Midterm Study Guide - Music appreciation | MUS 1751, Study notes of Music

Download Midterm Study Guide - Music appreciation | MUS 1751 and more Study notes Music in PDF only on Docsity! Music 1751, Web-Based Mid-Term Study Guide Fall, 2009  (Matching format) Be able to identify the compositions covered in the text of the following composers: Bartok, Brahms, Beethoven, Mussorgsky, Dello Joio, Dvorâk, Copland, Haydn, Britten, Gershwin, Barber, Mozart, Schubert o Barber = American; Adagio for Strings o Copland = American; The Cat and the Mouse o Dello Joio = American; Holy Infant’s Lullaby o Gershwin = American; Rhapsody in Blue o Haydn = Austrian; Symphony No. 87, 3rd movt. o Mozart = Austrian; The Magic Flute o Schubert = Austrian; String Quintet in C Major, 4th movt. o Britten = British; Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra o Dvorâk = Czech; Carnival Overture o Beethoven = German; Symphony No. 5, 1st movt. o Brahms = German; Rhapsody in G Minor o Bartok = Hungarian; Concerto for Orchestra, 4th movt. o Mussorgsky = Russian; Pictures At An Exhibition  (Matching format) Terms: accelerando, heartbeat speed at rest, lyrical, liturgical drama, early opera composer, important characteristic of jazz, waltz, march (know typical tempo), counterpoint (polyphony), lieder, hertz, mode (major/minor), relative loudness or volume, string quartet (chamber music), an early opera by Monteverdi, aria, recitative, the bridge in AABA form, “Venit dilectus,” adagio, vivace, saltarello, allegro, piano, staccato, pizzicato, forte o Accelerando = gradually increase the tempo o heartbeat speed at rest = 72 beats per minute or slower o lyrical = melodies that are singable o liturgical drama = similar to opera o early opera composer = Monteverdi o important characteristic of jazz = syncopated rhythms, improvisatory content, blues- based melodies, and unique instrumentation o waltz = triple meter o march (know typical tempo) = duple time; range of 120 beats per minute; speed of the beat o counterpoint (polyphony) = music consisting of two or more largely independent melodic lines, parts, or voices that sound simultaneously o lieder = solo songs o hertz = 1 vibration/second o mode (major/minor)  major mode (scale) = places two half steps between the 3rd-4th and 7th-8th scale degrees. This happens without using black keys when the scale begins and ends on the pitch C.  minor mode (scale) = places the two available half steps between the 2nd-3rd and the 5th-6th scale degrees. This happens without black keys when the scale begins and ends on A. o relative loudness or volume = Volume (dynamics) may gradually change, properly suggesting that the amplitude of the wave form is gradually increasing or decreasing in height. o string quartet (chamber music) = meant for a small ensemble of vocalists to instrumentalist; 4 performers o an early opera by Monteverdi = Vespers of the Blessed Virgin o aria = solo songs sung in an opera o recitative = half-sung dialogue in an opera o the bridge in AABA form = jazz musicians call the B section of an AABA form “the bridge” o “Venit dilectus” = example of sacred music of the early 12th century o Saltarello = an Italian instrumental dance written in the 13th century o Adagio = slow tempo o Allegro = fast tempo o Vivace = very fast tempo o Piano = highest pitch is less than 4000 hertz o Staccato = suggests that the notes be played short and separated o pizzicato = popular technique of play string instruments, strings are plucked rather than bowed; required by string bass in jazz o forte = to be performed loudly  (Fill in the blanks) Crescendo, overture, consonance, beat, a movement in classical period symphony commonly a Minuet (1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th), sharp, flat, polyphonic, homophonic, monophonic, troubadour, English horn (“alto” oboe), prefix “contra,” piccolo, another name for timpani, two common double reed instruments, scale or mode, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, composer nationalities o Crescendo = gradually increase the volume o Overture = a musical introduction to a larger work such as an opera o Consonance (major triad) = when certain sound waves are played (and heard) simultaneously producing a particularly pleasant sensation o beat = a regularly recurring pulse o a movement in classical period symphony commonly a Minuet (1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th) = triple meter = 3rd o sharp = #; moves pitch up one half step o flat = b; lowers the pitch by one-half step o polyphonic = two or more melodies played at the same time o homophonic = a melody with chords usually with accompanying harmony