n creating a setting for the voice to dwell in. It functions like special effects in a way. One of the neatest example of text painting in the piano part occurs in measure 6. The piano floats around in the high register , then quickly tumbles down almost three octaves. This sounds like a bird flying high and then swooping to the ground. This relates to the line that says ? listen -the nightingale is singing , I will sing?. We have the bird up high and then we swoop down to ground level were a person would sing.(ex9) Another example of text painting coincides with ? he makes me wait....? After this line is sung the piano plays six low pedal B flats in a row. This represents waiting. It sounds like a grandfather clock chiming on the hour. The b flats also create a great setting for the word ?die?. It is very ominous and evil sounding.(ex10) Text painting is the only area where the piano and voice share a relationship. As I mentioned in the first paragraph , the voice functions in a more atonal way. On the other hand , the piano part has more tonal links that hold it together. Intervals play a very important part in the piano music. The interval of a 6 occurs very often and in the same fashion of an up and down motion. The examples of this occur in measures 6-8 , 10-11 , and 17. In measures 6-8 the piano repeats a 6 between E flat and A six times. One measure later the up and down 6 occurs again except this time in a 7 diad made up of F# and C# and a 7 diad of C and G. An interesting aspect of these diads is that the notes of the previous up and down 6 are the minor thirds of each diad.( A creates a f# minor triad and the e flat makes a c minor triad. The final example of the up and down 6 occurs in measure 17. This time the motion is between a 4 interval of C and E and G flat to B flat. (ex11) This leads to the next important interval , the 3rd. In many instances he uses thirds to change the color of unordered p...
