How Is This Work Performed

Question: How is this work performed?

Answer: a capella

Question: How many times is the text “Si ch’io vorrei morire” (“Truly I want to die”) repeated in the following excerpt?

Answer: three times

Question: In the following excerpt, the poetic line “Deh stringetemi finch’io venga meno” (“Grasp me until I perish”) is repeated three times. Which describes the musical setting of the second statement of the text (0:19 in the excerpt)?

Answer: downward melodic contour, syncopated in the top two voices

Question: In the following excerpt, the poetic line “Deh stringetemi finch’io venga meno” (“Grasp me until I perish”) is repeated three times. Which describes the musical setting of the second statement of the text (0:19 in the excerpt)?

Answer: The bottom three voices ascend.

Question: Listen to the opening and closing phrases of Si ch’io vorrei morire. Which statement is true?

Answer: The closing phrase is an exact repetition of the opening.

Question: The texture in the opening phrase of this work is

Answer: homophonic

Question: What language is heard in this work?

Answer: Italian

Question: Which describe(s) the musical setting of “Ahi cara e dolce lingua” (“Ah dear, sweet tongue”)?

Answer: dissonance on “Ahi”

Question: Which of the following describes the texture in this excerpt, “Ahi cara e dolce lingua”?

Answer: imitative

Question: Which term describes the melodic contour of “Che di dolcezza in questo sen m’estingua” (“That I expire from sweetness on your breast”)?

Answer: all voices have descending lines