Source title | Fantasia contrahecha a vna entrada de vna aue maristella. Quinto tono. Segu[n]do grado. |
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Title in contents | Fantasia en el segundo grado remedando a vna entrada de aue maris stella. |
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Category abstract
Genre fantasia
Fantasia type Par
Mode 5
Voices 4
Length (compases) 70
Tuning F
Courses 6
Final VI/0
Highest I/7
Lowest VI/0
Difficulty medium
Tempo fast
Language
Vocal notation
Rubric: “Fantasia imitating the opening of an Ave maris stella. Mode 5, second level [of difficulty]”. Another parody fantasia based on an unidentified model. The title suggests that it is based on a polyphonic setting of the hymn “Ave maris stella” one of the hymns sung at Vespers on Sundays. It was set by many composers. It is a short work of 70 compases, it is quite playable and gains charm as it goes along. It is built of free polyphony most of the way through, in cadentially defined sections [1-26] [26-36] [36-48] and then melodic motive [=theme 2] is introduced under a bass sequence of ascending thirds in compases 54-62, which is then repeated verbatim. Repeats of this kind are a rare occurrence in Valderrábanos style.