Sing we at pleasure (Weelkes) 1598
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- Created on: 03-04-14 14:08
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- Sing we at pleasure (Weelkes) 1598
- Structure
- Binary form with repeated sections.
- A - Bars 1-22
- B - bars 22-53 with written out repeat.
- Each section ends with a fa-la refrain
- Tonality
- G major with modal reflections
- Touches on D major (bars 9-11) and C major (bars 15-17)
- Flattened 7th results in Mixolydian mode
- Harmony
- Chords in root or first position
- Use of suspensions - Alto bar 52
- Diminished 5th - bars 10, 13 & 16
- Cadences define the end of sections
- Tonic pedal in alto part - bars 46-52
- Texture
- Five unaccompanied voices (SSATB)
- Various textures
- Imitation used at different distances
- Homophony - Bars 22-25; 30-35
- Canon between top two parts - Bars 46-51
- Vocal writing
- Declamatory; mainly syllabic
- Vocal ranges of the lower voices are wider than the higher voices
- Rhythm
- Compound duple time (6/8) featuring;
- Triplets
- Pauses
- Use of rests to aid word painting
- Syncopation - alto bars 7 & 12
- Hemiola - Bars 20-21
- Word setting mainly syllabic
- Compound duple time (6/8) featuring;
- Other
- This is an example of an English madrigal or Ballett
- It is a secular song for unaccompanied voices
- It wasd intended to domestic music making which became popular during the renaissance thanks to the advent of printing
- Melody
- Ascending stepwise line at the start
- More leaps later such as octaves and fourths
- Use of textless fa-la refrains
- Range of a 7th
- Each phrase of the text is given its own melody
- Use of sequence
- Structure
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