Final Exam - Study Guide

Final Exam - Study Guide To prepare for the M10 Quiz Listening, you must be able to identify the title and composer/performer for each of the following: • Listen to the following pieces on Connect Kamien: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Alleluia: Vidimus stellam (We Have Seen His Star) Pope Marcellus Mass: Kyrie, by Palestrina Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue), by Johann Sebastian Bach Orfeo (Orpheus): Tu se’ morta (You are dead), by Claudio Monteverdi Don Giovanni: Excerpt from Opening Scene; by Mozart Symphony No.5 in C Minor, Op.67: First Movement, by Beethoven Symphonie fantastique (Fantastic Symphony): Fourth Movement; by Hector Berlioz Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Act I, Conclusion, by Richard Wagner A Survivor from Warsaw, Op.46, by Arnold Schoenberg Afro-American Symphony: Third Movement, by William Grant Still Estancia Suite, Op. 8a by Alberto Ginastera C-Jam Blues – performed by Duke Ellington Rapper’s Delight as performed by The Sugar Hill Gang Some Like It Hot by Adolph Deutsch Westside Story by Leonard Bernstein “Tonight” Ensemble Ompeh When an audio clip is played from these pieces you should be able to recognize the composition and provide the characteristics listed with each piece. You will only be allowed to answer each question one time. You will be given a specific amount of time to complete the quiz. Grades will be visible after the entire class has completed the quiz. To prepare for the M10 Final Quiz 1, you must be able to define and apply the following: a cappella absolute music aria art song atonality beat call and response chamber music chance music chord consonance dissonance dynamics minuet and trio modulation monophonic motet organum ostinato pitch pitch range polychord polyphonic program music program symphony raga étude exoticism expressionism fugue Gregorian chant harmony high life homophonic idée fixe idiophone impressionism incidental music key legato leitmotif madrigal major melody meter midi minimalist music minor • • • rap recitative rhythm rhythm and blues rondo scherzo sequence serenade solo concerto sonata form song cycle source music staccato string quartet symphonic poem symphony syncopation tempo texture theme theme and variations timbre You will only be allowed to answer each question one time. You will be given a specific amount of time to complete the quiz. Grades will be visible after the entire class has completed the quiz. To prepare for the M10 Final Quiz 2, you must be able to identify the each of the following lists: Identify the composer each statement represents from the list below: Became England’s most important composer Became one of the first great conductors Child prodigy Considered the high point of polyphonic writing Developed the 12-tone system Father of musicians First African-American to have a piece played by a major US orchestra First American-born maestro First great master of the art song One of his ballet premiers caused a riot in the audience. The most important jazz arranger/composer and conductor Wrote 104 symphonies Wrote 450 concertos Wrote almost exclusively for the piano Wrote both the words and music to his operas Wrote many great compositions after becoming deaf Wrote the first great opera Identify the Musical Style Period for the following composers, dates & facts: Bach Handel Smetana Beethoven Haydn Still Berlioz Liszt Stravinsky Bernstein Machaut Vivaldi Chopin Monteverdi Wagner Copland Mozart 450-1450 Debussy Palestrina 1450-1600 Desprez Puccini 1600-1750 Ellington Schoenberg 1750-1820 Gershwin Schubert 1820-1900 Age of Grandeur American and French Revolutions American Civil War Ars Nova Bell invents the telephone Birth of Opera Black Death (Bubonic Plague) Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales Columbus reaches America emancipation of dissonance First licensed radio station First powered flight Goethe writes Faust. Golden Age of A Cappella choral music Guttenberg Bible printed Hugo writes Hunchback of Notre Dame Interest in the world of the supernatural Jamestown founded Leonardo da Vinci Middle class becomes more influential. Monks held a monopoly on learning Poe writes The Raven Public concerts become common Salem Witchcraft Trials School of Notre Dame Swift writes Gulliver’s Travels The Age of Enlightenment The Great Depression The living room becomes the new concert hall. The orchestra becomes standardized • You will only be allowed to answer each question one time. • You will be given a specific amount of time to complete the quiz. • Grades will be visible after the entire class has completed the quiz. Please note WELL: When you take quizzes or do self-tests, you need to make sure you SCROLL down to see all possible answers. Depending on your screen size and resolution, you might have a problem