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Exam - May 2020 answer key Flashcards

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May 2020, Question 1. p.60

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This composition consists of a theme and eight variations. Also provide the source (the collection where this piece is found).

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The Carman’s Whistle
Renaissance
Keyboard music
Byrd
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

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May 2020, Question 1. p.54

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This English vocal work was based on an Italian madrigal from Musica Transalpina

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My Bonny Lass She Smileth
Renaissance
English madrigal
Morley

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May 2020, Question 1. p. 40

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This work was composed by an important member of the Franco-Flemish School.

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Ave Maria…virgo serena
Renaissance
motet
Josquin

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May 2020, Question 1. p.88

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

The concertino of this work features four instrumental soloists.

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major
Baroque
Concerto grosso
Bach

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May 2020, Question 1. p.16

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This 12th-century organum is in the style of the Notre Dams School.

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Haec dies
Middle Ages
Organum
Anonymous (in the style of Léonin)

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May 2020, Question 1. p. 104

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

A slow introduction and a monothematic expoostion are hallmarks of this work.

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London Symphony or Symphony No. 104 in D amjor
Classical
Symphony
Haydn

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May 2020, Question 1. p.106

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This eight-movement work opens with a choral fugue.

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Canata No. 80 or The Mighty Fortress is Our God (Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott)
Cantata
Baroque
Bach

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May 2020, Question 1. p.46

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This piece for six voices reflexts the ideals of the Counter-Reformation.

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Gloria from Pople Marcellus Mass (Missa Popae Marcelli)
Renaissance
Gloria, Mass Ordinary
Machaut

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May 2020, Question 1. p.

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This Italian madrigal is intensely emotional and features extreme dissonance.

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Moro, Lasso, al mio duolo
Renaissance
Italian madrigal
Gesualdo

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May 2020, Question 1. p.

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This work is found in the 13th century manuscript Chansonnier du Roy.

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Royal Estampie No. 4
Middle Ages
Dance music
Machaut

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May 2020, Question 1. p.

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This opera is based on a controverisal French play.

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The Marriage of Figaro
Classical
Opera buffa
Mozart

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May 2020, Question 1. p.130

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

The opening Grave recurs several times in the first movement of this work.

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Piano Sonata in C Minor, op.13 (Pathétique)
Classical
Piano sonata
Beethoven

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May 2020, Question 1. p.76

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

The plot of this opera seria is based on an episode in ancient Roman history.

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Julius Caesar in Egypt
Baroque
opera seria
Handel

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May 2020, Question 1. p. 10

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This monophonic chant contains neumatic and melismatic text settings.

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Haec dies
Middle Ages
Gregorian chant
Anonymous

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May 2020, Question 1. p.34

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

The triplum, duplum, and tenor in this work each have their own texts.

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Kyrie from Messe de Nostre Dame
Middle Ages
Kyrie, Mass ordinary
Machaut

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May 2020, Question 1. p.

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This monophonic chanson is in strophic form.

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Ce fut en mai
Middle Ages
Chanson
d’Arras

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May 2020, Question 1. p.

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

On the score of this work are the words “Co co co co dia.

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La poule
Baroque
keyboard suite
Rameau

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May 2020, Question 1. p. 136

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

The seven movements of this work are performed without interruption.

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String Quartet in C sharp minor, op. 131
Classical
Beethoven

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May 2020, Question 1. p.

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

The first movement of this work uses a double exposition.

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Piano Concert in G Major, K. 453
Classical
Piano concertos
Mozart

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May 2020, Question 1. p. 33

Identify the work most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composition titles must be chosen from the spcific works required for this examination. You may use a composition more than once. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

This four-voice setting of the Mass Ordinary features isorhythm and hocket.

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Kyrie from Messe de Nostre Dame / Kyrie from Mass of Our Lady
Middle Ages
Kyrie, Mass ordinary
Machaut

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May 2020, Question 2. p.33

Provid the term of the following definition and name one representative composition for each term. Composition title must be chosn from the works required for this examination. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

an ars nova technique in which two voices combine to create a single melody: one resting while the other sings

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Hocket
Kyrie from Messe de Nostre Dame
Middle Ages
Kyrie, Mass Ordinary
Machaut

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May 2020, Question 2. p.18

Provid the term of the following definition and name one representative composition for each term. Composition title must be chosn from the works required for this examination. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

two or more texts heard simultaneously

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Polytextuality
O Mitissima/Virgo/Hasec dies
Polytetual Motet
Renaissance
Anonymous

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May 2020, Question 2. p.

