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Zachariah Wright

Dr. O’Sullivan

Music Theory 310 September 01!

"Thy #ebu$e %ath &ro$en %is %eart' (nalysis

)hor*s to locate an* *iscuss1.+ %an*el uses the ,ully *iminishe* lea*ing tone to sho- movement out o, a $ey. sing

a purely *ominant chor* li$e the / tonicies the $ey something %an*el -ante* to avoi*..+ %an*el uses the 2eapolitan sith chor* to gui*e the listener into the lea*ing tone o,

the *ominant o, the $ey. This chor* is use* by %an*el as a sort o, clima on the line o,

the tet "man.'

3.+ %an*el uses the 4icar*y thir* in measures 5 an* 15 ,or the same reason. The ,irst

4icar*y thir* is use* to ma$e the 6 chor* *ominant to the ( minor. This 4icar*y thir* is

not treate* as ,inal. The one in measure 15 is use* to in*icate the *ominant o, the $ey o,

the net piece "&ehol* an* see' in 6 minor.

#elationship o, 4revious an* 7ollo-ing 4ieces to this #ecitative

1.+ The piece opens in 7 minor sho-n by %an*el’s use o, the 6 *iminishe* chor*. This

se8uence is ho-ever a continuation o, the previous piece’s ) minor -ith the (b chor*

acting as a pivot.

.+ The ,inal ca*ence o, the -or$ acts as a hal, ca*ence in the $ey o, the ,ollo-ing piece.)a*ences #esolutions1.+ 9n D minor the epectation is ,or the secon* inversion tonic chor* to go to root

 position *ominant to root position tonic. %o-ever the ,inal resolution is the ,ully

*iminishe* lea*ing tone o, the ne- $ey & minor -hich ,inally resolves to & minor.

.+ The ca*ence in bars 3:; is epecte* to en* on 999 but instea* resolves to /. The

ca*ence in bars 1

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1.+ The tet o, this piece sho-s the plethora o, emotions o, the singer in a short perio* o,

time. This is evi*ence* by the rapi*ly changing $ey areas. The linear use o, the same

lines through *i,,erent $ey areas acts as a constant moti, tying the piece together.

.+ 9n the 4iece %an*el has the per,ormer sing nearly every altere* tone in the harmony.

This allo-s the singer to gui*e the listener through all o, the ne- $eys an* to help the

harmony ,eel cohesive.

3.+ This piece consists o, an ( section measures 1: