DATASHEET N°16
CONTEXT OF THE SEARCH
NAME OF THE PIECE OF MUSIC: BERNSTEIN, LEONARD, CHICHESTER PSALMS, II
NAME OF THE COMPOSER: BERNSTEIN, LEONARD
SEARCH
IN YMUSIC, (I) INSERT THE WORD ‘CHICHESTER’.
Information related to the piece of music appears in YMusic (directly reported here in sections 1, 3 and 4 and completed by information related to the composer in section 2 and an appreciation of the listener in section 6), helping to introduce the following elementary analysis.
1. ID CARD
IN YMUSIC, (I) DOUBLE CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THE PIECE OF MUSIC (CHICHESTER PSALMS, II), THE FOLLOWING VALUES APPEAR.
* TEMPO: THAT PIECE OF MUSIC PRESENTS VARIATIONS AT THE LEVEL OF TEMPO
Start tempo value (beats/minute) = 92
Mean tempo value (beats/minute) = 111
Standard tempo deviation (beats/minute) = 71
Lower tempo value (beats/minute) = 30
Higher tempo value (beats/minute) = 216
Tempo unchanged (%) = 92
Comment: the variations are not important in general, yet there is a clear rupture from the middle of the piece, in relationship with changes concerning the time signature.
* DURATION: 281.4 SECONDS
Comment: in other words, around five minutes.
* TIME SIGNATURES: 3/4 (65%), 4/4 (2%), 2/2 (20%), 3/2 (11%)
Comment: the use of multiple time signatures shows that the rhythm of the piece is irregular.
2. THE COMPOSER
* THE COMPOSER WROTE FOR: ALL TYPES OF FORMATIONS
* FORM OF THE PIECE OF MUSIC PRESENTED IN THIS DATASHEET: A PIECE FOR CHOIR WITH A SOLOIST AND AN ENSEMBLE
Comment : the piece includes a solo part.
* MUSICAL ANECDOTE:
Despite its contemporary musical form, the piece was composed in the perspective of the Judaic liturgical tradition and used the contours of the Hebrew language to build the rhythm and the melody.
3. AWARENESS
* YMUSIC SHOWS THE (LIST OF) INSTRUMENT(S) CONTAINED IN THE PIECE OF MUSIC: PIANO AND CHOIR
* RELATED REMARKS:
The piece contains piano 743 notes and 948 choir notes.
The versions of the piece that may be found on streaming services respect the original instrumentation found in Bernstein’s sheet music: that sheet music mentions : boy solo, percussion, harp 1, harp 2 and choir; it includes no piano.
However, the list displayed by YMusic shows that arrangements can be done in function of the instruments and that can be available to perform the piece (for example, this arrangement shows that the piece must have been performed by a choir and a piano, it is thus an interesting reduction).
4. SEARCH
* IN YMUSIC, I NAVIGATE TO THE 'VIEW YMUSIC DATABASE' TAB.
* I ACTIVATE THE FIRST CHECKBOX AND SCROLL THROUGH THE ASSOCIATED MENU TO SELECT 'DURATION OF THE SCORE'
YMUSIC DISPLAYS A DOUBLE ENTRY TABLE: 2 OTHER EXTRACTS OF THE ‘CHICHESTER PSALMS’ APPEAR.
I NOTICE HOW THEY RELATE:
The duration of the three extracts is quite similar.
5. SEED
I WANT TO SHARE THE MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE PROVIDED BY YMUSIC WITH RELEVANT PEOPLE, THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA OR, AT LEAST, THE URL LINKING TO YMUSIC’S HOMEPAGE: http://www.music-search-engine.info
6. SEARCHING INSIDE MYSELF
IT IS TIME TO SAY WHAT I FEEL AND THINK ABOUT THAT PIECE OF MUSIC! I MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING TEN WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT: