Canticle (counter-melody)
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Canticle (counter-melody) is the anti-war counterpoint line woven into Simon & Garfunkel’s arrangement of “Scarborough Fair,” contrasting the traditional ballad with contemporary political commentary.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-war song
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counter-melody ⓘ song section ⓘ |
| appearsOn | various Simon & Garfunkel compilation albums ⓘ |
| arrangedBy |
Art Garfunkel
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ⓘ
Paul Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Simon & Garfunkel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | earlier Paul Simon song “The Side of a Hill” ⓘ |
| contrastsElement | pastoral imagery of Scarborough Fair ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | traditional ballad Scarborough Fair ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creditedComposer |
Art Garfunkel
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ⓘ
Paul Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | 1960s American protest music ⓘ |
| firstReleasedOn | Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionInArrangement |
counterpoint line
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political commentary layer ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
folk rock
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protest song ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
anti-war
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political commentary ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
Vietnam War era concerns
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militarism ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| isCounterpointTo | Scarborough Fair melody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalPerspective | critical of war ⓘ |
| lyricForm | through-composed ⓘ |
| lyricTone | lamenting ⓘ |
| lyricTopic |
cost of conflict
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young soldiers in war ⓘ |
| medium | voice ⓘ |
| musicalTexture | polyphonic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration into a popular folk standard
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juxtaposition of traditional ballad and modern protest lyrics ⓘ |
| partOf |
Scarborough Fair (Simon & Garfunkel arrangement)
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Scarborough Fair/Canticle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedBy | Simon & Garfunkel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Simon & Garfunkel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| releaseType | studio album track ⓘ |
| tonalCharacter | somber ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
counterpoint
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overlapping vocal lines ⓘ |
| vocalists |
Art Garfunkel
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Paul Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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