Transcript Test 1 -- Review Thursday, October 8, 2009 Musical selections on your CD, #1 • Tracks 1-11 ****11 total selections****

Test 1 -- Review
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Musical selections on your CD, #1
• Tracks 1-11
****11 total selections****
Mnemonic Techniques...
• Lyrics (four selections)
▫ Given
▫ Original
• Process of elimination
▫ What could it NOT be?
• Possible choices
You will be asked ...
• Title
• Composer
• Musical period
▫ Medieval, Renaissance or Baroque
Even more important...
• Identifying characteristics
For example:
▫
▫
▫
▫
▫
▫
Word painting
Contrapuntal motion
Latin text
Program music effects
Enormous choral writing
Ritornello
Use These Musical Filters For Your
Answers:
•
•
•
•
Harmony
Melody
Dynamics
Rhythm
Power Point Displays
• Be able to identify all words/names/terms
which are followed by an asterisk.
From Class 1:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Martin Luther’s 95 Theses
October 31, 1517
Castrati
Dies Irae
Hildegard of Bingen
Chant
▫ Meslima vs. Syllabic
•
•
•
•
•
•
Secular vs. Sacred
A capella
Solo vs. tutti
Motet vs. Madrigal
Piano vs. Forte
All instruments
From Class 2:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Contrapuntal
Improvisation
Virtuoso
Doctrine of Affections
Concerto
Ritornello
Baroque Dance Suite
Canon melody & imitation
Vivace
Grave
Concerto da chiesa
• French Baroque vs. Italian
Baroque
• Sonata (“Sonata Allegro”)
• Patronage
• Dedication
• Ospedele Della Pieta
• Timbre
• The Four Seasons
• Program Music
• Ryom Verzeichnis
From Class 3:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Telemann-Werke-Verzeichnis
Mordent and trills
Pietist
Little Fugue in g minor
Contrapuntal devices
Kapellmeister
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Goldberg Variations
Yo-Yo Ma
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
Tuning techniques
Well Tempered Clavier
Ein Feste Burg
Brandenburg Concertos
Allegro/Andante/Allegro
Possible Essay Questions
▫ Explain the role of women in music, specific to this time block.
▫ Compare and contrast opera and oratorio.
▫ Describe the techniques used in contrapuntal compositions.
▫ Describe the use of “Word Painting” in Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.”
▫ Using musical and non-musical examples, describe the culture & aesthetic goals
of the Baroque.
▫ Explain the musical and cultural importance of Hildegard of Bingen.
▫ Compare the Pavanes of William Byrd and Gabrielle Faure
Possible Youtube.com selections:
• Compare and contrast the “Dies Irae” of
Gregorian Chant, Mozart and Verdi
• Baroque Trumpet vs. Current Trumpet
• “St. John’s Passion” recitative
• Glenn Gould playing Bach