Review - Audio - Baroque & Classical Flashcards
Identify the title of the piece
Identify the poetic image
Describe the music
Spring, The Four Seasons
Sreams flows quietly with light wind creating small waves
Musical depction: violins play a fast wavy pattern
Identify the title of the audio recording
Identify the poetic image
Describe the music
“Spring” ritornello theme
Poetic Image: Spring has arrived
Musical depiction: rhythmic, bright and dance-like
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Describe the music
Spring, The Four Seasons
Poetic image: Birds celebrates the returns of spring with a happy song
Musical depiction: high-pitch trills; also repeated-notes
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Identify the poetic image
Describe the music
Spring, The Four Seasons
Poetic image: Thunder and lightning of a storm
Musical depiction:violin’s tremolando passages (quick repetition of notes) describes thunder; rising 32nd note scales suggest lightning
Identify the title and movement of the audio recording
Identify the poetic image
Describe the music
Spring, The Four Seasons
Poetic image: nymphs and shepherds dance to bagpipe
Musical depiction:
- the bass pedal point suggests the drone of bagpipes
- the lilting compound meter creates a dance-like feeling
Listen and answer the following:
Composer
Title of the entire piece
Describe the music.
Composer: JS Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier
Prelude (part A) from the Prelude and Fugue in B flat Major, BWV 866
- very fast broken chord in 32nd notes
- also 32nd note runs
- starts in F flat major and ends in F major (dominant key) and moves to the next section
Listen and answer the following:
Composer
Title of the entire piece
Describe the music.
Composer: JS Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier
Section B of the Prelude portion of the Prelude and Fugue in B flat Major, BWV 866
- extremely fast cadenza-like runs
- requires virtuosity (great skills) throughout
- improvisatory style contrasts with the controlled order demonstrated in the fugue
Listen and answer the following:
Composer
Title of the entire piece
Describe the music (see the hints below):
- describe the subject
- how many motives (smallest part) does the subject
have and describe each part.
Composer: JS Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier
The fugal Exposition of the Fugue from the Prelude and Fugue in B flat Major, BWV 866
The subject in B flat major is a very long and in top voice
The subject has two motives - the first is disjunct and the second is conjunct.
(conjunct = melodies that are mostly stepwise)
(disjunct = melodies that have leaps and change of diretion)
Listen and answer the following:
Composer
Title of the entire piece
Describe the music.
Composer: JS Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier
The Fugue from the Prelude and Fugue in B flat Major, BWV 866
- subject in bass voice
- countersubject 1 in middle voice
- countersubject 2 in top voice
- Tonal answer in top voice again
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Voice type of this recitative
Type of recitative
Key
Tempo
Meter
Text
Word painting
Messiah by Handel
soprano recitative
recitativo secco
Key: C major
Tempo: not indicated
Meter: 4 / 4
Text “There were shepherds abiding in the field”
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Title of this movement
Tempo of this section
Texture of this section
Predominant rhythm
Predominant affect
Messiah by Handel
Sinfony
Tempo: Grave
Texture of this section: homophonic
Predominant rhythm: dotted figure
Predominant affect: majestic, stately
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Title of this movement
Tempo of this section
Texture
Number of voice
Subject introduced by
Type of answer
Predominant affect
Messiah by Handel
Title of this movement - Sinfony
Tempo of this section - allergo moderato*
Texture: polyphonic (fugal)
Number of voice: three
Subject introduced by: 1st violins and oboes
Type of answer: tonal
Predominant affect: energetic, lively
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Title of this movement
Voice type of this recitative
Type of recitative
Key
Tempo
Meter
Text
Word painting
Messiah by Handel
soprano recitative
Type of recitative: recitativo accompagnato
Key: F Major
Tempo: Andante
Meter: 4 / 4
Text” “And Lo! The Angel of the lord came upon them”
Word painting: repeated 16th notes describe teh trembling of the fearful shepherds
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Voice type of this recitative
Type of recitative
Key
Tempo
Meter
Text
Messiah by Handel
soprano recitative
Type of recitative: recitativo secco
Key: begins in D major
Tempo: not indicated
Meter: 4 / 4
Text” “And the angel said unto them: “Fear not:”
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Voice type of this recitative
Type of recitative
Key
Tempo
Meter
Text
Messiah by Handel
soprano recitative
Type of recitative: recitativo accompagnato
Key: begins in D major
Tempo: not indicated
Meter: 4 / 4
Text” “And suddenly there as with the angel”
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Movement genre
Key
Tempo
Meter
Text
Word painting
Messiah by Handel
Genre: chorus
Key: D major
Tempo: Allegro
Meter: 4 / 4
Text “Glory to God, glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth”
Word painting: “Glory to God in the highest” is in the upper voice lines
“And peace on earth” is shown by a drop of an octave in bass
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Title, genre and part of this movement
Key of this section
Form
Tempo
Meter
Text of this section
Word painting in this section
Messiah by Handel
“Rejoice Greatly” - soprano aria - part A
Key of this section: B flat major
Form: ABA1
Tempo: Allegro
Meter: 4 / 4
Text of this section “Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice greatly, oh daughter of Zion”
Word painting:
- Rejoice has melismas to show the joy
- “Shout” is sudden and in the upper register
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Movement genre
Key
Tempo
Meter
Text
Textures and give examples
what instruments are used to increase the mood of praise and joy?
