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Click on the link below, scroll down to the entry, “Bach: Fugue II in C Minor.” Click on this link, listen and answer the question below.
http://www.rhapsody.com/-search?query=Fugue%20in%20C%20Minor%2C%20Bach&searchtype=RhapKeyword
At the opening, you hear a single melody line that is then repeated over and over throughout the piece.
How well can you follow this melody? About how many times did you hear it?
Describe the music – was it very busy, plain, dissonant, pleasant,etc…
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Blog #4 Late Renaissance Secular Music
pg 128 Listening Guide
http://www.rhapsody.com/-search?query=When%20I%20Am%20Laid%20IN%20Earth&searchtype=RhapKeyword
Click on the above link, listen and answer the following:
i. “When I Am Laid In Earth” is a sung by “Dido, Queen of Carthage” who has fallen in love with the adventurer, Aeneas, who is on a journey commanded by the gods. Aeneas is leaving and Dido has decided her fate is death since she cannot have her love, Aeneas.Listen to the low-sounding stringed instrument you hear in the background - it is playing a descending line. Describe how this descending line and the vocal part help to make up the mood of this piece.
http://www.rhapsody.com/-search?query=When%20I%20Am%20Laid%20IN%20Earth&searchtype=RhapKeyword
Click on the above link, listen and answer the following:
i. “When I Am Laid In Earth” is a sung by “Dido, Queen of Carthage” who has fallen in love with the adventurer, Aeneas, who is on a journey commanded by the gods. Aeneas is leaving and Dido has decided her fate is death since she cannot have her love, Aeneas.Listen to the low-sounding stringed instrument you hear in the background - it is playing a descending line. Describe how this descending line and the vocal part help to make up the mood of this piece.
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