Midterm Preparation

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Midterm Preparation
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Part I - Listening

• Approximately 4-6 excerpts will be played from
  list below.
• Students will be expected to
•             A) Name the Work
•             B) Identify which movement it is from
  (if applicable)
•             C) Answer comprehensive questions
  about the work which may include, but are not
  limited to, structural questions (form),
  historical questions (what the piece was written
  for), and other relevant information regarding
  the composition (i.e. plot details for the Mozart
  opera).
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• Listening List (Movements are in parentheses).
•  
• Bach Brandenburg Concerto 5 (First movement
  only)
• Bach The Art of the Fugue (Contrapunctus 4)
• Handel Messiah (There were shepherds Glory to
  God)
• Bach Chorale Prelude Christ lag in
  Todesbanden
• Haydn Symphony 95 in C minor (all FOUR
  movements)
• Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major (Third
  Movement only)
• Mozart Don Giovanni (Act I Ho Capito and Là
  ci darem la mano)
• Beethoven Symphony 5 in C minor (All FOUR
  movements)

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Part II IV Comprehension

• Comprehensive portion of the exam covers Part II
  IV (see more extensive list of areas for study
  at the end of this document)
• Part II From a list of composer you studied
  during this section (Late Baroque and Classical)
  place them beside the correct statement
• For example
• A Johann Sebastian Bach D Wolfgang Amadeus
  Mozart
• B George Frideric Handel E Ludwig Van
  Beethoven
• C Franz Joseph Haydn
• A Spent the later part of his life as the Cantor
  of St. Thomas in Leipzig
• B Founded the Royal Academy of Music in London,
  where he produced numerous Italian Opera Seria.

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Part II IV Comprehension

• Part III - Comprehensive Multiple Choice
  Questions
• Same as the early music quiz, approximately 20-30
  questions on topics and terms of the late baroque
  and classical era.
• Part IV Short Answer Questions (one or two
  sentences) or fill in the blank type questions on
  terms, genre, form and composers studied in this
  section.

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TOPICS TO BE STUDIED FOR PARTS II IV

• Chapter 8
• P. 119 Musical life in the early 18th C
• P. 120 127 features of baroque music
• Chapter 9
• P. 129 Concerto Grosso (and ritornello form)
• P. 132 Ground Bass
• P. 139 Fugue
• P. 143 The Dance Suite
• Chapter 10
• P. 149 Opera Seria
• P. 154 Oratorio
• P. 159 Cantata
• P. 162 Chorale Prelude

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TOPICS TO BE STUDIED FOR PARTS II IV

• Chapter 11
• P. 170 The Rise of Concerts
• P. 171 175 Features of Classical Music
• P. 175 Form
• Chapter 12
• p. 178 the Four movements of the Symphony
• p. 189 Sonata Form
• p. 191 Minuet and Trio form
• P. 194 Rondo Form
• Chapter 13
• p. 197 The Sonata (Genre)
• p. 200 The classical concerto
• p. 204 the string quartet
• p. 206 opera buffa

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TOPICS TO BE STUDIED FOR PARTS II IV

• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Lecture on Choral music of the 18th Century will
  also be tested (lecture notes online, plus
  todays lecture)
• Also know the important details of the lives of
  Vivaldi, Bach, Haydn and Mozart. Including types
  of employment, genres composed and
  characteristics of their compositions as outlined
  in the text book and online lecture notes.