Messiah by Handel
Genre: chorus
Key: D major
Tempo: Allegro
Meter: 4 / 4
Text “Hallelujah, for the Lord God”
Texture: alternation of homophonic and polyhphonic settings
- “Hallelujah!” has homorhythmic texture so the text is clear and powerful
” and He shall reigh for ever and ever” has imitative polyphony to emphasis the repeated words (ever and ever)
Trumps and drums heighten the overall mood (affect) of praise and joy
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Title, genre and part of this movement
Key of this section
Text of this section
How is the mood of thoughtful created?
Messiah by Handel
“Rejoice Greatly” - soprano aria - part B
Key of this section: G minor
Text of this section “He is the righteous Savior”
The introspective (inward looking / thoughtful) mood is created by the minor mode and long vocal lines
Answer the following for the music excerpt.
Title of complete work
Genre of the work
Composer
What is the name of a theme in the begging in which it goes up quickly outlining an arpeggio (a broken chord)?
What kind of texture is in the excerpt?
(This excerpt is the first them of the first movement exposition).
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Serenade for strings (chamber)
Mozart
Rocket them
Homophonic texture
Answer the following for the music excerpt.
Title of complete work
Genre of the work
Composer
(This excerpt is the development section of the first movement)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Serenade for strings (chamber)
Mozart
Answer the following for the music excerpt.
Title of complete work
Genre of the work
Composer
Which movement and what’s the nickname of this excerpt?
What is the form of this movement?
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Serenade for strings (chamber)
Mozart
The excerpt is the second movement and Romanza is the nickname.
second movement is the rondo form (ABACA coda)
Answer the following for the music excerpt.
Title of complete work
Genre of the work
Composer
Which movement is this excerpt from?
What is the form of this movement?
What’s the name of the theme that opens the movement?
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Serenade for strings (chamber)
Mozart
The excerpt is the first theme of the 4th movement.
Fourth movement is the sonata-rondo form
A rocket theme opens the movement.
Identify the audio clip and answer the following
The name and movement of the piece
Key:
Which instrument plays theme:
Tempo:
Music features:
The theme from the second movement of the Emperor Quartet.
Key: G major
Theme: played by the first violin
Tempo: Poco adagio, catabile
Music features: dolce (“sweetly”) and homophonic texture
Identify the audio clip and answer the following
Which instrument plays theme:
Music features:
Variation I from the second movement of the Emperior Quartet.
- Theme played by the second violin. To create contrast, first violin plays fast 16th notes.
- Viola and cello do not play.
Identify the audio clip and answer the following
Which instrument plays theme:
Music features:
Variation II from the second movement of the Emperior Quartet.
Theme played by the cello. Other instrments have their own melodies. Rhythm increases.
Identify the audio clip and answer the following
Which instrument plays theme:
Music features:
Variation III from the second movement of the Emperior Quartet.
Theme played by the viola.
Charmotic harmony in the accompaniment.
Syncopation in the violins.
Identify the audio clip and answer the following:
Which instrument plays theme:
Music features:
Variation IV from the second movement of the Emperor Quartet.
Theme played the first violin, first time in the middle register, second time in the upper register
Changed to E minor so more serious and eventually modulates back to G major
Pedal points in the cello gives a sesne of finality to the movement
Answer the following for the excerpt:
Title of entire piece:
Composer:
Genre:
Era:
Which movement is the music excerpt part of?
What is the key?
What is the form of the movement?
Is this the typical form for this movement?
Give the musical feature of the excerpt.
Title of entire piece: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
Composer: Beethoven
Genre: Symphony
Era: Classical
Which movement is the music excerpt part of? 3rd movement
What is the key: C minor
What is the form of the movement? ABC (ternary) - scherzo and trio
Scherzo and trio is not a typical form.
The typical form for the third movement is menuet and trio.
The third movement has a rocket theme played by the low strings in the beginning. The rocket theme is very quiet (pp).
Answer the following for the excerpt:
Title of entire piece:
Composer:
Genre:
Era:
Which movement is the music excerpt part of?
What is the key?
What is the form of the movement?
Is this the typical form for this movement?
Give the musical feature of the excerpt.
Title of entire piece: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
Composer: Beethoven
Genre: Symphony
Era: Classical
Which movement is the music excerpt part of? 4th movement
What is the key: C major
What is the form of the movement? sonata form
The first three notes of the theme is the tonic chord of the C major. Loud trumpets adds the powerful feelings.
