MUS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Shaw Festival, Electrical Contacts, Melisma
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Strophic: melody for each verse essentially remains the same. Melismatic: more than one pitch sang on a syllable of text. First two lines: lined out, naroow melodic range, syllabic singing. Second two lines: embellished melody, wider melodic range, melismatic singing. Amazing grace performed by robert shaw festival singers. Chorale setting: ordered/formal, clarity of part (harmonized), strophic. Note heads are printed in distinct shapes to indicate their scale degree and syllable (fa, sol la, etc. ) Enthusiasm, genuine expression, sense of community valued more than music technique. The ordinary (texts never change): kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, angs dei. The proper (texts that changed): continued to be chanted. Begins with the council of trent (1545-1563) and end the thirty years" war (1648) Aba form: kyrie eleisen (lord have mercy on us) Polyphonic throughout: christe eleisen (christ, have mercy upon us) Begins homophonically, then becomes polyphonic: kyrie eleisen.
