Modal counterpoint project second semester

Working towards a little concert program with motets and instrumental (organ) pieces around:

The holy week

• maundy thursday (last supper and the start of the eucharist)
• good friday (crucifxion)
• holy saturday (Jesus descends in the realm of the dead to preach the gospel)
• easter sunday (the resurrection)

and

• ascension day
• pentecost

Your task:

Choose a (short) text from the new testament in Latin (the vulgate)

Think about the planning and design of your work, such as:

• Number of parts/voices
• The mode(s)/colour(s) you are going to choose
• The tactus and it's subdivisions (prolatio) maybe changing dure the piece?
• Your starting point: c.f.-based? If so, c.f. in long notes?, or motives coming from c.f. ?
• The texture: will there be homophony? If so, how, where and with which part of the text? Voice pairs?
• Cadential formulas?
• Contrapuntal approach: imitative? canon techniques?
• Which parts of the text invite you to do some word painting?

Sources to use:

www.vulgate.org (with english translation)

www.gregoriana.sk (Graduale Romanum and Graduale Triplex)

https://sanctamissa.org (gregorian chant following the liturgical year)