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Music for a While by Henry Purcell (Context (Continuo (Harpsichord/lute/or…
Music for a While by Henry Purcell
Context
An English composer from the Baroque period
Incidental music written for Oedipus
Composed in 1692
Restoration period
Continuo
Harpsichord/lute/organ/bass viol/cello
Word and text setting
syllabic- one syllable per note
melismatic-many notes per syllable "wondering"
Extended melisma "eternal"
repetition for emphasis "music" and "drop"
Melody
Word painting
dissonance on "pain"
major chord for "free the dead"
small leaps
sequences
ornaments
trills
turns
acciaccatura
appoggiatura
Structure
Ground bass
length is 3= unusual
number of repetitions= 4 1/2
many semitones
Tonality
A minor
Ambiguous
Modulations - key changes
Harmony
Diatonic
perfect cadence
functional harmony
Tempo/metre/rhythm
slow
4/4 simple quadruple
syncopation