Listen to William Byrd's Sing Joyfully Unto God found in the BG
following questions:
Music channel and answer the
1. Soprano Il enters first. Soprano 1 and Alto 1 enter next and imitate the Soprano II line. How are
their imitations the same as Soprano I and how are they different?
2. What happens musically (in general) when a new sentence begins?
3. Find an example of word-painting and explain it.
4. Usually, each voice repeats a whole or part of a sentence before a new one begins. Which line of
the text is not repeated and why do you think Byrd did not repeat it?
