M100: Music Appreciation Discussion Group Ben Tibbetts, T.A. [e-mail] Welcome! Please sign the attendance at the front of the room.

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M100 Music Appreciation Discussion GroupBen
Tibbetts, T.A.benjamintibbetts_at_yahoo.com
Welcome! Please sign the attendance at
the front of the room.

• Tuesday March 12, 2013

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Todays Agenda

• Mostly logistical stuff
• Collect Concert Reports
• Baroque Tests
• Classical Test prep.
• Final project proposals guidelines
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• Other composers/music
• ASAPScience Video

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• Collect concert reports

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• pass back
• Tests
• Take-home assignments

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• Listening that might appear on the Classical
  Test
• The first movement of Mozarts Symphony no. 40 in
  G Minor
• Cosa sento from Mozarts Marriage of Figaro
• The second movement from Haydns Symphony no. 94
  (Surprise)
• Review the material in the book
• And slides on Moodle

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• Pass out / go over final project proposals
  guidelines

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Baroque Test

• SECTION A
• Bachs Fugue in G Minor (polyphonic)
• Bachs Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (soloists
  harpsichord, violin, flute)
• Didos Lament (aria) from Purcells Dido and
  Aeneas (opera) (homophonic)

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Baroque Test

• SECTION B
• False
• True
• False

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• Basso continuo plays throughout a work,
  provides bass line harmonies, etc.
• Cello, Bassoon, Harpsichord, Organ, Lute, Guitar,
  Bass viol, Harp

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• 2. Ritornello principle alternating
  ritornello/solo sections in concerto

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• 3. Subject in a fugue main theme, layered over
  itself, imitative counterpoint

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• 4. Oratorio - opera for church, not staged, etc.

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• 5. Recitative dialogue/monologue between
  singing speaking, etc.
• Aria - song

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• 6. Program music instrumental music associated
  with story/event/idea/text
• i.e. Vivaldis Four Seasons

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• 7. Castrati man with high singing voice,
  castrated
• Coveted for soprano/mezzo-soprano/contralto
  parts, flexible voice, etc.

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• 8. Word painting how sung music
  imitates/describes imagery in text, etc.

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• 9. Middle entry music in middle of fugue where
  subject appears
• Episode music in middle of fugue without subject

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• 10. Timbre character/quality of sound
• In Baroque music, often separates highly
  contrasting sections, etc.

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• 11. Solo concerto one soloist
• Concerto grosso multiple soloist

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Baroque Test

• SECTION C
• 12. Homophony in operas, allows one character
  to take precedence
• In concertos, allows one soloist to take
  precedence

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• SECTION D
• Essay or other questions? See me after class

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• Todays material not on Thursdays test

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Guillaume de Machaut
1300-1377 French composer/poet (The Medieval Era)
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Guillaume de Machaut

• Ars nova a style of music of the 14th century,
  characterized by great freedom and variety of
  rhythm and melody contrasted with the strictness
  of the music of the 13th century -Collins
  English Dictionary

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• Machauts Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure. Fleur, baume et
tres douce odour. Belle, passes en doucour. Et
tous les biens de Nature Avez, dont je vous
aour. Rose, liz, printemps, verdure. Fleur,
baume et tres douce odour Et quant toute
creature Seurmonte vostre valour. Bien puis
dire et par honnour Rose, liz, printemps,
verdure. Fleur, baume et tres douce odour.
Belle, passes en doucour.
Rose, lily, spring, greenery. Flower, balm and
sweetest perfume Beauty, you surpass them in
sweetness. And all the gifts of nature You have,
for which I adore you. Rose, lily, spring,
greenery. Flower, balm and sweetest perfume And
since all creatures You surpass in worth I must
say in all honor Rose, lily, spring,
greenery. Flower, balm and sweetest
perfume Beauty, you surpass them in sweetness.
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Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
1525-1594 Italian composer (The Renaissance)
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Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina

• Composed sacred music
• Renaissance polyphony

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• The Agnus Dei I
• from Palestrinas Pope Marcellus Mass

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere
nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona
nobis pacem.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the
world, have mercy upon us. Lamb of God, who
takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
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• Master Musicians of the Ikuta-ryu
• Pages 181-186

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• Master Musicians of the Ikuta-ryu
• Pages 181-186
• Pentatonic scale A scale consisting of five
  tones. p. 517
• Koto a Japanese musical instrument having
  numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that
  are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board
  and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the
  thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one
  hand. -Dictionary.com Unabridged

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• Cherry Blossom, Japanese folk tune
• (recorded ca. 1965)

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• ASAPScience--music

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Final Reminders / Homework

• Classical Test next class covering pages 166-180,
  187-206, and 215-223
• Questions? Email benjamintibbetts_at_yahoo.com