Music 74.161.202 Quiz #1 Review Guide (Test is Tuesday, September 30, 2008)
1. 1-page musical autobiography 20%
2. Matching of terms 30% + 5 bonuses
Online study guide for terms:
Musical terms: Beat, chord, conjunct motion, disjunct motion, dynamics, interval, meter, motive, pitch, ostinato, scale, tempo
Organology terms: Aerophone, chordophone, eletrophone, idiophone, membranophone
Texture/style terms: a cappella, Gregorian chant, heterophonic, homophonic, improvisation, melisma, monophonic, motet, Ordinary (of the Mass), organum, polyphonic, Proper (of the Mass), word painting
3. Listening identification 30% + 2 bonuses
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Haec dies, an example of Gregorian chant in Latin
Haec dies, an example of organum by a composer of the Notre Dame School
O mitissima/Virgo/Haec dies, an anonymous medieval motet
Ordo virtutum, a medieval morality play by Hildegard von Bingen
Puis qu'en oubli, a medieval chanson by Machaut
Royal estampie, a popular instrumental dance
Ave maria, an example of renaissance motet by Josquin
Gloria in excelsis Deo, a Renaissance mass movement by Palestrina
O quam suavis, a Renaissance motet in 8 voices by Gabrieli
A un gira sol, an example of madrigal by Monteverdi
Fair Phyllis, an example of madrigal by Farmer
4. Essay Choices (choose one only, this may be written in advance) 20%
A. Describe how medieval musicians notated music.
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What did it look like? How was it different from modern notation? When did Europeans start to do this? What kind of music was written down? Why? Who paid for and did this kind of work? What do Medieval manuscripts look like? What are neumes? What kind of research has been done on early Gregorian chant?
B. Describe events and changes that marked the beginning of the Renaissance period in music.
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Contrast Medieval and Renaissance arts.. Name significant discoveries and achievements of the early Renaissance. Describe a couple of composers and/or pieces of music from the early Renaissance. Give specific dates that mark the end of the Medieval period. Compare Renaissance music to art of the same period. What kind of research has been done on Renaissance music?
C. Choose your favorite Medieval or Renaissance composer and describe.
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Listen to more works of this composer and describe. Do research on the life of the composer. Find other artists who were influenced by this composer. Compare different performances of a single work by this composer. Did this composer have important teachers or students? What were the places like where this composer flourished? Who were this composer’s contemporaries? What kind of research has been done on this composer?