Polyphony
Survived—
A
testament to
Counterpoint
The
Tie or bind
Two
as one
Jumping
to-
The
portamento mark eclipse
Coupuring
All
the jagged stops and starts
Progression
In
homophony—
Quodlibets,
Impossible
to play apart
Most
precious slur
Curving
arc
Legato
lives;
Staccatissimo
falls apart
Pennillions familiar song
Uniquely departing form
Extemporization
In Dulci Jubilo;
Perhaps the intonation here,
Was not clear as clear can be,
Yet
In such a method
Intonation appeared
In lyric’s unrehearsed symphony
The
Coda
The
song of the swan
Graceful
yet—
Malinconia’s
Sturm und Drang
Frosts
wings unflown,
Sul Ponticello (On the Bridge)
Strigendo’s squeezing every inch
Durchkomponiert indeed
For all the complexity
For each the Stimmung tuned
It is bound to be
Symphoneta ceases polyphonic mastery
In Finale, yet again
I must explain, oft skated
Frozen ice. (Attaco subito)
Cracks downy sides
Unfurling feathered flight
As disparity drowns,
In Sul Tasto’s warming glove
And we then Know:
“Sumer is Icumen In”
I enjoy how you use counterpoint at the beginning and come full circle at the end with Summer is Coming In. I especially loved the use of portamento. In 32 years of music I don't remember coming across quodlibet or Durchkomponiert so I am immensely grateful for the introduction. The poem brings melodies to life; the combination of the sounds of the words read aloud entwining with the ring of their musical connotation creates new harmonies. The journey through the defenses, the turbulence and urgency of melancholy is particularly touching. You have expertly set the stimmung of the piece. Bravissimo, tu sei un dono del cielo.
ReplyDeleteDurchkomponiert never even heard a resemblance to that. I thought you were making stuff up there for a second but good old google showed me the way. That's an interesting phrase too, changing the melodies for each verse. A fascinating web your weave, bah I'll keep rhyming, not changing it up so no Durchkomponiert I will leave..haha
ReplyDeleteHad to google search many of these musical terms as they are unfamiliar and new to me. It's interesting how you assembled them in a cast, with interesting personalities, such life. It seems rather elegant how they interact or interplay with each other in the poem. Anything that does not come together in harmony supposedly cannot last. A suggestion of cycles in the end. Am very glad to have read this poem and for the new discoveries.
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