Listening Guide Quiz 3: Machaut: Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning)

Listen to the following music excerpts and drag them to the correct location on the music chart below. Be sure to drag the excerpts from the light yellow outer box; if you drag from the play button the excerpt will not move.

1. Est teneüre vraiement. - Partial Verse 2. Mes tiers chans trois fois seulement - Verse 3. "Se retrograde..." - Verse

Which of the following statements correctly describe Machaut's Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning)?

Correct Answer(s) The text contains a puzzle. It is a three-voice chanson. The top and middle voices are palindromes of each other. Incorrect Answer(s) It is through-composed.

Which best describes the relationship between the voices (the texture) in the first line of Machaut's Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning)? 0:41

Each voice sings its own unique melody (non-imitative polyphony).

The text setting of Machaut's Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning) is primarily syllabic.

False. Rondeau by the composer; puzzle text.

Which best describes the music for the second line of Machaut's Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning)?

The music and text are different from the first line.

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters "a" and "b"; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text. Which best describes the fourth line of Machaut's song?

The music and text are the same as in the first line.

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters "a" and "b"; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text. Which best describes the seventh line of Machaut's song?

The music and the text are the same as in the first line.

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters "a" and "b"; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text. Which best describes the eighth line of Machaut's song?

The music and the text are the same as in the second line

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters "a" and "b"; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text. Which best describes the music for the third line of Machaut's song?

The music is the same but the text is different from the first line.

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters "a" and "b"; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text. Which best describes the fifth line of Machaut's song?

The music is the same but the text is different from the first line.

There are two melodies in this chanson, indicated in the chart below with the letters "a" and "b"; as you can see, the same melody is used for different lines of the text. Which best describes the sixth line of Machaut's song?

The music is the same but the text is different from the second line.

Match the descriptive phrase that best describes the excerpted clip from Machaut's Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning).

[Verse b] 6. Se retrograde et einsi fin. Second half of verse (b)

The first two lines ("Ma fin..." and "Et mon...") are reused to end the poem. In what other line do you see the first line from the poem ("Ma fin...")?

line 4

How many notes per syllable of text do you hear in the first line of Ma fin est mon commencement (My end is my beginning)? 0:41

lots of notes per syllable.

Ma fin est mon commencement is a chanson in - form, which is diagrammed as: A-B-a---a-b-A-B. Machaut's music expresses the - of the text.

rondeau A puzzle