Music 101 exam 1

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Within Ave Maria the meter and texture change. Which is true?

Duple mete polyphony gives way to triple meter homophony

O rubor sanguis by? date? primarily?

Hildegard, 1150, melismatic, medieval not gregorian

AM: which is true throughout the motet?

In the imitative sections the soprano and the alto always enter before the tenor and bass

LH: Which is true about the direction of the music for the words "descending" and "ascending"?

It descends for descending and ascends for ascending

CD: highest pitch and most disjunct melody?

Qu'atressi'm

Also Sprach Zarathustra

Richard Strauss 1896

Which is true about Latmos Hill?

The performance of this madrigal is a capella with one singer to a part

App. Spring Sec. 1: What instrument is heard for the first time here?

a plucked string instrument: the harp

CD: letters indicate

a specific melodic phrase

App. Spring Sec. 2: which is not heard in the passage?

a sweeping melody in the cellos

AM: Virgin Mary relates

all of the above

"Spring" Violin Concerto MVT. 1 by? date?

antonio vivaldi, 1725

AM: Now the voices work toward a joyful climax on the word "laetitia" and Josquin expresses the meaning of this passage by writing music that does what

ascends and then descends in an excited fashion

App. Spring Sec. 1: Which woodwind is last to enter in this ensemble?

bassoon

CD: the countess

believes herself to be beautiful and intelligent

AM: Josquin clarifies the meaning of the text by grouping the words in pairs, and he does so how?

by assigning each pair of words first to the soprano and then to the other voices

App. Spring Sec. 1: Which member of the woodwind family takes the lead?

clarinet

ASZ: At the very last chord, a new sound is added for emphasis-to signal that this is indeed that last chord of the climax. What instrument is making that sound?

cymbal

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 meter

duple

Bizet, Habanera, from Carmen meter

duple

Mouret: Rondeau, from Suite de symphonies meter

duple

Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik meter

duple

Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet meter

duple then triple 1:20

Canon: Listen again to the beginning, focusing just on the bass. How many notes are there in the bass pattern?

eight

VIV: How would you describe the rhythmic pulse of this movement

energetic and regularly repeating patterns

The text sets the scene of this madrigal at the top of Latmos Hill, a mountain in Greek mythology. At the beginning, we hear sounds that are what?

generally high with female voices predominating

In terms of volume Romeo and Juliet as a whole conveys

gradual dynamic changes (crescendo, diminuendo)

Copland, Simple Gifts

homophony

Dvorak Symphony No. 9

homophony

LH: What is the texture at the word "then sang the shepherds"?

homophony

LH: What is the texture of the music at the words "leaving their goddess"?

homophony

Musorgsky, Promenade 1:02

homophony

AM: What is the term for the musical procedure in which the voices replicate in turn the notes of a melody?

imitation

LH: What is the texture at the words "Long live fair Oriana"?

imitative polyphony

LH: For the word 'running' what does the music do?

it goes faster and descends

VO: As this chant progresses

it involves more melismatic singing

ORS: The most melismatic singing occurs at..

line 6: "numquam lesit"

Beethoven opens his Symphony no.5 with the famous "short-short-short-long) motive and then immediately repeats it. Does the repetition present the motive at a higher or at a lower level of pitch?

lower pitches

The Cricket is what genre?

madrigal

AM: Which voice joyfully sings the final "laetitia"?

male alto

App. Spring Sec. 7:

melody is presented 6 different time

Beethoven Symphony No. 5

monophony

Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

monophony

LH: What is the texture of the music at the words "all alone"?

monophony

Musorgsky, Promenade 0:52

monophony

Ave Maria genre

motet

ASZ: When the trumpets enter and ascend, does the low, rumbling sound disappear?

no

App. Spring Sec. 7: only twentieth century composers employed it?

no

Canon: Now listen all the way through to the end of the work, do you hear Pachelbel ever vary his bass and his harmonic pattern?

no

Canon: Return to the beginning but this time listen further into the recording. Does the bass pattern ever change?

no

Canon: A melody, harmony, or rhythm that repeats again and again in music is called what?

ostinato

AM: As the four voices enter which texture gradually emerges?

polyphonic

Bach: The Art of Fugue

polyphony

Josquin Desprez, Ave Maria

polyphony

Louis Armstrong, Willie the Weeper

polyphony

Therefore, the rate of harmonic change in Pachelbel's Canon is

regular

Gregorian Chant

religious, Written by God

Medieval Chant

religious, not written by God

The German title sounds intimidating but the idea is very simple: the advent of a __________ backlit by a _____________.

superhero, sunrise

VIV: Ritornello part 1 is immediately repeated pianissimo as is ritornello part 2. Abrupt shifts in dynamics typical of the Baroque era are called what?

terraced dynamics

App. Spring Sec. 2: theme dominating

the dance theme in short notes

In this passage Beethoven constructs a musical transition that moves us from the opening motive to a more lyrical second theme.Which is true of this transition?

the music seems to get faster and makes use of a crescendo

As the trumpets rise at the beginning of Also Sprach Zarathustra how many different pitches do they play?

three

CD: How many times is the B phrase played

three, starts at 1:26

App. Spring Sec. 1: Coplands goal for the opening of the music seems to be

to have individual instruments discreetly enter and exit without drawing too much attention to themselves

Beethoven, Variations God Save the King meter

triple

Chopin Waltz in E flat minor meter

triple

Handel, Minuet from Water Music meter

triple

Haydn, Symphony no. 94 Surprise meter

triple

VIV: Vivaldi was a virtuoso on this instrument, which dominates the sound of this concerto

violin

Canon: Are all the pitches within the bass pattern held for the same duration?

yes

Canon: Do you hear chords (played on a harpsichord) along with bass notes?

yes

App. Spring Sec. 1 is by? date?

Copland, 1944

A chanter m'er by? translate?

Countess of Dia, I must sing, troubadour song

AM: The final word of the motet is amen voices sing with what emphasis?

A and men to the same pitches

How does Beethoven add intensity to the conclusion of the transition?

A pounding drum (timpani) is added to the orchestra, and the a french horn plays a solo.

What is the Cricket about

a cricket in the night

Two sections of instruments used in Fanfare for the Common Man

Brass and Percussion

Fanfare for the Common Man

Copland, 1942 the normal person's trumpet fanfare

ORS: The melodic leap upwards that opens this chant (0:00-0:02) is repeated at

0:41

VO: The opening melody (0:01-0:03) of two upward skips followed by rising step most nearly repeats at...

0:45

Canon: In this passage that is almost two minutes in length, how many times do you hear the bass pattern?

10

Hoe-down

Copland, 1942 using a Bonyparte's Retreat

Canon: Listen to a bit more of the composition. Approx. how long does each statement of the pattern take?

12 seconds

Canon in D major by? date?

Johann Pachelbel, 1690

Ave Maria by? date?

Josquin, 1485

The Cricket by? date?

Josquin, el grillo, 1505

Now a more lyrical new theme enters in the violins and is echoed by the winds. But had the opening motive (SSSL) really disappeared?

No, it lurks below the new melody

VO: Does the performance ever deviate from a choral presentation?

No, there are always multiple voices combined to sing the chant

ORS: Does the performance ever deviate from a choral presentation?

No, there are always multiple voices combined to sing the melody

O rubor sanguis translates to

Oh redness of blood

Bach, Organ Fugue in G minor

Polyphony

Romeo and Juliet

Tchaikovsky, 1869

LH: When the bass enters with a presentation of "Long live fair Oriana" what is the nature of the musical line?

The bass sings long steady notes to emphasize the word long

ASZ: Which is true about the opening sounds?

The instruments are holding one and the same tone

LH: Which is true about the music for the words "attended on"?

The singers mostly repeat the same pitches so the music sounds static

App. Spring Sec. 1: Which is true

The string basses hold a single note below, just a few instruments are heard in the middle register and up above the clarinet unfolds several harmonizing notes

As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending by? date? genre?

Thomas Weelkes, 1601, English Madrigal

App. Spring Sec. 1: In the upper register of the orchestra, up above the other instruments, what instrument takes a short solo here?

a bowed string instrument: a violin

AM: Do instruments accompany the voices on this performance? If not, what is this style of performance called?

a capella


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