Analysing

Early Modern Song

Tim Shephard
Genre Problems

Instrumental Vocal
• Sonata, sinfonia, • Air / ayre / aria
concerto • Cantata, motet
• Suite • Opera
• Fantasia, ricercar, • Villancico
toccata
• Gigue, chaconne,
sarabande, passacaglia,
etc.
Opera Cantata Motet
[Recitative + Aria + Chorus + Ritornello]
 Aria Forms

Da Capo Strophic Rondo Through-

(with refrain?) composed
[= verse/chorus]

Aria
 Cantata and Motet
Alternating…
Character responds Moves the
emotionally to plot along.
events

Aria Arioso Recitative

Cantata (so it’s kind of a mini-opera)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7SYmZZadL4
 Isabella Leonarda
‘Ave suavis dilectio’
Ave, Suavis Dilectio
Salve, charitatis repletio
O cibus cibans, o mensa immensa,
De te bibere vivere est; de te pasci nasci
est.
Salve lumen animarum. Ave flumen
gratiarum
Si sitio tu satias; si esurio tu reficis,
O amoris misterium, peccatoris
refrigerium.
In te salus, in te vita, in te totus Paradisus.
De pane gloria, de vino divinitas.
De morte vita.
O pro mortalibus vitalis mors; vere
fidelibus, o qualis sors.
Hail, sweet love.
Hail, fulfilling charity.
O food of life, o immense table,
To drink of you is to live, you support the
spring.
Hail, light of souls. Hail, river of thanks,
If I thirst, you sate; if I hunger, you satisfy,
O mysterious love, the sinner refreshing.
In you safety, in you life, in you all
Paradise.
Bread of glory, wine divine.
From death, life.
Instead of mortality, life-giving death; true
believers, o what a fate.
 Sop+bc recit[ish];
Ave, Suavis Dilectio ornamented; C-time
Salve, charitatis repletio Sop+bc aria[ish] with vln
ritornellos; 6/8 ‘adagio’
[Ave, ave, ave, etc.]
O cibus cibans, o mensa immensa,
Sop+bc aria[ish] with vln
De te bibere vivere est; de te pasci nasci est. ritornellos; 12/8, faster
[Repeat mark]
Salve lumen animarum. Ave flumen gratiarum
Sop+bc recit[ish];
Si sitio tu satias; si esurio tu reficis, ornamented; C-time
O amoris misterium, peccatoris refrigerium.
In te salus, in te vita, in te totus Paradisus. Sop+bc
aria[ish]
De pane gloria, de vino divinitas. Sop+bc aria[ish] with vln with vln
De morte vita. ritornellos; 6/4, ‘adagio’ ritornellos
; 12/8,
O pro mortalibus vitalis mors; vere fidelibus, o qualis sors. faster
 Sop+bc recit[ish];
Ave, Suavis Dilectio Melisma
ornamented; C-time
High note
Salve, charitatis repletio Sop+bc aria[ish] with vln
ritornellos; 6/8 ‘adagio’
[Ave, ave, ave, etc.]
O cibus cibans, o mensa immensa,
Sop+bc aria[ish] with vln
De te bibere vivere est; de te pasci nasci est. ritornellos; 12/8, faster
[Repeat mark]
Salve lumen animarum. Ave flumen gratiarum
Sop+bc recit[ish];
Si sitio tu satias; si esurio tu reficis, ornamented; C-time
O amoris misterium, peccatoris refrigerium.
In te salus, in te vita, in te totus Paradisus. Sop+bc
aria[ish]
De pane gloria, de vino divinitas. Sop+bc aria[ish] with vln with vln
De morte vita. ritornellos; 6/4, ‘adagio’ ritornellos
; 12/8,
O pro mortalibus vitalis mors; vere fidelibus, o qualis sors. faster
 Sop+bc recit[ish];
Ave, Suavis Dilectio Melisma
ornamented; C-time
High note
Salve, charitatis repletio Sop+bc aria[ish] with vln Repetition
ritornellos; 6/8 ‘adagio’ Word-paint
[Ave, ave, ave, etc.]
O cibus cibans, o mensa immensa,
Sop+bc aria[ish] with vln
De te bibere vivere est; de te pasci nasci est. ritornellos; 12/8, faster
[Repeat mark]
Salve lumen animarum. Ave flumen gratiarum
Sop+bc recit[ish];
Si sitio tu satias; si esurio tu reficis, ornamented; C-time
O amoris misterium, peccatoris refrigerium.
In te salus, in te vita, in te totus Paradisus. Sop+bc
aria[ish]
De pane gloria, de vino divinitas. Sop+bc aria[ish] with vln with vln
De morte vita. ritornellos; 6/4, ‘adagio’ ritornellos
; 12/8,
O pro mortalibus vitalis mors; vere fidelibus, o qualis sors. faster