Listening Assignment, MU111: #6, Part 2
Renaissance Sensuality and Seduction: The Madrigal

Prof. Saunders


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Assignment 6, pt. 1

Assignment 6, pt. 2

Assignment 6, pt. 3

Before listening, read the assignment, Todd, Discovering Music,

II. Thomas Weelkes, As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending

The second work for this class is the six-voice madrigal "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending." Read the background to the piece in your textbook, particularly the verbal text, then follow the Listening Guide in the textbook.

Listen to Weelkes, "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending"



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