MUSI 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Common Metre, Contrafact, Calvinism

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSI 2040
• Professor: Naomi Graber

Document Summary

Ballad meter meter in terms of lyrics; stressed or unstressed words; 4 line. Iambic stanzas; first line with 4 iambs, second with 3, repeat: communal authorship telephone phenomenon; no idea who wrote the first version. Ballad: the gypsy laddie : kentucky, ballad meter, oral tradition. Ballad: gypsy davy : vermont, ballad meter, oral tradition. The broadside ballad: using contrafacts to spread different kinds of news (serious sometimes funny, sometimes singing for a cause, join for independence. Star spangled banner what once was called the defense of fort mchenry . Social dance: religious objections calvinists see as too sexual, european style dance. Music for country dancing: flexible instrumentation. Most fiddles: even rhythms, phrases, two strains, each repeated. Usually no beginning/ending, can change tune whenever.