VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thomas Weelkes, British Princess, Program Music
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Melody a succession of pitches that form a distinctive, coherent musical unit. Thomas weelkes, as vesta was from latmos hill descending from the triumphs of oriana (1601) Oriana a legendary british princess; used as a poetic designation for queen elizabeth i. As vesta was from latmos hill descending, she spied a maiden queen the same ascending, Attended on by all the shepherds" swain, to whom diana"s darlings came running down amain, And mingling with the shepherds of her train, with mirthful tunes her presence entertain. Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of diana, To indicate more notes rising in pitch the same letter names are stated over again: 1 1 - 1 1 1- minor scale a seven-note scale that ascends in the following order of whole and half steps: Anon. , gaude virgo salutata from the dublin troper (c. 1360): https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=6ihgcymh_f8 (this piece ends at 1:39) Motive - fran ois couperin, les baricades mist rieuses (1716-17) https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=2f8aqb-hy6k.
