On wenlock edge
Musical elements
Melody Harmony and tonality
• Limited melody • ambiguous tonality
• mostly conjunct • parallel motion
• tenor voice • chord inversions
• syllabic • implied keys and cadences
• some melisma • bitonality/implied polytonality
• chromaticism • dissonance (more consonance however)
• word painting • pedal notes /inner pedal notes
• dialogue between • modal/pentatonic
parts • unresolved harmony
• sequences • altered chords
• disjunct moments • some more simplistic chord sequences,
(imtp) inspired by the folk style
• modal/pentatonic • tonal focuses /centres despite ambiguity
melodies • false relations
Structure Sonority
• whole piece - song cycle • instrumentation is unusual →
1. On wenIock edge piano quintet + voice
• a/a/b/b/ab • block chords
• verse 5 combines elements of a+b. • Una corda
3. Is my Team ploughing? • trills
• modified strophic form • parallel chords
• Williams leaves out verses 3/4 of Housmann's poem • ostinati
• ab/ab/a b1
• arpeggios
5. Bredon Hill • tremolo
• seven-verse structure • pizz
• intro/a/a/b/b1/c/d/ a1/postlude • sun ponticello
• con sordino
• triple stopping
Dynamics
• dynamic swells
• cresc/dim
• dynamics build tension, highlight climaxes in the music
Musical elements
Melody Harmony and tonality
• Limited melody • ambiguous tonality
• mostly conjunct • parallel motion
• tenor voice • chord inversions
• syllabic • implied keys and cadences
• some melisma • bitonality/implied polytonality
• chromaticism • dissonance (more consonance however)
• word painting • pedal notes /inner pedal notes
• dialogue between • modal/pentatonic
parts • unresolved harmony
• sequences • altered chords
• disjunct moments • some more simplistic chord sequences,
(imtp) inspired by the folk style
• modal/pentatonic • tonal focuses /centres despite ambiguity
melodies • false relations
Structure Sonority
• whole piece - song cycle • instrumentation is unusual →
1. On wenIock edge piano quintet + voice
• a/a/b/b/ab • block chords
• verse 5 combines elements of a+b. • Una corda
3. Is my Team ploughing? • trills
• modified strophic form • parallel chords
• Williams leaves out verses 3/4 of Housmann's poem • ostinati
• ab/ab/a b1
• arpeggios
5. Bredon Hill • tremolo
• seven-verse structure • pizz
• intro/a/a/b/b1/c/d/ a1/postlude • sun ponticello
• con sordino
• triple stopping
Dynamics
• dynamic swells
• cresc/dim
• dynamics build tension, highlight climaxes in the music
