Score Analysis
"Dance Today With Joy"
Element	Information
Vijah Singh, Composer	Assoc. Prof. of Music at Central Washington University. Known for eclectic music in classical and jazz idioms. Contemporary.
Tempo	dotted quarter = 96-104, prefer around 100.
Secular	Indian Poem influence
Key of G Minor	Lots of music in 5ths (tonic and dominant)
Four-Part	Unison in Octaves in mm. 17-20, also homorhythmic through all 4 parts except in mm. 45-52 & mm.76-86.
Other Instruments	Piano, hand drum, & triangle
In 6/8 Time	sometimes felt in 3 instead of 2
With Hand drum & Triangle	Hand-drum part more difficult than triangle
Contemporary Music	is tonal but lots of music in 5ths.
Original Performance	Commissioned by Dayton High School Choir (Oregon) Mark Williams, Director
Text	English, From Indian 15th Century Poem, can't find origin
Story or Mood of text	dance with laughter, tears, sorrow, joy, pain, love.
Folk Music…	Indian Poem…music
Form	A - mm. 13-25, B - mm. 37-51, C - mm. 53-63, D - mm. 76-90, back to A, then B & C, then back to A' in mm. 92 with a ending in mm. 102.
Rhythm	Mostly homorhythmic except in mm. 45-52 & mm.76-86.
Melody	Melos in all parts in mm. 17-20, then handed to sop. till 25. Men get melos in mm. 37 with women on a new motive starting in mm. 45. Sop. have melos in 75.
Harmony	Mostly in 5ths or 3rds, but some key chords marked in score. Rarely leaves G minor.
Timbre	More rhythmic like a dance for a ritual in the first portion of piece contrasting wjhen the percussion drops out during the legato section. Voicescould be more percussive like accomp. & instruments.
Texture	Homorhythmic sometimes, but texture changes when the male rhythm feels in 2 and the female rhythm feels like it is in 3.
Expression	Feel of first section should contrast that of the legato section.
Phrasing	Last of 3 eighth notes of a phrase decresc. & should not be louder than previous eighth notes. Accents add character piece especially unique rhythms such as mm. 45-52 between male & female voices.
Dynamics	Should be used to add expression to repeated sections of the piece. Are also created by the contrasting styles of different sec.