Using track timing, include at least one specific detail within each piece to point out. What kind of location or occasion was each piece composed for originally?

ASSIGNMENT

Choose two pieces that you enjoyed the most and explain why. List the composition’s title, composers, and approximate dates. Describe the type of ensemble, the voices or instruments included.

Using track timing, include at least one specific detail within each piece to point out. What kind of location or occasion was each piece composed for originally?

Point out any comparison with the ebook selections that you think is notable.

200words.

Choose from two music options:

Alleluia, O virga mediatrix.

Adhan (Call to prayer) | Mishary Rashid Alafasy | Fajr | Maqam Hijaz ᴴᴰ

Gregorian Chant: Kyrie

Date: 10th century

Genre: Kyrie plainchant, from the ordinary of the mass

Performed by: Schola Cantorum of Amsterdam, Wim van Gerven,director notre dame school gaude maria virgo (rejoice virgin mary)

Date: Early 13th century

Performed by: Lionheart

Genre: Organum

Raimbaut de Vaqueiras: Kalenda maya (The First of May)

Date:Late12th century

Performed by: Martin Best Ensemble

Genre:Estampie (troubadour dance song).

Machaut: Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning)

Date: Mid-14thcentury

Performed by: Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier, conductor

Genre: polyphonic chanson (rondeau).

Monteverdi: Sì ch’io vorrei morire

Date: Published 1603

Performed by: Les Arts Florissants. William Christie, director

Genre: Italian Madrigal

Farmer: Fair Phyllis

Date: Published 1599

Performed by: Quink Vocal Ensemble

Genre: English Madrigal

Josquin: Ave Maria . . . virgo serena (Hail Mary . . . gentle Virgin)

Date:1480

Genre: Latin Motet

Performed by: La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe, director

Using track timing, include at least one specific detail within each piece to point out. What kind of location or occasion was each piece composed for originally?
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