Date:
16th C
Discussion:
Aka "The Animal Noise Song", by Adriano Banchieri. The first and last sections are "falala"s, and in the middle each line imitates a different animal.
Sound:
There are numerous recordings online. Some performances are faithful to the music as written, some ham it up a great deal.
Computer-generated sound files to help learn parts:
- All parts
- Bass
- Tenor (plus bass in animal-noise section)
- Alto (plus bass in animal-noise section)
- Soprano 2 (plus bass in animal-noise section)
- Soprano 1 (plus bass in animal-noise section)
- Tenor and Soprano 1 together (closely related, so I thought this might be useful)
The bass line, but an octave higher than normal, and an octave lower than normal.
The same, but at half speed:
- All parts, slow
- Bass, slow
- Tenor, slow (plus bass in animal-noise section)
- Alto, slow (plus bass in animal-noise section)
- Soprano 2, slow (plus bass in animal-noise section)
- Soprano 1, slow (plus bass in animal-noise section)
See note below about S1 and S2 swapping parts on the final line.
Composer:
Banchieri
Sheet Music:
We're using the sheet-music in the Big Lochac Snogbook (page 22).
Parts:
SSATB
Music Categories:
Italian
Ranges: