not really virtuosic -at some point, others nuns jump in for a background chorus -call and response style -male voices comes back again (represents the devil) |
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Viderunt omnes
Perotin 13th C "all have seen" - google translate |
-earliest type of polyphonic music
-all male voices, almost sound like an echo of one another -3 different voices? -faster paced -later on in the song, boys sing together; echoey like in a church |
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Can vei la lauzeta mover
Oberlin, Russell 12th C "can the vehicle mover Lauzet" -google translate, Italian |
-first thing she says is the song title
-female soloist begins -whiny string instrument in background -later on, awkard plucking action |
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Kyrie from the Mass of Our Lady
14th C |
-male singers begin together, then branch apart
-long, drawn out words -very low bass background, also higher singer -speeds up a bit towards the end (but still not a lot) |
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Lamento della Ninfa
Claudio Monteverdi 16th Cent probably, maybe early 17th "Lamentations of the Nymph" |
Madrigal song
-begins with boys singing parts, virtuosic woman chimes in a lot -lone, stringy instrument in the background during certain parts |
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Ave Maria
Josquin 1485 |
-chorus of both male and women together at all times
-saying very drawn out ave maria (among other things) -women are singing very high notes -slows down, gets low in the middle -words very difficult to discern |
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Hor Che'l ciel
Claudio Monteverdi |
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-picks up drastically in the middle -then slows back down -very woman singing like her life depends on it -bunch of string instruments in the background -alternates between fast and slow with only short pause in between |
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Orfeo, Act II, Recitative, Arioso
Claudio Monteverdi |
1st part (until almost 1 min) just one guys voice, instrument that does scale like slide up harpsichord
-sounds upset 2nd: part: -brief chorus, then single male singer takes over -sounds like hes longing -very virtuosic -guitar in background -hard to tell if there is any emotional resolution |
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Possente spirto e formidabil nume
Claudio Monteverdi "Mighty spirit and formidable deity" |
-single male voice
-lots of virtuoso, ha-ha-ha-ing up the scale -bunch of string instruments chime in -more ha-ha-ing -low male voice -more strings -slow harpsichord going up the scale -instruments get their solo time in (some high strings, some low strings) -speeds up at the ends for a sec -very rarely do instruments and singer play/sing at the same time |
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Organ Fugue in G Minor
Bach 1710 (18th C) |
lone harpsichord
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Brandenburg Concert #5 D - Allegro
Bach 1720 |
first song without voices
-very major -pleasant strings and harpsichord together and flute (maybe?) -sounds like: in fantasia, when they put music to the movie. "Butterflies" -moment of drama near with the likely harpsichord--Sounds like a computer game from the 90s, such as zelda -ends with the main chorus like part |
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Act 1, Scene 1: Notte e giorno faticar
Don Giovanni Mozart "I work night and day" |
-short
-deep male singer -pleasant, major strings in the background -answered by higher male servant voice plot: Leperello is singing about how he works all day and all night |
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Non sperar, se nom m'uccidi
Don Giovanni Mozart 1787 "I won't let you go, unless you kill me" |
woman is singing, don giovanni answers, they often sing at the same time (though not always in unison with the same words)
-Don G wont tell her who he is, she is begging moment of truth with high pitched long note played by various strings (when the duel is about to be challenged) Anna appears, chasing Don Giovanni, who is masked. She wishes to know who he is and she cries for help. |
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Lasciala, indegno
Don Giovanni Mozart 1787 "Leave her alone, unworthy" |
father comes in and challenges to duel
-intense sounding and then sad as he dies -lotta flute action -speeds up in typical mozart style as they escape plot: The Commendatore, Anna's father, appears and challenges Giovanni to a duel while Donna Anna flees for help. Giovanni stabs the Commendatore, kills him, and escapes unrecognized with Leporello. |
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Molta Allegro
Mozart 1788 |
flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings.
The first movement begins darkly, not with its first theme but with accompaniment, played by the lower strings with divided violas. slows down after 1 minute then speeds up context: first movement of one of Mozarts most famous pieces sonata form Symphony No. 40 in G minor; sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony," |
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Lucia Mad Scene #1
Mozart 1836 |
choir of people begin the song, slow and wary sounding.
-ominous strings in the background -flute breaks off in high pitched, erie solo -begin to hear emotional woman singing, sounds somewhat distant -lots of virtuoso, difficult to distinguish the words -at the end hits long frilly high note, and then descends |
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Lucia Mad Scene 2
Mozart |
-flute begins, sounds more major than first part
-but then women chimes in, sounds desperate -orchestra crescendos in -lots of dramatic moments with the orchestra as she -female singing quiet, distant again; sounds more mornful -now smooth, slow, waltzy sounding music -lucia hurts eardrums with very high notes -more flute action, etc etc -around middle almost silent -then goes back to the way it was |
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Lucia Mad Scene 3
Mozart |
starts with man voice (her bro?)
-she chimes in--sounds desperate, loony, virtuoso -major, but it in a wierd way -she and brother sing together (dance togheter in movie) -towards the end, choir returns -singing about her -very dramatic bass/horn sounding instruments -lucia trails off |
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Lucia Mad Scene
Mozart |
-begins on very sprightly, major orchestra/flute piece
-Lucia singing like she is in a field of flowers -hits a bunch of high "ha"s -lots of scales going higher and higher and then music follows -then chorus chimes in, speeds up dramatically -lucia solos, more flighty ha's -world most obnoxious long note ever -singing in major -goes back to high note, virtuoso scale -up and down the scale, again and again -chorus chimes in and sings with her -piece goes minor -staccato, choppy sounding words/syllables -ends on extremely high note -drums/tipanis come in |
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1. Allegro con brio (Symphony #5)
Beethoven 1808 |
-really famous beethoven piece
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Pierrot
Carnival 1835 |
Piano playing chords
low chords with intermittent high notes very repetitive -speeds up for a bit, then slows down Floristan -smooth, waltzy sounding like the music you hear at nordstroms arlequin -staccato, high, choppy -kind of sounds like circus music, but a little nicer -gets very quiet at one point Eusebius -slower, sadder, less chords, more solo notes -softer -gets louder and more dramatic |
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Nocturne in D Flat Major
Chopin |
-Nice sounding, relaxing
-sounds like a jewelry box -like the song at the beginning of the notebook -piano -some frilly, faster parts in the middle -dramatic lower loud part -a bunch of ascending scales -at end, goes back to being softer and more relaxed and quiet |
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"Die alten, boesen Lieder
Robert Schumann 1840 |
-single man with piano in the background
-sounds very resolved, unhappy but not depressing -piano sounds major -duplemeter reflective of the shift towards realism -gets really quiet, only piano for last solid minute -gets louder towards the end, sounds like darkish lullaby |
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Erlkoening
Schubert 1815 (Elf King) |
-staccato piano accompianment
-tense quick notes (represent galloping horse or heartbeats of child) -sad, dark voice of father -no set form -"through composed" - every stanza has different music -major during parts in middle where elf king sings (otherwise minor) -elf king sounds very expressive; music theater -kid sings loudly in middle, anxiously about the elf king and his promises -ends with kid dying |
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Der Leiermann
Schubert (1827) part of winterreise series ("winter journey") |
-Hurdy Gurdy=wierd stringed instrument with something like piano keys
-Leiermann=hurdy gurdy man -sad, soft -simplicity represents Schuman's view that virtuoso doesn't represent emotional feeling quite as well 1st and 3rd stanza=strophic 2nd and 4th stanza=strophic -depressing, similar piano part plays every time the singer switches stanzas -Schubert exploring "pathos" (that which is emotionally moving) |
