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13 Cards in this Set
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Quam Pulchra Es |
- Dunstable worked for Duke of Bedford - Motet - Cantilena (similar to conductus) - Simple and Varied Rhythm - Lots of thirds - Consonant |
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De Plus En Plus |
- Fin d'amour - Form: Rondeau - Hemiolas - Mostly Syllabic |
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Se La Face ay pale |
- Syllabic - Triadic Figures - Pervasive Consonance |
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Innsbruck I must leave you |
- Innsbruck likely written for Emperor's departure from city - Strophic - Syllabic - Modal (Lydian) - forecasts Bach's chorale style - Homophonic texture - Arrangement of folk/popular song or newly composed |
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Mille Regretz |
- Alternates Homophone and imitation - Descending figures "regretz," "paine doulourouse" - Mode Phrygian - Reiteration of text = "my days will soon dwindle away" - Likely written for Emperor Charles V |
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Hail Mary Serene virgin |
- Written when josquin was working for the sforzas - First work in Ottaviano Petrucci's published collection of notes from 1502 - today's music lovers likely to know - Motet - Syllabic - Mode hypoionian |
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The white and sweet swan |
- homophonic textures - full of ironies (Singing and unhappy swan vs weeping and ecstatic poet) - Sexual Euphemism - Imitative entries on "Mille mort' il dì" |
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Alone and pensive |
- chromatic motion in top voice - Poets steps, as he wanders - Galloping figures - Cupid's pursuit - Jagged motive in imitation - Poet's darting eyes, as he looks for a hiding place - Leaps and 8th note runs - Mountains and rivers |
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"I depart" I said no more |
- Chromaticism, dissonances - Imitation to depict broken heart - Women's tearful pleas - slow chromatic, chordal - Man returns to life = Fast, diatonic, imitative - Phrygian mode |
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Flow My Tears |
- Form - aabbCC - Unity achieves as lute and voice trade motives - Hypoaeolian mode used - Descending fourths associated with falling tears - Rests - tears, sighs and groans - Irony - descending gestures on "happy" |
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John come kiss me now |
- In variations form - Gradual Rhythmic intensification - Mixolydian |
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A Mighty Fortress |
- a "faith proclamation song" - Strophic - Ionian mode - Image of strength conveyed through forceful repeated opening notes |
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Sing Joyfully Unto God |
- Vernacular (English) - Ionian Mode - Great service = Contractual and Melismatic - Short Service = Chordal and Syllabic -Full Anthem = Unaccompanied Choir - Verse Anthem = 1 or more solo voices (with accompaniment) - Written during reign of Queen Elizabeth 1 - One of Byrd's most popular anthems |
