Listening Quiz #5

Trans:“Thus over troubled Waters” By: Jacopi Peri About: Arion is bedding adieu to the world Genre: Aria Language: Italian Parte principale; experiment in expressive power of music; risposta parts echo ornamented part of principal voice; principal voice derived from tenor of instrumental 4-v. polyphonic setting; early example of piece written for a principal voice, from Il Canto d’Arione

Trans: He vented to the stars By: Giulio Caccini About: His venting to the stars about his love for a woman. Genre: Monody Language: Italian Sprezzatura, monody, basso continuo, figured bass, allows for freedom in text declamation; scored for solo voice

Trans: Cruel Amaryllis By: Claudio Monteverdi About: Asking Amaryllis to teach him a lesson of love and then complimenting her. If he offends her he by saying this, he shall go to his death in silence. Genre: Madrigal Language: Italian Dissonance for text expression; shows both prima prattica (polyphony) and seconda prattica (music manipulated to express the text), madrigal

Trans: I love you, my life By: Claudio Monteverdi About: Loving a woman. Genre: Concertato Madrigal Language: Italian Solo soprano expresses the memory, more use of solo voice; voices can move both independently and together; more dramatic than Luzzaschi’s setting. Concertato madrigal

Trans: The West Wind returns with soft accents By: Claudio Monteverdi About: The west winds and the desert forest and nature. Genre: Concertato Madrigal Language: Italian Ground bass, ciaccona; use of dissonance, tempo and meter juxtapose joy and sorrow; Concertato madrigal

Trans: Leave me in solitude here By: Francesca Caccini About: A lament, a lover has been abandoned, that progresses from sorrow to death. Genre: Strophic Monody Language: Italian Variation, lament, ground bass in variation, Strophic monody; dramatically expressive

Trans: Betrayal! By: Barbara Strozzi About: A lover being betrayed (being cheated on). Genre: Arrietta Language: Italian Arietta, soprano and basso continuo, ritornello principle; genere concitato; reminiscent of trumpet fanfare for war

Trans: At last the beauty whom I adore By: Etienne Moulinie About: Awaiting the return of a lover that is missed. Genre: Air de cour Language : French Air de cour, solo voice and lute; simple syllabic declamation; avoids virtuosity

Trans: Woodland Groves do ye remember By: Claudio Monteverdi About: Orfeo singing the joys of finding his love Genre: Strophic Aria Language: Italian Date: 1607 Orfeo singing, strophic with instrumental ritornelli, pastoral, closed form; scored for viola da braccio, contrabass, clavicembani, chitaroni; draws from mythology; courtly or private opera

Trans: Thou art dead By: Claudio Monteverdi About: Orfeo sings that he cannot live without his lover, who he just discovered has died. Genre: Aria Language: Italian Date: 1607 Aria, closed form; basso continuo of organo di legno and chitarone, dramatically expressive, Orfeo singing

Trans: Ah Bitter sorrow By: Claudio Monteverdi About: Chorus sings of the cruelty of fate Genre: Polyphonic Madrigal Language: Italian Date: 1607 Polyphonic madrigal style, comments on events, as does the chorus in Greek plays; closed form

Trans: My Lord, pray, do not leave me By: Claudio Monteverdi About: Poppea andNerone are having an affair and must stay apart until the wife has been divorced from the throne. Genre: Arioso Language: Italian Poppea is singing; public or commercial opera; historical subject; blend of lyrical and recitative style=arioso; open form; basso continuo

Trans: Ah, sigh of love By: Claudio Monteverdi About: Nerone singing about a goodbye kiss with a promise for a swift return. Genre: Arioso Language: Italian Instrumental interlude while Nerone is trying to say goodby; Nerone continues his arioso after this; open form; violins, viola, basso continuo

Trans: Oh Sing unto the Lord a new song By: Heinrich Schutz About: Singing unto the Lord Genre: Seconda Practica Language: German Tenor solo, 2 violins, basso continuo; sacred; applies principles of seconda prattica; intensity builds throughout piece

Trans: Saul, wilt thou injure me? By: Heinrich Schutz About: Saul is struck blind on the road to Damascus and hears the voice of the resurrected Christ calling to him, “Saul, Saul, why does thou persecute me” Genre: polychoral motet Language: German Polychoral motet; 6 soloists; two choirs, 2 violins, basso continuo; shows both prima prattica with its polyphony, and seconda prattica with the dramatic interplay of solo voices and choir