Faure, Libera Mei

What vocal soloist is used in Faure's Libera Mei from the Requiem?

• soprano
• baritone
• tenor
• alto

What is the form of the Libera Mei movement?

• ABB
• BAA
• ABA
• ABC

What is the tonic key of this movement?

• C minor

• D minor

• D major

• G minor

What heralds the 'B' section?

• The fanfare - ostinato in the horns with the 6/4 time signature.

• Loud brass, a faster tempo, a new rising, extending string motif

• Further development of the pizzicato motif in a new key

• New text Dies Irae, D minor key,

What keyboard instrument is used?

• Harpsichord

• piano

• piano accordion

• Organ

What vocal texture is used at the start of the B section?

• Polyphonic
• Homophonic
• Unison

• Heterophonic

What historical period is this work from?

What melodic features do we hear in the opening vocal solo?

• sustained singing, largely conjunct, smooth crotchet rhythms

• A rising 5th, dotted rhythms, sustained and lyrical

• A rising 6th, dotted rhythms, sustained and lyrical

• A descending 5th, dotted rhythms, sustained and lyrical

What text denotes the arrival of the SATB choir for the first time?

• Requiem

• Libera mei

• Dies irae

• tremens

Harmony in the 'B' section includes:

• some augmented chords, a tonal shift

• Frequent adventurous modulations and unprepared dissonance

• some augmented chords, modulation to D min bar 60

• some augmented chords, modulation to G min bar 60