Mozart
Essay by review • November 16, 2010 • Study Guide • 507 Words (3 Pages) • 1,179 Views
Midterm Study Guide
There will be 50 questions on the test worth two points each. The questions will include listening (you will have to identify title and composer from a word bank - the songs in bold below are the ones you are responsible for), multiple choice, matching, and true/false. You are still responsible for the material on the Unit One Test, but it will show up in the context of the later material. For example, you might need to know that a Gregorian Chant has a monophonic texture or that Mozart's melodies are generally more tuneful than Bach's.
Chapter 1
Sound vibrations
Pitch
Dynamics
Crescendo, Decrescendo
Tone Color
Timbre
Overtones
Chapter 2
Rhythm
Beat
Accent
Meter
Duple meter
Triple meter
Compound meters
Syncopation
Tempo
Pitch
Intervals
Octave
Diatonic scale
Chromatic scale
Half step
Whole step
Chapter 3
Melody
Tune
Motive
Theme
Harmony
Chords
Consonance
Dissonance
Cadence
Resolution
Texture
Monophony
Homophony
Polyphony
Counterpoint
Imitative polyphony
Non-imitative polyphony
Tonality
Tonic
Modality
Major mode
Minor mode
Chapter 4
Form
Chapter 5 - The Middle Ages
Music and the church
Plainchant
Pope Gregory
Medieval modes
Hildegard of Bingen
LISTENING: "Columba aspexit"
Plainchant sequence
Early Polyphony
Organum
The development of organum
Notre Dame Cathedral
Perotin
Motet
Guillaume de Machaut
LISTENING: "Quant en moi"
Ars Nova
Chapter 6 - the Renaissance
"Rebirth"
Paraphrase
Early Homophony
Guillaume Dufay
Gregorian Hymn
The Mass
The "symphony" of the Renaissance
Five parts of mass set polyphonically
High Renaissance Style
Imitative counterpoint and homophony
Imitation as balance
Ideal tone color is a cappella singing
Josquin Deprez
Music as expression of meaning
Fascination with Greek myth and history
Declamation
Word painting
Palestrina
Relationship to counter-reformation
Use of homophony and polyphony
LISTENING: "Pope Marcellus Mass, from the Gloria"
Italian and English madrigals
Use of polyphony
Use of word painting
Thomas Weelkes
LISTENING: "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending"
Chapter 7
Extravagance vs. Control
Origins of the term "baroque"
Style Features
Metrical
Basso Continuo
Ground Bass
Functional harmony
Opera
popularity
recitative
aria
Claudio Monteverdi
Last great madrigalist, first great opera composer
Henry Purcell
"Dido and Aeneas, final scene (aria)"
Instrumental Music
Influence of dance, vocal music and virtuosity
Stylized dance suites
Chapter
...
...