Music 1102A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Papist, Protestantism, Counterpoint
19 Mar 2018
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Texture: listen for the six distinct voices, listen for the passages in which musical ideas are imitated in quick succession. Form: notice how each new section receives its own new musical idea. Word-music relationship: listen for the feeling of the texts keywords such as joyfully and. Listen for the word painting on phrases such as blow the trumpet . Large choirs and cathedrals challenged ability of text to be heard. Originally performed by all male choir, a sound still common in english churches. Imitative counterpoint: one voice introduces a new theme and is imitated by other voices in succession. Registral separation and text repetition help clarify the text. Thomas tallis (died 1585) wrote pieces for 40 parts! Each line of text cadences a melodic idea, ending with a cadence. Elided canadeces: new idea introduced as old one ends. For this is a statue of israel set in a fitting declamatory style.
