Fauré: Ici-bas! (Here below)
This piece starts out with a very simple arpeggiated chord which ascends and descends in the first few bars leading right into the vocal part. The vocal part as well starts the melody off with a descending arpeggiated chord (minor) which then flows into more scalar motion. The A section is immediately repeated starting with the introductory arpeggiated chord (V) leading us right along with same accompaniment and melody line just on different words. From this point, after the A section has been repeated (ending on a HC) it enters a completely different section. The first arpeggiated chord in the vocal part isn't a minor chord this time, but has been changed to major to add more unique characteristics to the new section. The rhythm is changed in the vocal and piano part. Momentum is picking up, and the feeling as transferred from sweet, legato, and smooth, to a feeling filled more with intensity, climax, and an overall feeling of termination. The bass picks up more blocked chord to make the texture more full and pronounced, yet at the end of course Fauré decides to bring back in the arpeggiated chord (V...I believe..ending on a i...an IAC) to finalize the piece after the big climatic section.
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