Music for a While - Henry Purcell GCSE Music 9-1 0.0 / 5 ? MusicMusic for a While- PurcellGCSEEdexcel Created by: lulu.f2Created on: 05-09-17 12:49 Who was Henry Purcell? An English Baroque composer and is widely recognized as being one of the most influential English composers throughout the history of music 1 of 26 What is Henry Purcell best known for? Writing the opera Dido and Aeneas 2 of 26 What is Music for a While? An Aria 3 of 26 What was Music for a While written for? Music for a while is the second of four movements written as incidental music for John Dryden's play based on the story of Sophocles' Oedipus 4 of 26 Where does the Oedipus legend come from? Greek mythology and is a tragic story of the title character killing his father to marry his mother before committing suicide 5 of 26 What happens during the music in the play? It is the music which calms Alecto until she drops her whip and the snakes fall from her head 6 of 26 What instruments was Music for a while written for? Voice (usually tenor) and continuo 7 of 26 What instruments are used in this recording? Soprano, harpsichord, lute and bass viol 8 of 26 What is a bass Viol? A bowed fretted stringed instrument used in the Renaissance and Baroque Periods 9 of 26 The vocal line is mainly S_______ Syllabic 10 of 26 What is word painting? Is the technique of writing music that reflects the literal meaning of the song 11 of 26 Are the leaps in the music big or small? Any leaps are small and generally no greater than a perfect 4th 12 of 26 What are used to break up phrases? Rests 13 of 26 What is used extensively in the the soprano line and the RH of the harpsichord? Ornaments eg, trills, appoggiaturas, grace notes, upper mordents and lower mordents 14 of 26 What structure does the piece follow? Ground bass 15 of 26 What is a ground bass? A short recurring melodic pattern in the bass part which acts as the principal structure element why the melody changes above it 16 of 26 Name some feature of the ground bass in Music for a While? It is 3 bars in length, consists only of quaver rhythms , it makes used of semitone intervals 17 of 26 What texture does the piece have? Homophonic- melody and accompaniment 18 of 26 What provides the accompaniment? The ground bass in LH of harpsichord and the bass viol 19 of 26 What provides the counterpoint with the vocal line? RH harpsichord 20 of 26 What key is the piece in? A minor 21 of 26 Why is the tonality ambiguous? Because of the chromatic and non-diatonic nature of the ground bass 22 of 26 How would the chords be described? Diatonic ad functional 23 of 26 What is he tempo of the piece? There is not tempo indication but a slow tempo would be apporpriate 24 of 26 What is the time signature? 4/4 quadruple time 25 of 26 Would the harpsichord be notated or impov? The RH impov and the LH notated 26 of 26
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