​Musical Links Investigation
Links between Classical Music And Modal Jazz Using Examples.
By Anupama Rijhwani
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In this movement of the symphony, homophony is viewed in the woodwind section from the introduction itself:
Homophony in Credo movement of Missa Solemnis
The chords in this section of the movement move in homophony throughout the instruments in the woodwind section. This can be related back to my orginal definition of homophony. This homophony is extremely similar to the homophony of the D Dorian played by the piano and bass in 'So What', in the introduction, where the trumpet has not come in yet.
The homophony is continued in several places and instruments but we can observe melody dominated homophony when the voices come in:
Here we can see the melody in the soprano part, supported by the other voices and the strings in harmony. Therefore this proves the existence of melody dominated homophony. This is very characteristic of the trumpet being the 'lead' in 'So What', just like the voices in 'Credo'. We can conclude that the voices here, and the trumpet in 'So What' are the leaders of the melody dominated homophony, for the most part. But in both, there are times when other instruments take it, with the strings in 'Credo' and the piano solos in 'So What'.