Chapter 17 - Listening Guide Quiz 6: Farmer: Fair Phyllis

For line 5, as Amyntas wanders up and down the mountainside looking for Phyllis, the music repeats the phrase "up and down" in imitation. If you listen carefully, you can hear word painting on the phrase "up and down." The pitch on the word "up" is higher than the pitch on "down." The last part of the poem ("whilst she was missing; When he found her, oh, then they fell a-kissing") sounds like this: What immediately follows the last half of the sixth text line ("Oh, then they fell a-kissing")?

"Up and down he wandered"

Farmer does not use word-painting in Fair Phyllis.

False

In this excerpt, the second line of text is sung by how many voices?

Four

Why would Farmer use monophonic texture at the opening of this madrigal?

He is using word-painting

Which of the following statements regarding Farmer's Fair Phyllis are correct?

It is an English madrigal. The text is pastoral. It is in duple meter, then triple meter.

How many voices sing the opening phrase of Fair Phyllis, "Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone"?

One

What best describes the opening phrase of Fair Phyllis (first four seconds only)?

One soprano sings

Which of the following are examples of word-painting in Farmer's Fair Phyllis?

Scattering the text "up and down" in imitation among the four voices. The use of a lone voice on "Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone"

What is the form of Fair Phyllis?

Short, repeated sections

What best describes the relationship among the four voices (the texture) in this excerpt?

The highest voice sings the melody and the other three harmonize with it, with all voices changing syllables at the same time.

At the opening of this madrigal, the first line of text is sung by one voice, and the second line is sung by the entire group of four voices. All of this music is repeated, and then the third line of text is sung. What happens during the third line of text and what does not happen?

The voice enter at different time Three voices imitate the highest voice The highest voice sings the melody

What best describes the musical texture Farmer chose for the words "But after her [her] lover Amyntas hied?"

The voices enter at different times. Two lower voices imitate the high voices.

What best describes the form of Fair Phyllis?

They are short, repeated sections

What best describes the performers of this work?

Voices only

Listen to the following music excerpts, then drag the corresponding card to the correct location on the text below.

X (0:32) = Up and down... Y(0:04) = shepherds knew Z(0:06) = But after her[her] lover

Farmer uses monophonic texture (a single melody line) for the first text line because Phyllis is_________

all alone

What best describes the texture of Farmer's Fair Phyllis?

changes between monophonic, homorhythmic, and imitative

What best describes the texture of the opening phrase (first four seconds only)?

monophonic

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Farmer's Fair Phyllis.

performing forces: SATB, a cappella mood : light-hearted melody: diatonic texture: varied

Which terms describe the general tone of this poem and which do not?

playful light-hearted do not : sad depressed angry

Farmer repeats the last two full text lines and music to end the madrigal. The first time you hear "up and down he wandered," you know Amyntas is wandering "up and down" the mountainside to find Phyllis. The second time you hear "up and down he wandered," he has already found Phyllis. At the end of this madrigal, Amyntas is wandering________

up and down, as "...they fell a-kissing