Key informtation for each piece

Question 1

Brandonberg concerto No.5 in D major
- Composer:
- Date:
- Period:
- Structure:
- Key:
- Instrumentation:
- Style of Music:

Answer 1

• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Date:
• Period: Baroque (1600 to 1750)
• Structure: Ternary (A, B, A1)
• Key: D major
• Instrumentation:
  - Soloists - flauto (flute) and
  violino (violin) and sometimes
  the cembalo (harpsichord)
  - The ripeano - is a string
  ensemble, violino (violin),
  viola, violoncello (cello) and
  contrabasso (double bass)
• Style of Music: Instrumental Music

Question 2

• Title: Piano Sonata Op.13 No.8 in C minor
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Answer 2

• Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
• Date: 1798
• Period: Classical (1750-1825)
• Structure: Beethoven’s Sonata Form (look at other flashcards to learn)
• Key: Tonic = C minor
• Instrumentation: Piano
• Style of Music: Instrumental Music

Question 3

• Title: Music for a While
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Answer 3

• Composer: Henry Purcell
• Date: 1692
• Period: Baroque (1600-1750)
• Structure: Ternary (A, B, A1)
• Key: A minor
• Instrumentation: Soprano, Harpsichord, Bass viol
• Style of Music: Vocal Music

Question 4

• Title: Killer Queen
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Answer 4

• Composer: Words by Freddie Mercury, band = Queen
• Date: 1974
• Period: introduction (1-2) verse 1 (2-14) chorus 1 (15-22),
  (Verse-Chorus structure)
• Structure: Intro (1-2) verse 1 (2-14) chorus 1 (15-22),
  (Verse-Chorus structure)
• Key: Tonic = E Flat Major
• Instrumentation: Vocals, Piano, Electric Guitar, Drums (Western Pop +Rock instrument)
• Style of Music: Vocal music

Question 5

• Title: Defying Gravity
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Answer 5

• Composer: Stephen Shwartz
• Date: 2003
• Period: Contempary
• Structure: Verse-Chorus alternating (+Inro +Bridge)
• Key: D major (D Flat Major)
• Instrumentation: Pit Band/Orchestral - Combination of Orchestral instruments and popular instruments and Synths
  Examples: Drumkit, Synthesizer, Electric guitar, Etc.
• Style of Music: Music for stage and screen

Question 6

• Title: Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner
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Answer 6

• Composer: John Williams
• Date:
• Period:
• Structure: Ternary Structure (A, A1, B, B1, A, A2) + last 2 pages (Rebel Blockade Runner leitmotif + March like part)
• Key: Ab Major (has a C pedal despite this)
• Instrumentation: Fanfare like - Brass Instruments (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, etc.) + Percussion - (Timpani (, snare drum)) + other orchestral instruments.
• Style of Music: Music for stage and screen

Question 7

• Title: Release
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• Instrumentation: 2 from one section and 4 from the other two
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Answer 7

• Composer: Afro Celt Sound System
• Date: 1999
• Period:
• Structure: Distinctive verse form: It contains an intro, solos, breaks and an outro. There are no choruses in this piece and the piece contains three verses.
• Key: C minor
• Instrumentation:
  
  • West African: Kora, Talking Drum
  • Celtic: Hurdy Gurdy, Uillean
    Pipes, Bodhran (drum), Fiddle
    (violin), Whistle, Accordion
  • Western Pop: Synthesizers,
    Breath samples, Drumkit, Electric
    piano, Shaker, Tambourine
• Style of Music: Fusion

Question 8

• Title: Samba Em Preludio
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Answer 8

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• Style of Music: Fusion