MUL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bernice Johnson Reagon, Strophic Form, Shape Note
25 May 2016
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Module 6- music and spirituality spirituality= relationship to inner self. Written by john newton in 1700s, matched with music later. 1: bernice johnson reagon civil rights activist free-form version of song lining out: leader sings line ahead of choir as cue. Text delivery syllabic: one note per syllable of text. Melismatic: multiple notes per syllable of text half spoken, half sung, some solo, free-form harmonies. More structured performance, symmetrical, same meter, rotate solo and full choir renowned choral conductor. Festival singers: institute of choral professionals strophic form: same music for each stanza of text. 3: old harp singers of tennessee sacred harp: shape-note singing, relatively untrained satisfaction and spirituality straight and bright, no one leader, group in square facing each other. Middle ages plainchant in catholic church, free-flowing meter groups of 3 for trinity (ex. Mass ordinary: texts that don"t change throughout the year parts: kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, agnus dei.
