Transcript (use the key signature and note names to help you).

MUSICAL SLEUTH
Musical passages can be
written down in many ways.
What can a composer’s
manuscript reveal about the
music?
Describe what you see.
What differences do you see between this
example and the music we sing in class?
In general, how can you determine the key
signature of a piece of music?
What clues can you use to determine the
key signature for this piece?
How can the key signature help you figure
out the first two note names?
What are the names of the notes in the first
line?
Give the solfege syllables for these notes
(use the key signature and note names to help
you).
What numbers do you see on this page?
What is the composer trying to
communicate about the way the music is
performed?
Spell out the letters on the page. What
language could this be?
What does the language tell you about the
composer and when the music was
composed? Cite other evidence from the
manuscript to support your hypothesis.
Who signed this work?
Does this fit with your hypothesis about
the composer?
Where and when was this written?
How does the format of the date differ
from the way you might write it?
How do the numbers on the music
relate to the title?
Translation of Latin Text: Look! How good
and pleasant (it is) to live as brothers in
unity.
How does the text fit this type of song?
Where could you go to find out more
information about this piece of music?
Canone à 8, Vienna, 16 Oct. 1798 by Haydn, Michael, 1737-1806
Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress
Digital ID
molden-2822
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/molden.2822
Challenge:
Transcribe the canon using treble clef!
What does this manuscript
reveal about Michael Haydn’s
composition Canone a 8 ?