henry purcell

• structure 


  ground bass !!! quaver rhythms entirely, modulates in bar 14
• texture 


  melody and accompaniment, gb played lh harpsichord or bass viol, realisation
• tempo, metre, rhythm 


  4/4, syncopation, off beat rhythms, dotted rhythms in vocal party
• harmony 


  chords diatonic and functional, dissonance, stable
• tonality 


  modulations by perfect cadence, in A minor, ambiguous
• melody 


  ternary form, a - key, moves up two tones four semi tones
• what’s the aim for this piece music for a while

  to get listeners to sleep
• when was henry purcell born and die

  1659-1695