Music 101 exam 1
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
