1. Exam 1 Study Guide Elements Baroque Review Questions OVerview Check
Genre Check
Exam 1 format & procedure
Note that this study guide might be revised up until one week before the exam.

2. Elements Review
Term banks appear in Part I: Ch 1, 2 Part I: Ch 5, 6, 7 Part III: Ch 3, 10 Know definitions and sounds that terms create (e.g., “pizzicato”, a plucked string, creates a sound quite unlike that of a bowed string. Terms are on next slide. Know sounds of all producers listed on the next slide.

3. Chapter 2: Performing Media Know all of the following by sight and sound.
Voices soprano alto tenor bass
Keyboard piano harpsichord organ
Electronic synthesizer
Strings violin viola cello bass harp Woodwinds recorder flute oboe clarinet saxophone bassoon
Brass trumpet horn trombone tuba Percussion timpani xylophone snare drum
Terms
mute
pizzicato
reed
mouthpiece
vibrato
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4. Elements Review Name the dynamic levels we will use this semester.
What is a melodic contour?
What is a theme?
Harmony: Generally, ________ resolves to ________.
Explain the most basic differences between monophony, polyphony, and homophony.
________ imparts music’s characteristic rhythmic “feel.”
The position of a note head in, above, or below the staff communicates the sound’s ________.
Forms in music balance _________ and _________.
The feeling for key or tonality requires that a central tone, “DO,” be supported by appropriate ________ and ________.

5. Baroque Review
1. What is a basso continuo? What instruments might perform in a basso continuo? chording: _______, _______, _______ bass: _______, _______, _______ Name a genre that uses it. What is its function? (One word will do!) 2. In OPERA describe the role of: recitative aria Can you hear the difference between the opening recitative and the aria that follows in “Dido’s Lament”?

6. Review 3. In opera, why is homophony favored over polyphony?
4. What role did Monteverdi give the opera orchestra? How did he accomplish his goals for the orchestra?
5. Explain how opera manifests the Baroque culture’s love of combining elements.
6. Give some examples that illustrate the Baroque culture’s penchant for decorating “things.”
7. What does “baroque” mean?
8. Describe the following forms and explain how unity and contrast are projected in each:
ritornello
fugue
AABB (often called binary form; common to dances)

7. Baroque Review
9. Describe the orchestra in the Baroque era. Which instrument family was most highly developed?
10. Who is Antonio Stradivari, and what was his life’s work?
11. What is an “absolute monarch”?
12. Who is Louis XIV? Cite some aspects of his “summer home” that reflect baroque interests, tastes, needs, etc.
13. Describe a typical court musician’s life.
14. What is the Camerata? What genre did its members bring about?
15. What is the difference between text (word) painting and text expression?

8. Baroque Review
Renaissance (16thC) complex polyphony gives way to early Baroque (17thC) ___________. What genre caused that change, and why did it do so?
Cite three important differences between the lives and music of Bach and Handel.
How do cantatas fit into the Lutheran worship service?
In what ways are opera and oratorio similar? Cite three VIMP differences between the genres.

9. Baroque Review 21. Describe each of the popular Baroque Era genres:
opera concerto
cantata chorale
oratorio suite (dance suite)
22. Some terms from Baroque unit:
ritornello aria
recitative ensemble
concerto grosso overture
solo concerto basso continuo
cadenza libretto
French Overture
tutti
strophic

10. Baroque Listening
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, mvt. 1 Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Spring) from the Four Seasons, mvt. 1 Bach, Organ Fugue in G Minor Monteverdi, Tu se morta from L’Orfeo Purcell, Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas Bach, Bourée from Suite No. 3 in D Major Bach, Cantata No. 140 (Wachet Auf), Mvts. 4, 7 Handel, Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted from Messiah Handel, Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah Entries in red are assigned as Self-Guided Studies.

11. Listening Summary Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Maj, Mvt. 1
Concerto Grosso I=
ritornello form
soloists=flute, violin, harpsichord
long harpsichord cadenza
a technical “tour de force”
much drive toward final ritornello
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Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 8, No. 1, (Spring from the Four Seasons ), Mvt. 1
Concerto I=
Ritornello form
Program music
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13. Listening Summary Monteverdi Tu sé morta from L’Orfeo
operatic recitative I=
basso continuo accomp What two instruments do you hear?
text expression of mournful mood:
word painting
dark tone color
slow tempo

14. Listening Summary Purcell Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas
operatic aria (w/ recitative opening) I=
orchestra accomp
ground bass unifies
text expression of mournful mood:
slow tempo
minor key
descending chromatic bass line
“sighing” gesture
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15. Listening Summary Connect Kamien Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, Bourrée
Dance Suite Movement I=
Driving, exuberant rhythm
AABB form
Careful control of timbre
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16. Listening Summary Connect Kamien Bach Cantata #140, (Wachet auf )
Sacred cantata I=
Mvt 4: 2 highly contrasting ideas combined in Ritornello-like organization
Mvt 7: simple homophonic chorale
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17. Listening Summary Connect Kamien Handel
Ev’ry Valley shall be Exalted from Messiah
Aria from Oratorio I=
Word painting
Ritornello form
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18. Listening Summary Connect Kamien Handel Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Oratorio
I= Frequent and sudden texture changes
Monophony, polyphony, homophony
Word painting
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19. Match Genres with their descriptions
Collection of dance-inspired movements
Multi-movement work for chorus, vocal soloists, orchestra, organ, most sacred ones are based on a familiar chorale
Large-scale work combines visual, vocal & instrumental music, and literature
Large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, narrator, usually based on Old Testament story
A hymn, important in Lutheran worship service
Multi-movement instrumental music that features two performing groups—soloist(s) and accompanying orchestra
Cantata Chorale Concerto Opera Oratorio Suite

20. Exam 1 topics 1. General questions:
Elements: terms, concepts Baroque Era: history, culture, music’s function Part III: Ch 1 & 2
Architecture, décor, Baroque tastes & interests
Technology and influence on music
Visual arts
Developments in music
2. Listening:
Elements: instrument, voice recognition, performance technique terms
Baroque listening—Pieces we have studied
3. Genre check

21. Exam 1
Op-Scan graded–bring pencil and eraser multiple-choice (a few true/false) 70 questions or less: on vocabulary, history, culture, genres, etc. approximately 50 on listening elements, instruments, voices Baroque pieces Test session organization: 1. begin exam 2. listening–starts about 15 minutes into test session 3. quiet time to work on and/or finish non-listening part of exam 4. listening You may hear all of the music excerpts as often as you wish. You may take as much as or as little of the 50 minute class time as you wish.