Provid the term of the following definition and name one representative composition for each term. Composition title must be chosn from the works required for this examination. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

many notes sung on a single syllable of text

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Melisma
Numerous examples

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May 2020, Question 2. p.15

Provid the term of the following definition and name one representative composition for each term. Composition title must be chosn from the works required for this examination. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

the voice that contains the cantus firmus, from the Latin for “to hold”

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Tenor
O Mitissisma/Virgo/Haec dies (more than one examples possible.)
Middle Ages
Anonymous

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May 2020, Question 2. p. 59

Provid the term of the following definition and name one representative composition for each term. Composition title must be chosn from the works required for this examination. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

a compositional style highlighting the unique technical capabilities of an instrument

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Idiomatic writing
The Carman’s Whistle
Renaissance
Keyboard
Byrd

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May 2020, Question 2. p.

Provid the term of the following definition and name one representative composition for each term. Composition title must be chosn from the works required for this examination. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

A French aristocratic poet-musicin in Northern France in the Middle Ages

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trouvère
Ce fut en mai
chanson
Middle Ages
d’Arras

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May 2020, Question 2. p.52

Provid the term of the following definition and name one representative composition for each term. Composition title must be chosn from the works required for this examination. For extra practice, provide the era, genre and the composer as well.

A song tyle embraced by English madrigalists; from the Italian for “little dance”

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ballett
My Bonny Lass She Smileth
Renaissance
English madrigal
Thomas Morely

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May 2020, Question 3. p. 11

Provide the following for the audio clip:
1. Title:
2. Composer
3. Era
4. Source of text:
5. Language:
6: Name the type of notation originally used for this work.

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  1. Title: Haec dies (chant)
  2. Composer: anonymous
  3. Era: Middle Ages
  4. Source of text: Psalms, Bible
  5. Language: Latin
    6: Name the type of notation originally used for this work. neumes
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May 2020, Question 3. p. 60

Provide the following for the audio clip:
1. Title:
2. Composer:
3. Era:
4. Form:
5. Name the mode of this work.
6: Name thecollection in which this work is found:

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  1. Title: The Carman’s Whistle
  2. Composer: William Byrd
  3. Era: Renaissance
  4. Form: Theme and Variations
  5. Name the mode of this work: Ionian (C Major)
    6: Name thecollection in which this work is found:
    Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
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May 2020, Question 3. p. 131

Provide the following for the audio clip:
1. Title:
2. Composer
3. Era
4. Form of this movement:
5: Identify two specific musical features of this work.

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  1. Title: Pathetique or Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13
  2. Composer: Beethoven
  3. Era: Classical
  4. Form of this movement:
    5: Identify two specific musical features of this work.
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May 2020, Question 3. p. 120

Provide the following for the audio clip:
1. Title:
2. Composer:
3. Era:
4. Form of this movement:
5. For whom was this concerto composed?
6: Identify and briefly explain two musical features of this work.

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  1. Title: Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453 (recording is the first movement solso exposition)
  2. Composer: Mozart
  3. Era: Classical
  4. Form of this movement: double exposition
  5. For whom was this concerto composed? Barbar von Ployer
    6: Identify and briefly explain two musical features of this work.
  6. orchestral first theme in 4 measure phrases
  7. the cadenza is after the recapitulations
  8. many others - if in doubt, ask Jenny.
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May 2020, Question 3. p. 52

  1. Title:
  2. Composer:
  3. Era:
  4. Texture of this excerpt: :
  5. Provide two examples of word painting in this work.
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  1. Title: Moro Lasso
  2. Composer: Gesulado
  3. Era: Renaissance
  4. Texture of this excerpt: polyphonic
  5. Provide two examples of word painting in this work.
  6. Moro Lasso uses descedning chromatic scales to show grief and sadness
  7. Rhythm on “Life” is more active.
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May 2020, Question 3. p. 85

Provide the following for the audio clip:
1. Title:
2. Composer:
3. Era:
4. Language:
5. Composer of thei original melody on which this work is based:
6. Breifly explain the role of the orchestra in this movement.

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  1. Title: Cantata No. 80, The Mighty Fortress is Our God (Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott)
  2. Composer: Bach
  3. Era: Baroque
  4. Language:German
  5. Composer of thei original melody on which this work is based: Martin Luther
  6. Breifly explain the role of the orchestra in this movement. The orchstra has trumpets and oboes to add to the volume. The orchestra play the opening chorale in diminution.
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May 2020, Question 4.

Identify the era most closely associated with each of the following. term.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque or Classical

double exposition

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Classical

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May 2020, Question 4.

Identify the era most closely associated with each of the following. term.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque or Classical

organum

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Middle Ages

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May 2020, Question 4. p. 91

Identify the era most closely associated with each of the following. term.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque or Classical

Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments

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Baroque

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May 2020, Question 4.

Identify the era most closely associated with each of the following. term.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque or Classical

Musica enchiriadis

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Middle Ages

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May 2020, Question 4.

