Characteritics of a BALLETT
- Created by: A.E. GILLIAN
- Created on: 23-02-14 16:42
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- Characteristics of a BALLETT
- lighter type of secular vocal music, simple in style.
- strophic in form- 2 or more verses set to the same music
- homophonic texture with melody in the top part.
- Regular simple dance-like rhythms
- syllabic fa-la-la refrain at the end which formed no part of the poem itself but provided material for the end section.
- Occasionally the fa-la 's werenot used , instead another word was substituted. eg Weelke#s 'Say Dainty Nymphs' has the refrain 'no,no,no.'
- they have 2 main sections A B usually repeated AABB
- well known examples include Weelkes 'Hark All ye Lovely Saints' and 'Thus Sings my Dearest Jewel'
- Also Morley's 'My Bonny Lass She Smileth', 'Now is the Month of Maying', 'Sing we and Chant it', and 'Though Philomena lost her Love.'
- they have 2 main sections A B usually repeated AABB
- Occasionally the fa-la 's werenot used , instead another word was substituted. eg Weelke#s 'Say Dainty Nymphs' has the refrain 'no,no,no.'
- syllabic fa-la-la refrain at the end which formed no part of the poem itself but provided material for the end section.
- Regular simple dance-like rhythms
- homophonic texture with melody in the top part.
- strophic in form- 2 or more verses set to the same music
- lighter type of secular vocal music, simple in style.
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