AS Music study Bruckner Locus iste workbook 1
AS Level Music
Unit 3: Developing musical
understanding
Vocal music 2011
Anton Bruckner Locus iste
Workbook 1: an introduction
Electronic version
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Electronic document ................................................................................... 3
Introduction .............................................................................................. 3
Bruckner & style ........................................................................................ 3
The motet ........................................................................................... 4
The setting ................................................................................................ 4
Text .................................................................................................... 4
Syllabic ............................................................................................... 4
Key & Metre .............................................................................................. 5
Texture ..................................................................................................... 5
Vocal forces and ranges .............................................................................. 6
Structure .................................................................................................. 6
Part movement .......................................................................................... 6
Melody ................................................................................................ 6
Part movement .................................................................................... 7
Wordsearch ............................................................................................... 7
Interactive wordsearch .......................................................................... 8
Cloze wordsearch (pdf) ......................................................................... 8
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Electronic document
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Introduction
Once you have heard the work write a brief commentary on your thoughts on
the work. You may wish to comment on the use of voices, text, melodic and
harmonic language.
Bruckner & style
You will hear some brief extracts of music which were composed in the same era
as Locus iste.
Write a brief commentary on how this work compares to the
extracts.
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Brahms German Requiem
Mahler 8th Symphony
The motet
What is a motet?
The setting
Text
Locus iste a Deo factus est
Inaestimabile sacramentum, irreprehensibilis est
Translation (from NAM)
This place was made by God,
A priceless mystery; it is without reproof.
Word painting is where a composer tries to make the literal meaning of the
text apparent in the music. How does Bruckner reflect the meaning of the text
in the music?
Syllabic
What do you understand by the term syllabic?
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Key & Metre
What is the key and metre of Locus iste?
Texture
What do you understand about the term texture when referring to music?
Which of the following textures is Locus Iste?
Texture
Description
Monophonic
On single melodic line. No accompaniment
Homophonic
Melody with chords. All parts moving together
Polyphonic
Two or more independent melodic lines sound simultaneously
Heterophonic
A melodic line which appears in two or more parts in altered
or decorated simultaneously
Antiphonic
An echo effect created by two choirs
Explain your answer
Are there parts of the work where there is some variety in the texture? Locate
the examples with bar numbers
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Vocal forces and ranges
What voices does Bruckner chose for the setting?
What do you notice about the range of the voices (the space between the
highest and lowest note)
Structure
Using the score and recording write a brief commentary on the structure. You
may wish to discuss use of contrast, the role of the voices and the clarity of
sections
Once you have considered the structure map out the form using letters and bar
numbers, such as A bars 1 - 12
Part movement
Melody
What do you notice about Bruckner’s use of melody? Which voice clearly carries
the greater melodic weight? Does melody occur in any of the other voices? In
what direction do most lines go: up or down?
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Does the melody have any influence on the structure of the work? If so, how?
Part movement
Study the individual voices and how their vocal line moves from one note to the
next. What do you notice?
What do you understand by the term conjunct motion?
Why do you think conjunct motion is effective in vocal music?
Wordsearch
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Interactive wordsearch
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Cloze wordsearch (pdf)
http://www.teachers-direct.co.uk/resources/wordsearches/puzzles/wordsearch644969.pdf
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