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M100: Music Appreciation Discussion Group Ben Tibbetts, T.A. [email protected] Welcome! Please sign the attendance at the front of the room. Tuesday March 12, 2013
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M100: Music Appreciation Discussion Group Ben Tibbetts, T.A. [email protected] Welcome! Please sign the attendance at the front of the room. Tuesday March 12, 2013. Today’s Agenda. Mostly logistical stuff… Collect Concert Reports Baroque Tests Classical Test prep. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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M100: Music Appreciation Discussion Group
Ben Tibbetts, [email protected]
Welcome! Please sign the attendance at the front of the room.
Tuesday March 12, 2013
Today’s Agenda
Mostly logistical stuff…• Collect Concert Reports• Baroque Tests• Classical Test prep.• Final project proposals guidelines
And…• Other composers/music• ASAPScience Video
Collect concert reports
pass back:• Tests• Take-home assignments
Listening that might appear on the Classical Test:• The first movement of Mozart’s Symphony no. 40 in
G Minor• Cosa sento from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro• The second movement from Haydn’s Symphony no.
94 (Surprise)
Review the material in the book
And slides on Moodle
Pass out / go over final project proposals guidelines
Baroque Test
SECTION A1. Bach’s Fugue in G Minor (polyphonic)
2. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (soloists: harpsichord, violin, flute)
3. Dido’s Lament (aria) from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (opera) (homophonic)
Baroque Test
SECTION B1. False
2. True
3. False
Baroque Test
SECTION C1. Basso continuo – plays throughout a work,
provides bass line & harmonies, etc.
Cello, Bassoon, Harpsichord, Organ, Lute, Guitar, Bass viol, Harp
Baroque Test
SECTION C2. Ritornello principle – alternating
ritornello/solo sections in concerto
Baroque Test
SECTION C3. Subject in a fugue – main theme, layered
over itself, imitative counterpoint
Baroque Test
SECTION C4. Oratorio - opera for church, not staged, etc.
Baroque Test
SECTION C5. Recitative – dialogue/monologue between
singing & speaking, etc.
Aria - song
Baroque Test
SECTION C6. Program music – instrumental music
associated with story/event/idea/text
i.e. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Baroque Test
SECTION C7. Castrati – man with high singing voice,
castrated
Coveted for soprano/mezzo-soprano/contralto parts, flexible voice, etc.
Baroque Test
SECTION C8. Word painting – how sung music
imitates/describes imagery in text, etc.
Baroque Test
SECTION C9. Middle entry – music in middle of fugue
where subject appears
Episode – music in middle of fugue without subject
Baroque Test
SECTION C10. Timbre – character/quality of sound
In Baroque music, often separates highly contrasting sections, etc.
Baroque Test
SECTION C11. Solo concerto – one soloist
Concerto grosso – multiple soloist
Baroque Test
SECTION C12. Homophony – in operas, allows one
character to take precedence
In concertos, allows one soloist to take precedence
SECTION DEssay [or other] questions? See me after class
Today’s material not on Thursday’s test
Guillaume de Machaut
1300-1377French composer/poet
(The Medieval Era)
Guillaume de Machaut
Ars nova – “a style of music of the 14th century, characterized by great freedom and variety of rhythm and melody contrasted with the strictness of the music of the 13th century” -Collins English Dictionary
Machaut’s Rose, liz, printemps, verdure
Rose, liz, printemps, verdure. Fleur, baume et tres douce odour. Belle, passes en doucour. Et tous les biens de Nature Avez, dont je vous aour.
Rose, liz, printemps, verdure. Fleur, baume et tres douce odour; Et quant toute creature Seurmonte vostre valour. Bien puis dire et par honnour:
Rose, liz, printemps, verdure. Fleur, baume et tres douce odour. Belle, passes en doucour.
Rose, lily, spring, greenery.Flower, balm and sweetest perfumeBeauty, you surpass them in sweetness.And all the gifts of natureYou have, for which I adore you.
Rose, lily, spring, greenery.Flower, balm and sweetest perfumeAnd since all creaturesYou surpass in worthI must say in all honor:
Rose, lily, spring, greenery.Flower, balm and sweetest perfumeBeauty, you surpass them in sweetness.
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
1525-1594Italian composer
(The Renaissance)
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
• Composed sacred music• Renaissance polyphony
The Agnus Dei I
from Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass
Agnus Dei,qui tollis peccata mundi,miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei,qui tollis peccata mundi,dona nobis pacem.
Lamb of God,who takes away the sins of the world,have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God,who takes away the sins of the world,grant us peace.
“Master Musicians of the Ikuta-ryu”Pages 181-186
“Master Musicians of the Ikuta-ryu”Pages 181-186
Pentatonic scale – “A scale consisting of five tones.” –p. 517
Koto – “a Japanese musical instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.” -Dictionary.com Unabridged
Cherry Blossom, Japanese folk tune
(recorded ca. 1965)
ASAPScience--music
Final Reminders / Homework
• Classical Test next class covering pages 166-180, 187-206, and 215-223
• Questions? Email: [email protected]
