THE NSU CONCERT CHOIR A JAZZ ENSEMBLE October 22‚ 2011 HUMANINTIES 211-90 Moving In The Right Direction This choir is among the best in the Hampton roads area. This is my opinion. I walked in this nice big church in Portsmouth‚ as a student‚ I’ve never even heard the ensemble play live before. You probably haven’t either‚ but you should‚ as the NSU choir and jazz ensemble named one of the Hampton roads best university concert choirs by the universities premier jazz publication performed
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Analysis: Isorhythmic Motet There were a total of five separate talea consisting of three colores. The first three talea were in 3/2 time and the final two were in 6/8. Taleas A-I and B-I share the same color‚ while A-III and B-III also share the same color. A-II had the only unique color. While there are no actual repetitive talea in the upper voices‚ there are many cyclical repeated rhythms. For example‚ the triplum in measures eleven through eighteen match the exact rhythm for the eight
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Listening Exam - Music History 1 Epitaph of Seikilos Song (epigram) First Century C.E. * sung in Greek Brief song inscribed on a tombstone dating from the 1st century C.E. The singer is accompanied by a lyre or other plucked string instrument The music follows the rhythms of the text (melody) The poem sung is an ‘epigram’ (a short verse that makes a pointed remark) Uses vocal notes of the diatonic Iastian tonos There are major 3rds that begin or end the last 3 phrases (bright sounding)
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professional musicians. Die Mit Tränen Säen is a German motet by Hermann Schein‚ it is an accompanied vocal piece that is religious in nature. The motet is conservative although each voice enters in imitation of the preceding voice‚ and it is mostly polyphonic. Five voices perform this motet‚ and each voice imitates the other until all voices have treated one phrase of the text. Then each phrase receives similar imitative treatment. This motet is through-composed‚ and in certain passages the voices
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William Byrd was an English composer and organist of the Shakespearean era who is best known for his collection of masses‚ motets‚ anthems‚ services‚ fantasias‚ and secular works and is considered a master of all genres during his time. He was the son of Thomas and Margery Byrd. Records do not indicate the real date of his birth‚ but researchers believe he was born between the years of 1539 and 1540 in London‚ England. He was mostly known for sacred music written in Latin and secular music specifically
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In the late 1300’s a musical movement started in France. This movement was known to be as Ars Nova. The word Ars Nova means ‘inventor of new art’ and was created by Philippe de Vitry‚ a very well known French composer and poet. Modern scholars of the early 14th century liked the term Ars Nova so much‚ that they adopted it as a suitable word denoting the entire century of music before the 1300’s. During this time period a very influential composer started to emerge during the Ars Nova movement‚ Guillaume
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contains the same rhythms. The leading composer during this period of time was Guillaume de Machaut‚ who composed works for many different genres. His motet Felix virgo / Inviolata / Ad Te Suspiramus is a perfect example of isorhythm. Isorhythmic motets were longer and more complex than their predecessors. Felix virgo / Inviolata / Ad Te Suspiramus is a motet that contains four voices: motetus‚ triplum‚ tenor‚ contratenor.
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decades and until now through this same piece. It is recognized by most as his best work and an influence in the Renaissance period. But why is that? Ave Maria … virgo serena is a motet‚ and one of the most famous of the 15th century. It became even more famous in the 16th century‚ being the first in the list of motets ever printed. Josquin composed it during his service at the North Italian court at Milan as a devotion to the Virgin Mary. He used all four voices in imitative fashion at the beginning
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prove that Josquin’s Miserere is that of “typical” sixteenth century piece. While the Miserere has been noted as anything but typical‚ for use in this paper “typical” will be defined as “possessing all the qualities” of a sixteenth century five-voiced motet. I will demonstrate that Josquin adhered to the “typical” counterpoint rules in the sixteenth century. Josquin’s life For all of his musical fame‚ Josquin des Prez still remains a “surprisingly elusive historical figure.”[2] Because there are
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to simply as Josquin‚ was aFranco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He is also known as Josquin Desprez and Latinized as Josquinus Pratensis‚ alternatively Jodocus Pratensis. He himself spelled his name "Josquin des Prez" in an acrostic in his motet Illibata Dei virgo nutrix.[2][3] He was the most famous European composer between Guillaume Dufay and Palestrina‚ and is usually considered to be the central figure of the Franco-Flemish School. Josquin is widely considered by music scholars to be
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