Identify the era most closely associated with each of the following. term.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque or Classical

nonsense syllables

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Renassiance

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May 2020, Question 4.

Identify the era most closely associated with each of the following. term.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque or Classical

ritornello form

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Baroque

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May 2020, Question 4.

Identify the era most closely associated with each of the following. term.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque or Classical

Counter-Reformation

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Renassiance

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May 2020, Question 4. p. 32

Identify the era most closely associated with each of the following. term.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque or Classical

musica ficta

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Middle Ages

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May 2020, Question 4.

Identify the era most closely associated with each of the following. term.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque or Classical

madrigal

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Renaissance

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May 2020, Question 4. p. 67

Identify the era most closely associated with each of the following. term.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque or Classical

stile rappresentativo

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Baroque

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May 2020, Question 4B. p. 128

Provide the title of a composition, collection, or treatise for the following. Include nicknames, catalogue number, or keys, where appplicable.

a symphony by Mozart

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More than one possibility.
Haffner, Linz, Prague, Romantic or Jupiter

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May 2020, Question 4B.

Provide the title of a composition, collection, or treatise for the following. Include nicknames, catalogue number, or keys, where appplicable.

a treatise by Philippe de Vitry

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Ars Nova

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May 2020, Question 4B. p. 90

Provide the title of a composition, collection, or treatise for the following. Include nicknames, catalogue number, or keys, where appplicable.

an oratorio by Bach

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Christmas oratorio

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May 2020, Question 4B. p. 116

Provide the title of a composition, collection, or treatise for the following. Include nicknames, catalogue number, or keys, where appplicable.

a string quartet by Haydn

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Quinten or Emperior

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May 2020, Question 4B. p. 92

Provide the title of a composition, collection, or treatise for the following. Include nicknames, catalogue number, or keys, where appplicable.

a collection of keyboard pieces by Rameau

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New Suites of Harpsichord Pieces

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May 2020, Question 4B. p. 98

Provide the title of a composition, collection, or treatise for the following. Include nicknames, catalogue number, or keys, where appplicable.

an oratorio by Handel

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Messiah, Judas Maccabeus, or Israel in Egypt

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May 2020, Question 4B. p. 54

Provide the title of a composition, collection, or treatise for the following. Include nicknames, catalogue number, or keys, where appplicable.

a 16th century collection of Italian madrigals

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Musica Transaplina

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May 2020, Question 4B. p. 90

Provide the title of a composition, collection, or treatise for the following. Include nicknames, catalogue number, or keys, where appplicable.

a keyboard work by Bach

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Italian Concerto or Goldberg Variations

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May 2020, Question 4B. p.141

Provide the title of a composition, collection, or treatise for the following. Include nicknames, catalogue number, or keys, where appplicable.

a song cycle by Beethoven

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To the Distance Beloved

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May 2020, Question 4B. p. 128

Provide the title of a composition, collection, or treatise for the following. Include nicknames, catalogue number, or keys, where appplicable.

a Singspiel by Mozart

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The Magic Flute

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May 2020, Question 5. p. 9

Discuss the following topic and provide examples where appropraite. (out of 5 marks)

Musical features of Gregorian chant.

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5 marks so give at least 5 facts.
- monophonic texture
- modal
- Latin texts
- narrow melodic range
- unmeasured rhtym with no fixed meters
- narrow intervals/moves by steps

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May 2020, Question 5, p. 104

Discuss the following topic and provide examples where appropraite. (out of 5 marks)

The Mannheim School’s contributions and its impact on the sonata cycle.

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5 marks so give at least 5 facts.
- created the sonata cycle by adding a third movement (menuet and trio) to the Italian overture
- created orchestral special effects such as rocket theme
- replaced the basso continuo with written orchetral parts
- the sonata cycle became the standard form for symphonies
- influenced the composers such as Mozart and Haydn, and as a result contributed to the early development of symphonies

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May 2020, Question 5. p. 15-16

Discuss the following topic and provide
examples where appropraite. (out of 5 marks)

The Notre Dame School’s contriibutions and its impact on polyphony.

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5 marks so give at least 5 facts.
- Léonin and Pérotin were the two leading compoers of the Notre Dame School.
- Lénin was active in the late 12th century in Paris. He composed two-part organum. Léonin used organal and discant styles and rhytmic modes.
- Pértoin was active in the 13th century.
- He composed three- and four-part polyphony so the polyphonic techniques were expanded
- Pérotin used clausula to replace part of the organa (plural of organum) that Léonin composed

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May 2020, Question 6

Describe one of the following works in details. (10 marks each)
L’Orfeo
Dido and Aeneas
The Marriage of Figaro

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