The melody of the song is so peaceful and harmonious. It is genuinely impressive to know that this song was written all the way back during the most sacred Medieval period. I listened to the song with my eyes closed, and I felt a loss of gravity throughout the entire piece. What is especially “angelic” is the song’s smoothness and the lack of pause in between the notes. Combined with its inclining range and its melodic climax, it really pushed the song to a whole new level of paradisiacal and blissful scenery. Speaking from a subjective point of view, I genuinely enjoy this type of music as I am very accustomed to listening to church choirs and singing worship songs. It gave me a near-identical vibe when listening to this song as it provided that exact scenery as being drawn naturally closer to God. Objectively speaking, I did not at all feel the disconnect of this song from our modern-day style of music. I feel that it is somewhat similar to that of Bel Canto’s singing style; the only difference is that it melted the lyrical part into the melodies with this piece, and it is truly astonishing. In general, listening to this song makes me feel at ease, and it relaxes me. All stresses seem just suddenly to go away and off of your shoulders. It was a genuinely satisfying and comforting feeling.

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Response 1: I am in total agreement with you. And I really like that analogy of yours of someone elegantly flowing through a crystal clear lake. That is exactly how I feel. The feeling of floating in the air, and gives a sense of loss of gravity. I also agree that the fluidity of the melody and legato vocals is really what stands out to give us these feelings. Although I do want to note that I remember in the textbook, it mentioned that the smaller the instrument, the “crisper” and “sharper” it sounds, the bigger the instrument, the “deeper” it sounds. Therefore, I believe the instrument used in this piece was probably a Viola and not a Violin. Overall, that is some very nice analysis and I really enjoyed it.

Response 2: Yeah, I believe each person’s imagery and scenery of the music can vastly differ just based on personal and life experiences. I like how you mentioned the different scenes from the movies, it provides a very clear indication of why you felt that way. It reminds me of the previous Perusall discussion of Alan asking the crew to play two different musical pieces of that shark scenery and demonstrating how music can vastly affect the interpretation of scenes.

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