Name ______________________________ Unit 3 Medieval Listening Examples Number: 3.1 Track 1/63 pg 76 Title: Alleluia: Vidi mus stellam Composer: anon Genre: Gregorian chant Characteristics Texture: monophonic Text: Latin Voicing/Instrumentation: male solo/chorus What I heard: Number: 3.2 Track 1/66 pg 80 Title: O Successores (You Successors) Composer: Hildegard of Bingen Genre: Gregorian chant Characteristics Texture: monophonic Text: Latin Voicing/Instrumentation: women’s choir What I heard: Number: 3.3 Track 1/67 pg 82 Title: Estampie Composer: anon Genre: estampie Characteristics Texture: homophonic Text: none Voicing/Instrumentation: pipe & rebec What I heard: Number: 3.4 Track 1/68 pg 84 Title: Alleluia: Nativitas Composer: Perotin Genre: organum Characteristics Texture: polyphonic Text: Latin Voicing/Instrumentation: male chorus What I heard: Number: 3.5 Track 1/73 pg 88 Title: Agnus Dei from Notre Dame Mass Composer: Machaut Genre: mass Characteristics Texture: polyphonic Text: Latin Voicing/Instrumentation: 4 male soloists What I heard: Number: 3.6 Track 1/69 pg 85 Title: Ecco la Primavera (Spring Has Come) Composer: Landini Genre: ballata Characteristics Texture: polyphonic Text: Italian Voicing/Instrumentation: drums, rebec, voices What I heard: Number: 3.7 YouTube or school website Title: Puis qu’en oubli sui de vous (Since I am Forgotten by you) Composer: Machaut Genre: chanson Characteristics Texture: polyphonic Text: French Voicing/Instrumentation: male voices What I heard: Puis qu'en oubli sui de vous, dous amis, Vie amoureuse et joie à Dieu commant. Mar vi le jour que m'amour en vous mis, Puis qu'en oubli sui de vous, dous amis. Mais ce tenray que je vous ay promis, C'est que jamais n'aray nul autre amant. Puis qu'en oubli sui de vous, dous amis, Vie amoureuse et joie à Dieu commant. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since I am forgotten by you, sweet friend, I bid farewell to a life of love and joy. Unlucky was the day I placed my love in you; Since I am forgotten by you, sweet friend. But what was promised you I will sustain: That I shall never have any other love. Since I am forgotten by you, sweet friend, I bid farewell to a life of love and joy. .