Study Guide for Music Appreciation Test #1
Melody solfeggio
Pitch a capella
Range Gregorian Chant
Conjunct Neumes
Disjunct Syllabic
Rhythm Neumatic
Simple Meters Melismatic
Compound Meters Mass
Syncopation Mass Ordinary (5)
Harmony Council of Trent
Tonality Leonin
Scales (Tonic and Dominant) Perotin
Major Organum
Minor Motet
Consonance Machaut
Dissonance Messe de Notre Dame
Textures Josquin
Monophony Palestrina
Homophony Pope Marcellus Mass
Polyphony
Forms
Improvisation
Binary Form
Tempo & Dynamics
Largo
Andante
Allegro
Vivace
Forte
Piano
Vocal ranges
Families of Instruments (brass, woodwinds, etc.)
Baroque Study Guide for Music Appreciation
Baroque Period (1600 – 1750)
Composers Compositions (know composer & form)
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Messiah
G.F. Handel (1685-1759) Julius Caesar
C. Monteverdi Dido and Aeneas
A. Vivaldi
Henry Purcell The Four Seasons
Terms, Forms, and Groups Orfeo
The Florentine Camerata Xerxes
Monody Brandenburg Concerti
Basso Continuo Samson
Figured Bass St. John Passion
Equal Temperament St. Matthew Passion
Opera The Well-Tempered Clavier
Aria The Coronation of Poppea
Recitative Water Music
Libretto Music for Royal Fireworks
Overture (Sinfonia) Mass in b minor
French Overture
Italian Overture
Masque
Tragedie Lyrique
Opera buffa
Opera comique
Ballad Opera
Singspiel
Concerto
Solo Concerto
Concerto Grosso
Concertino
Ripieno or Tutti
Cantata
Chorale
Chorale Prelude
Ground Bass
Word Painting
Oratorio
Fugue
Castrato
Classic Period Study Guide
Classic Period (1750 - 1825)
Sonata Cycle (20 points on the test):
Sonata-Allegro Form, Theme & Variations, Minuet & Trio, and Sonata Rondo Form
Sonata Cycle (Symphony, String Quartet, Sonata, and Concerto)
Franz Joseph ÔPapaÕ Haydn
Prince Esterhazy
London Symphonies
Surprise Symphony
W. A. Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Requiem
Eine kliene Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music)
Die Zauberflšte (The Magic Flute)
Composed by W.A. Mozart in the last year of his life – 1791
A Singspiel that is based on a battle between good and evil, The Magic Flute is full of wonderful characters and symbolism. It takes place in Egyptian legendary times.
Characters and Symbolism
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Ode to Joy (IV from Symphony No.9)
Symphony No. 3 ÒEroicaÓ and its significance
Missa Solemnis
Mozart and Beethoven Biography Questions:
Mozart
1) Where was Mozart born? And in what year?
2) Leopold Mozart, W.A. MozartÕs father, composed the ÒToyÓ Symphony. However, who was originally thought to have been the composer?
3) Mozart was how old when he composed:
a. His first composition, a minuet?
b. His first symphony?
c. His first opera?
4) MozartÕs first symphony was described as being Ôso Mozartian,Õ what does this mean?
5) Mozart wrote all ___ violin concerti in __ months of his ___ year. Today it takes the typical violinist thirty years progress to learn to play the first and proceed to the last.
6) Mozart wrote more than ______ compositions during his short lifetime.
7) Did Mozart compose his works with many revisions?
8) While visiting the city of Linz, how many days did it take Mozart to compose a fresh symphony?
9) Mozart was the first great musical dramatist. He has been likened to ____________.
10) The _________ was the last composition of MozartÕs which he did not live to finish.
11) _____________ is today painted as MozartÕs great detractor. He even ranted late in his life about having murdered Mozart.
12) In which years did Mozart compose the following operas:
a. The Marriage of Figaro
b. Don Giovanni
c. The Magic Flute
13) What year did Mozart die? Was there money for a proper burial?
Beethoven
1) Where was Beethoven born? What year was he born?
2) How did BeethovenÕs early youth differ from that of Mozart?
3) How old was Beethoven, when he finally was able to meet his idol, Mozart?
4) What year did Beethoven move to Vienna?
5) Since Mozart had passed away, which composer became BeethovenÕs mentor?
6) Why is the ÔHeiligenstadt TestamentÕ important? What is it?
7) Which symphony of BeethovenÕs was finished in 1803? Who was it originally dedicated to? What is the title of it today?
8) What is the name/title of BeethovenÕs sixth symphony?
9) What is the name of BeethovenÕs only opera?
10) The ___________ sonata is dedicated to a candidate for the Immortal Beloved.
11) Why did Beethoven throw himself into the bitter custody battle for his nephew?
12) After winning custody, Beethoven turned to the church and composed the _____________________.
13) Who wrote the poem, ÒOde to Joy?Ó
14) What is included in the 9th symphony that had never been in any symphony before?
15) What year did Beethoven die?
Study Guide for the Romantic Period
The symphony progression (25 points on test)
Program Music
Program symphony
Symphonic Poem (tone poem)
Incidental Music
Absolute Music
Nationalism
Lied (German Art Song)
Song cycle
Strophic Form
Through-composed Form
Romantic Opera
Bel-canto style
Verismo
Gesamtkunstwerk
Leitmotifs
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer NightÕs Dream (incidental music)
The Erl-king
24 Preludes; George Sand (Aurore Dudevant)
Hector Berlioz
Idee fixe; Symphonie fantastique
Borodin, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev, and
Modest Mussorgsky
Night on Bald Mountain; Pictures at an Exhibition
New Journal For Music; Dichterliebe
A German Requiem
Georges Bizet
Carmen
Carl Maria von Weber
Der FrieshŸtz
The Ring of the Nibelung – characters and story line; Bayreuth
Giacomo Puccini
Madame Butterfly; Turandot
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker