Discovery Aq045 Unit 1 Analysis

Discovery A

1.) Ros, Irupe Tarrago

2.) AQ045 - ARGENTINA Irupe Tarrago Ros: Jazmin - Pequena cancion (after R. Schumann)

3.) The unaccompanied solo piece resembles that as described under unacompanied solo by Eckhardt-Gramatte in unit II of chapter 2. In Die Kranke und die Uhr or "The sick girl and the clock", we can visualize what the girl is going through as the song paints a picture, just as Pequena cancion. To me the song sounds very homophonic as one part supports the other. Since the piece is less than 40 seconds long there is not much time for development of the sound but it seems to follow a strophic form and would begin to slowly repeat itself.

4.) This piece was found using a random draw click and browsing through the composer's

The piece sounds much like other madrigal music but only used male voices. The piece stems from the nearly 300 years after most madrigals but similar tones and voice types. The piece also seems to take on the theme and variations form in how the sound seems to repeat itself.

4.) In hearing the song for the first time it brought me back to our mens ensembles in high school and all the fin we had. The sound was so nicely blended it really grasped me. The second time through the structure of the music formed as I noticed that it repeated itself.

Discovery G

1.) Conlon Nancarrow

2.) OM1002-2 - NANCARROW, C.: Lost Works, Last Works (Nancarrow) - Track 1: Prelude

It wasn't until the second time through that I watched closely to what was going on and attempted to grasp the message that was being conveyed. It begins with a man in a black robe singing to a group who appear to be his peers until a woman and another man appear. They sing to one another and appear to be declaring their love for one another while he watches. They eventually leave and he is left to alone and appears to be heart broken over their appearance. Then the couple make there way back into the act and are accompanied by many others who sing for the couple as a dancer in a red gown entertains them. The couple then drinks together until the man in the gold robe gets a letter that angers him and he rips it up. From them on the couple seems to converse back and forth until the entire group joins them and act I is finished. The piece seems very dramatic and the remaining acts I'm sure would not disappoint. The conductor does a very good job at keeping the opera lively and convey the overall tone of what is happening very