Purcell - Music For A While 3.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? MusicPurcellGCSEEdexcel Created by: Alice58Created on: 28-02-18 17:31 Purcell Facts Born: 10th September 1659 Died: 21st November 1695 He was an English organist 1 of 16 About the set work Song telling a story about Eodapus Song for the change Talks about the furies (Alecto) Written in 1692 2 of 16 Baroque Features Lots of ornamentation Not many dynamics Independent lines of music (more than one) (polyphony) Basso continuo Harpsichord 3 of 16 Texture Melody dominated homophony Counterpoint at times - polyphony 4 of 16 Structure Ground bass repeated in 3 bar phrases Ternary structure 5 of 16 Time Signature 4/4 6 of 16 Time Signature 4/4 7 of 16 Tempo Lento/Slow 8 of 16 Rhythm Dotted notes Small note values Syncopation 9 of 16 Instrumentation Voice - soprano Harpsichord and bass viol 10 of 16 Ornamentation Appogiatura Acciacatura Trills Mordents Inverse mordents 11 of 16 Melody Slow High pitched Mostly syllabic Ornamentation Soprano and Harpsichord Mostly conjunct 12 of 16 Harmony Faster than the melody Arpeggiated Perfect V-I cadences Tierce de Picarde - Sudden major chord at the end 13 of 16 Tonality A Minor E Minor - 14 G (relative major) - 16 C major - 21 A Minor - 23 E Minor - 27 A Minor - 28 14 of 16 Word Painting Drop - repeated and note descends/drops Eternal - held on for a long time - sequence Pains - clashing note (dissonance) Eas'd - clash resolved Wond'ring - free descending scale Free the dead - major 15 of 16 About the ground bass Repetitive Changes key Played by harpsichord and bass viol Play arpeggiated chords 3 bars long - repeated (changes a key change) All quavers Ends with 8ve leap Rising 5th semitone, falling 6th x4 Sequence 16 of 16
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