Pavana Lachrimae - Sweelinck
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- Pavana Lachrimae - Sweelinck
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- Manual harpsichord - teaching material
- Range: 3 octaves: G (bottom of bass stave) to G (octave & 1/2 above middle C)
- Tonality
- Renaissance modality
- G nats make it seem in Aeolian mode with some G#s for chromaticism
- Or.. that it's A minor with some modal (Aeolian) elements
- G nats make it seem in Aeolian mode with some G#s for chromaticism
- False relations (G nat & G# - bar10&96)
- 1st 3 cadences (A minor) at the end of each 4-bar phrase are modal sounding Phrygian cadences (IVb-V)
- Renaissance modality
- Background
- Probably intended for domestic use
- 1615: Renaissance
- Structure
- 3 sections (ABC): varied repeat of each section rather than 'straight' repetition
- Constantly uses elaborate rhythmic figures - figural variations (bar17)
- Metre
- 4/4
- Harmony
- Most chords are triads in root position or 1st inversion
- Tierce de Picardi (bar16)
- Only dissonance that occurs on minims are suspensions (bars 89-92)
- Cadences are perfect or imperfect
- Cadential trills occasionally
- Other non-chord notes include passing notes & auxiliary notes
- Rhythm
- Cadential trills involving 8 demisemiquavers (bar 30&45)
- Rhythmic variety
- Passages & sections: usually begin with semibreves, minims, crotchets & a few quavers
- Often continuous semiquavers in one part
- Texture
- 4 SATB-like parts for majority but the number of parts isn't constant
- Most passages are in free counterpoint with occasional imitative entries (bars3&4)
- Short canon bar 91 between soprano & bass
- Melody supported by bass in semibreves (bar1-4). Inner parts also have some contrapuntal interest.
- Melody
- Imitation
- Most florid passages cover quite a small range
- Conjunct with occasional leaps
- Sometimes short repeated patterns in sequence
- Rising 6ths (bar 2) after initial stepwise descent in perfect 4th
- Falling 4th figures in opening 5 bars
- Variation tecniques e.g. additional notes between pairs of notes from Dowland's melody
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