or vocalization

MUS 2500 Assignment 1 – spring semester 2015

Parameters for discussion and comparison:

Instrumentation (or vocalization), meter, tempo, rhythm, melody,

text, texture and dynamics

Works cited:

Perotin, “Alleluia: Nativitas”

Weelkes, “As Vesta Was Descending”

Using the vocabulary you have learned about the basic elements of

music (specifically pertaining to the parameters mentioned above),

discuss each of the two works cited above and compare them one to

the other.

Your paper should be inclusive of the aspects specifically mentioned in

the assignment and exclusive of personal opinion or comments from

your textbook. Devote (a minimum of )one full paragraph to each of the

three parts of the assignment. No bibliography is needed nor desired.

Your own personal listening experience with these two early pieces is

what is required.

A concluding (fourth) paragraph (or more) should describe the

substantive change( s) that took place from the Middle Ages to the

Renaissance as evidenced by these two pieces.