Fair Phyllis by John Farmer
1599
Fair Phyllis date of publication
four a cappella voices
Fair Phyllis performing forces
all voices sing together on Feeding her flock near to the mountainside
Homorhythmic example of word painting
four-voice madrigals
John Farmer composed these types of madrigals...
lighthearted, pastoral texts
John Farmer favored these types of texts...
vivid word painting
John Farmer's characteristic melodies used modal harmonies, largely diatonic and employed...
chordal homophonic textures with imitative polyphony
John Farmer's musical style combined...
1570-1601
John Farmer's years of life
English
Language of text
up and down descending lines with the word up on the highest pitch
Melodic example of word painting
soprano voice sings alone
Monophonic example of word painting for "Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone"
Syncopation
This is used as a rhythmic word painting techniqe during the feeding of her flock and when they fell a-kissing
O then they fell a kissing
When does the meter shift to triple feel?
Amyntas
Who went looking up and down for Phyllis?
f major
key of Fair Phyllis
polyphonic
musical texture of Fair Phyllis