Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Perotin Listening Journal

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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