Kaleo Regalmuto

Professor Shin
Music History
09/11/19

Assignment #1: A chantar

1. Describe the instrumentation of Version 1 verse by verse.

Verse 1: Woman’s voice with fiddle accompaniment. Slow tempo with long notes held by the
fiddle. Text setting is neumatic.

Interlude: Recorder solo played in at a similar tempo to verse 1. Quieter in nature.

Verse 2: Woman’s voice with fiddle accompaniment. Comes in loud.

Interlude: Recorder with strummed lute. Same rhythmic pulse as before.

Verse 3: Woman’s voice with fiddle accompaniment. Melody seems to be repeating.

Interlude: Bowed fiddle with lightly strummed fiddle and some sort of drum (possibly tamborine).
Possibly two fiddle players.

Verse 4: Back to a Woman’s voice with fiddle accompaniment. Lots of dynamics used. Possibly
more dynamic than the other verses. Fiddle fades out.

Interlude: Recorder. Very short.

Verse 5: Woman’s voice with fiddle accompaniment. Fiddle sometimes doubles melody.

Interlude: Recorder, tambourine, and bowed fiddle. Active rhythmic pulse from the drum

Couplet: Voice joins with the recorder, tambourine, and bowed fiddle to conclude the piece.
Music slowed down a bit before stopping.

2. Describe the instrumentation of Version 2 verse by verse.

Intro: Plucked fiddle at first, then joined by a bowed fiddle. Tempo is slow.

Verses 1, 2: Women’s voice with plucked fiddle. Clear pauses in singing to indicate the ending
of sentence structures.
Interlude: Plucked fiddle at first, then joined by a bowed fiddle.

Verse 3,(4 not performed),5: Women’s voice with plucked fiddle. Fiddle seems to arpeggiate a
lot.

Interlude: Plucked fiddle.

Couplet: Plucked fiddle with spoken word.

3. What are the similarities between the two versions?

In general both pieces were very similar. Both used the same verse and therefore the
same words, both had interludes, and both used the same sung melody. Both pieces had
female singers as well.

4. What are the differences between the two versions.

A big difference between the two pieces was the speed and interpretation of the note
values that were sung. The first piece was much more drawn out, while the second was much
shorter. The instrumentation also varied between the two. The first had a drum and a recorder
being played in some of the interludes and the second piece had more elaborate lute playing.

5. Which version do you prefer?

I prefer the lute playing of the second piece but overall I liked the first version better. The
way the notes were held in the first piece was really nice and everyone seemed much more
dynamic than the second piece. Plus I liked the rhythmic quality of the first and the recorder.