15 pieces or movements to listen to

Question 1

Estampes, no. 1 Pagodes

Answer 1

By Claude Debussy.
For solo piano.
Genre: Piano Suite

Question 2

Vielle priere bouddhique

Answer 2

By Lili Boulanger.
Genre: Secular Cantata
Ensemble: tenor soloist, chorus, orchestra.
Style: Exoticism, primitivism
Form: ABA
Text: French

Question 3

Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, v. Interlude no. 1 &
vi. Sonata no. 5

Answer 3

By John Cage.
Genre: Sonatas and Interludes

Question 4

Stripsody

Answer 4

By Cathy Berberian.
For solo voice
Avant-garde
Genre: vocalise

Question 5

Lux Aeterna

Answer 5

György Ligeti
Style: sound-mass composition
harmonic language: atonal
Texture: micropolyphony
Text: sacred Latin
ensemble: a cappella
Neoclassicism

Question 6

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (title track excerpt)

Answer 6

By Tan Dun.
Solo performance by Yo-Yo Ma.
Genre: Film Score

Question 7

Ghost Opera, i. Bach, Monks and Shakespeare Meet in Water

Answer 7

By Tan Dun.
Five-movement suite for string quartet and pipa, with water, metal, stone, and paper.

Question 8

Summa

Answer 8

Arvo Pärt
Genre: Credo (Mass Movement)
text: Latin, sacred text from the Roman Catholic Mass Ordinary
Ensemble: a cappella SATB soloist or chorus
Texture: Primarily homorhythmic, but some parts of polyphonic texture
Style: postminimalism or spiritual minimalism

Question 9

Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

Answer 9

Arvo Pärt
Genre: Symphonic Poem
Ensemble: String orchestra with bell (chimes)
Styles: postminimalism and neoclassicism

Question 10

Concerto Grosso 1985, v. Maestoso

Answer 10

Ellen Taafe Zwilich
Genre: concerto grosso
Style: neoclassicism, (quotation music)
Ensemble: flute and oboe soloists, with orchestra, and harpsichord. Instruments common to the Baroque Era
Texture: Homophonic
Form: Arch form or palindrome
Harmony: Post-tonal

Question 11

Regina caeli

Answer 11

Vicente Lusitano

Question 12

Regina caeli
Genre
Ensemble
Texture
Language

Answer 12

Genre: moet
Ensemble: SATB a cappella
Texture: imitative polyphony
Language: Latin and Sacred

Question 13

Regina caeli
In which century was this composed? Which style period is it?

Answer 13

16th century.
Renaissance Period

Question 14

Lasciatemi qui solo

Answer 14

Francesca Caccini

Question 15

Lasciatemi qui solo
Genre
Ensemble
Texture
Language

Answer 15

Genre: Monody, lament aria
Ensemble: basso continuo
Texture: homophonic
Language: Italian
Vocal style: monody

Question 16

Lasciatemi qui solo
In which century was this composed? Which style period is it?

Answer 16

17th century.
Early Baroque era

Question 17

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, i. Allegro con brio

Answer 17

Ludwig van Beethoven

Question 18

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, i. Allegro con brio
Genre
Ensemble
Texture

Answer 18

Genre: Symphony
Ensemble: classical orchestra
Texture: homophonic

Question 19

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, i. Allegro con brio
In which century was this composed? Which style period is it?

Answer 19

19th century.
Bridge between Classic and Romantic

Question 20

Notturno (Nocturne)
Genre
Ensemble
Texture

Answer 20

Genre: Character Piece
Ensemble: Solo Piano
Texture: homophonic

Question 21

Notturno (Nocturne) in G Minor

Answer 21

Fanny Hensel

Question 22

Notturno (Nocturne)
In which century was this composed? Which style period is it?

Answer 22

19th century.
Romantic period