the aspects specifically mentioned
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.
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.