Summary 'Mors Stupebit' Tabular Analysis Verdi Requiem A Level Music
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Course
MU6 - Appraising Music A Appraising Music B
Institution
WJEC
Tabular analysis of the 'Mors Stupebit' section of the Verdi Requiem. Information gathered from official WJEC notes as well as in-class analysis. Includes bar references and in-depth analysis of key features that students will need for the appraising exam. Notes cover all musical elements: Harmony,...
Bass solo with accompanying woodwinds (no pic or flute), horns, bass drum and strings.
D MINOR
DOUBLE BASS A PEDAL THROUGHOUT
140 D minor
ppp disjunct figure in low strings – same pitch in octaves
Homophonic and homorhythmic but texture thins through the
staggered exits of parts from highest pitch to lowest
Use of grace notes
Last note monophonic double bass and slackened bass drum on an A =
V
141 GP
142 Repeat of 140
143 A cappella bass solo enters on an E
Monotone
Syllabic
144 Bass solo as accompaniment repeat bar 140- jagged
145 Repeat of 144
146 (147 Bass soloist moves up a perfect 4th E-A
is the Accompaniment plays same motif but down a minor 3rd
same)
Bass solo ascends up a minor 3rd to C
Bass Accompaniment moves down a major 2nd
Drum Eb added
Bass cresc
Enter woodwind
Bass solo on a top Eb fortissimo – Expect it to be E (so A minor) but it’s
not!
Melismatic bass- bar 151, octave descent
DIMINISHED 7TH
String accompaniment up a ST
152 GP
153 Strings and bass solo chromatic descent
1st beat is bass a cappella- monophonic
Then orchestra on same pitch in octaves / unison
Acciaccaturas
D
Cello A pedal
154 GP
155 C#
156 GP
157 C
158 B
Bb
This time, bass enters on last quaver
159 Bass solo monophonic / a cappella A (back to dominant starting note)
No more bass drum
160 A MAJOR CHORD- bass solo and strings.
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