Just as I mentioned in the Introduction of my research report, I found a piece by Wizlav von Rügen III which shows structural similarities with Sion trure and this piece can be found in Jenaer Liederhandschrift (75v-76r).
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| Manuscript pictures |
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| Transcription of the melody, and original text with nachdichtung |
At analysing the piece we can conclude the following: it is in
Mode 1, and its ambitus is relatively small (mostly moves within the fifth between
d and
a). The setting of the text is syllabic except for the little melismas in C1 and C2. The structural units does not show similar lenght, and their ambitus also change:
- A is the longest and uses the whole ambitus of the fifth
- B is shorter than A, but keeps the ambitus of A
- C1 is even shorter than B, and its ambitus narrows down to major third (f-a), but shows a rather melismatic character
- C2 has an equal length with C1, has the same rather melismatic character and its ambitus grows up to a fourth (moves between e and a). The only difference between C1 and C2 is the little ornament on the last syllable of ture, which leads back to the melody of A
- ends with another A section
The structural scheme is the following:
A A B B C1 C2 A. Although it does not share much characteristic similarities with the medieval sequence, except for the usage of paired versicles the piece gives me ideas regarding the reconstruction of the missing melodic lines of Sion trure. Just like in this piece by Wizlav, in Alexander's Zionlied the structural units marked with
C shows also a shortened textual, therefore melodic material and has the role to lead back to the original tritus tonality which was already indicated in
A.
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