MUSIC 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Homorhythm, Word Painting, Protestantism
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Music 1a03 - lecture 15: william byrd and thomas tallis. English roman catholic that worked for queen elizabeth i and her protestant court: (byrd and tallis wrote both for british royalty) Had a monopoly on printing music in england for a short duration ( nancially well off) Composed lots of sacred works for the protestant church: mass for five voices, and mass for four voices. Was actually a roman catholic > had to keep this secret. Anthem > from england, english choral sacred polyphonic work. > english language answer to roman catholic motet. > motets for roman catholic church are in latin. Genre: sacred english 6 part anthem (ssaatb) s1s2a1a2tb: psalm 81:1-4. Melody: large interval in the beginning (disjunct), mainly conjunct after that (men and boys and women. Mainly polyphonic, although words are repeated they can get muf ed with multiple voices: (sometimes one of the voices is more important than the other), thick, a cappella (no instrumental accompaniment)
