Choral Direction - "Composition of a Short Choir in Polyphonic Style"

Rotore wrote:

Since it seems that there might still be time [...]

i was thinking about Choral Conducting but I need a clarification regarding the "Composition of a short choir in polyphonic style (motet or madrigal) for 3 or 4 voices based on given musical prompts and words (maximum time 12 hours)."

Ok for polyphonic style, but which one? Does anyone know what they expect "stylistically" speaking?

Thanks

It says: motet or madrigal, which means considerable freedom, if we think about how much variety of outcomes the "motet" has given, from Palestrina to Poulenc, passing through Brahms. Good luck!

Even though I fully share Carlos's interpretation, I fear it is appropriate for Rotore to check with their reference teacher at the conservatory.

In my area, they require the polyphony to be Renaissance-style, so Dionisi/Zanolini "The technique of vocal counterpoint in the sixteenth century" becomes the bible.

Otherwise, it is an excellent text, worth knowing.

To make ourselves understood, I propose a parallel; one of the tests for the intermediate composition exam is described as follows:

"Composition of a 4-voice fugue on words and a theme assigned by the Commission to be performed within a maximum time of 18 hours."

Even if potentially possible, you certainly won't happen to write something like the Fugue from Liszt's Totentanz (incidentally, they don't provide the text anymore).

To conclude, the text of your exam says "based on a musical prompt"... in any case, it will guide the starting material.

Frank wrote:

To conclude, the text of your exam reads "on a musical prompt"... in any case, it will guide the starting material

I agree and I apologize: I had completely missed the above detail...

What can I say, I don't know much more, but truly thank you guys... I'll go take a look around the conservatory... I was already planning to do so