susato

i like this composer because his name sounds kind of like mine. that's entirely false--i actually played a medley of some of his renaissance pieces when i was in high school. this choral piece is called "bacco bacco" probably because those are the only words in the piece and it comes from a larger work called "mattio rampollini."
the chorus comes in after an instrumental introduction that sounds very much like a dance. it has a strong, bouncing rhythm and a hummable, upbeat melody. there first part of the phrase ends in a half cadence and is completed by a PAC in the 8th measure. when the first phrase ends, a new melody, or maybe a developmental section arises. the phrases are very predictable, easy to follow, and the melody is easy to sing. i feel that this music may be the kind of music that was not played for aristocrats, but rather for normal, everday folk.
when the voices come in, the mimic the instruments by singing lightly and lifting/bouncing as they sing. they play with the melody, passing it on to difference sections of the choir, from tenors to basses and back again.