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Title: Laudamus te
Oratorio Title: Mass in C Minor
Composer: W. A. Mozart
Librettist: traditional Latin Mass from the Roman Catholic liturgy
Name of Poet of Aria Text (if different from librettist):
Nature of Text (subject matter; where it fits into oratorio story, etc.):
We praise Thee, we bless thee, we adore Thee, we glorify Thee. It is
sung in the Gloria section, right after the chorus sings Gloria in excelsis
Deo.
Range of Aria: A3-A5
Nature of Aria: (slow and sustained; florid; generally stepwise melody;
wide leaps,
etc.) This is an uptempo piece with a tempo marking of allegro aperto.
There is a great deal of stepwise motion with occasional leaps of thirds
and fourths. The melody is melismatic with the phrase lengths
constantly changing.
Difficulty of Aria: This aria seems to be of advanced-difficulty due to
the change in phrase lengths and melismatic writing.
motion with occasional large leaps used throughout the piece. It is very
much a syllabic piece.
Difficulty of Aria: This aria is of medium-difficulty due to the short
length of the piece and the short phrases despite the fact that there
are some large leaps throughout the piece.
Include to what approximate college-level student (exs. college
freshman;
graduate student) This piece could be done by a student as early as
sophomore year of college.
Remarks /Observations: