Chapter 70 - Listening Guide Quiz 64a: Adams: Doctor Atomic, "Batter my heart"

Listen to each excerpt from "Batter My Heart" from Doctor Atomic. Then place each excerpt on the appropriate place on the diagram. Excerpt X 0:52 Excerpt Y 1:24 Excerpt Z 1:05

-Excerpt Z -Excerpt Y -Excerpt x

Which of the following describes the form of "Batter my heart" from Doctor Atomic? -7:37

A-A-B with ritornellos

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements in this excerpt from "Batter my heart". - 1:20

form: A section motives: sighing textual source: Holy Sonnet XIV

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in this excerpt from "Batter my heart." -0:52

form: B section range: wide melodic ideas: short

What describes the texture heard in this excerpt from "Batter my heart" from Doctor Atomic? - 1:20

homophonic

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of "Batter my heart". -7:37

ritornellos: jittery figures and repeated notes meter: shifting vocal line: sighing motives

Listen to both excerpts from "Batter my heart." Then select the statements that describe the excerpts. Excerpt 1 0:52 Excerpt 2 0.28

Correct Answer(s) - Both excerpts feature a wide melodic range. - The vocal line in excerpt 2 is freer than in excerpt 1. - Both excerpts are from the B section.

Listen to both excerpts from "Batter my heart." Then select the statements that describe the excerpts. Excerpt 1 0:52 Excerpt 2 0.29

Correct Answer(s) -Both are instances of the ritornello. -Both excerpts feature timpani. -Excerpt 1 builds toward a crescendo; excerpt 2 begins loudly.

Which of the following statements apply to this excerpt from "Batter my heart" and which do not? Be sure to listen to the entire excerpt. -0:50

Correct Answer(s) -It features irregular percussion accents. -This is the final ritornello. -There are repeated notes in the brass.

Which of the following statements apply to this excerpt from "Batter my heart" and which do not? - 1:09

Correct Answer(s) -Its text is from the end of the B section. -The first part of the excerpt features short-long rhythms in the vocal part. -The melody is disjunct.

Which of the following statements apply to this excerpt from "Batter my heart" and which do not? - 1:20

Correct Answer(s) -The opening vocal line features shifting meters. -The text is by John Donne. -This is the first statement of the A section.

Which of the following statements apply to this excerpt from "Batter my heart" and which do not?

Correct Answer(s) -There is gentle syncopation in the vocal line. -This is from the B section. -The vocal line is delivered quite freely.

Listen to the following excerpts and then click on the corresponding cards in the order in which they appear in the B section of "Batter my heart."

Excerpt Y 0:52 Excerpt X 0:28 Excerpt Z 1:09

Listen to the following excerpts and then click on the corresponding cards in the order in which they appear in the B section of "Batter my heart." Excerpt X 0:28 Excerpt Y 0:52 Excerpt Z 1:09

Excerpt Y, Excerpt X, Excerpt Z

Listen to the following excerpts and then click on the corresponding cards in the order in which they appear in "Batter my heart." Be sure to listen to each excerpt completely. Excerpt X 0:50 Excerpt Y 1:05 Excerpt Z 1:09

Excerpt Y, Excerpt Z, Excerpt X

Listen to each excerpt from "Batter my heart" and place it on the corresponding section of text. Excerpt X 0:28 Excerpt Y 1:09 Excerpt Z 0:52

Excerpt Z Excerpt X Excerpt Y

Listen to the following excerpts and then click on the corresponding cards in the order in which they first appear in "Batter my heart." Excerpt X 2:28 Excerpt Y 1:20 Excerpt Z 1:05

Excerpt Z, Excerpt Y, Excerpt X

This would be considered recitative. - 1:20

F

Who wrote the text heard here? -2:28

John Donne

Drag and drop the appropriate words that complete the description of this excerpt from "Batter my heart." - 1:20

The text of the poem is by John Donne and the phrase "three-person'd God" has significance to the story because Oppenheimer named the testing site for the bomb "Trinity."

Drag and drop the appropriate words that describe "Batter my heart" from Doctor Atomic. -7:37

This aria borrows Baroque ideas and style elements such as ritornellos and a sighing motive throughout.

Drag and drop the appropriate words that complete the description of this excerpt from "Batter my heart." - 2:28

This is the B section of the aria, and features a wide melodic range and varied accompaniment.

Drag and drop the appropriate words that complete the description of this excerpt from "Batter my heart." - 1:05

This is the ritornello, which is heard three times: at the opening of the aria, before the repeat of the A section, and after the B section.