Listening Journal
Perotin – Viderunt
Omnes
Musical elements:
Texture:
polyphonic with a drone tone; voices mainly move in parallel motion
Text-setting:
melismatic
Harmony:
many perfect intervals (especially 5ths)
Melody:
stepwise motion
Meter:
free with a duple compound feel
Tempo:
Moderate tempo (but ambiguous due to free meter)
Form:
Polyphonic
sections, one per syllable, with monophonic interludes in middle and
at end; in this sense it is ABAB
Shift
in mood after each syllable, marked by a pause and change in tone
Context:
Time
period: 1300s – Middle Ages
Composer:
Perotin
Sanctity:
Sacred
Language:
Latin
Genre:
Organum
Country
of Origin: France
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