Assignment 8: Layered textures and rhythm

Due Thursday 13 June A Look at Okeghems Marian motet Intemerata Dei Mater, attached, measures 9 (second measure of p. 4)-20 ONLY. 1. Sing all voices. Are they equally melodious? Do they move at the same pace? Is imitation used? They are equally melodious, move at similar paces, and imitation is not used. 2. Look at declamation. Is it basically syllabic, neumatic, or melismatic? The declamation is syllabic. 3. When you listen to the piece, can you tell where the cadences occur? Is the music well articulated? Cadences are well articulated in the piece. 4. How can you describe the texture, generally speaking (use terms such as homophonic, contrapuntal, unified, layered, simple, or complex, light, or dark)? The texture is complex, light, and contrapuntal. B Look at Josquins Christe from his Missa Pange lingua (NAWM 42, pp. 218-219). 5. Sing all voices. Are they equally melodious? Do they move at the same pace? Is imitation used here? The lines are not equally melodious, move at different paces and imitation is presesnt. 6. Look at declamation. Is it basically syllabic, neumatic, or melismatic? The declamation is neumatic. 7. When you listen to the piece, can you tell where the cadences occur? Is the music well articulated? Cadences are well articulated. 8. How can you describe the texture, generally speaking (use terms such as homophonic, contrapuntal, unified, layered, simple, or complex, light, or dark)? The texture is unified, light and complex. C Look at Josquins Et incarnatus from his Missa Pange lingua (NAWM 42, p. 221; mm. 91-110 only). 9. Look at declamation. Is it basically syllabic, neumatic, or melismatic? melismatic 10. How can you describe the texture, generally speaking (use terms such as homophonic, contrapuntal, unified, layered, simple, or complex, light, or dark)? The texture is contrapuntal, unified, and complex. 11. How can we make sense of the uncommon musical features of this section? By using conventions common in Renaissance music to compare and analize against other pieces of the same period.