Sweelink - Pavana Lachrimae

• Sweelink - (1562-1621)
• Late Renaissance
• Organist
• Wrote a lot of keyboard music
• Pavana Lachrimae is a transcript of Dowland's Flow my Tears.
• Probably played by his students.
• Based on a Pavan

• Harpsichord - single manual instrument

                               - narrow range (4 octaves)

• Narrow range typical of Renaissance music

• 3 section piece with variations
  • Section A - bars 1-16
  • Section A1 - bars 17-32
  • Section B - bars 33-48
  • Section B1 - bars 49-64
  • Section C - bars 65-81
  • Section C1 - bars 82 - end

• A MINOR THROUGHOUT!!!
• Stars in A minor, confirmed by 1st chord
  • Bar 17 - still Aminor
  • G# bar 20 suggests phrygian mode
  • Bar 33 - suggesting phrygian mode
  • Bar 49 - suggesting Phrygian mode.
• Functional Tonality THROUGHOUT!!

• Conjunct motion
  • simple - not many leaps
• 4 notes descending motif (bars 1-2) based on a perfect 4th
  • decorated at bar 5
  • seen again Bar 17 - inverted for the variation
• Minor 6th in bar 2 developing melody
• descending notes represent falling tears
• Variation been developed through rhythm, decoration,
  • added notes, decorated (bar 30)

• Simple chords (typical of renaissance)
  • mainly root and 1st inversion chords
• Bars 2-3 = suspension between chords I-IV
• Bar 33, beat 4 - passing notes sending to next chord.
• Bar 34 - Lower auxilery note
• Phrygian cadence (IVb - V) in a minor key
  • bar 46-47
• Perfect cadence = bars 97-98
• Tierce de picardie - bar 98