Final Examination Review
Chorus
Spring 2016
Raleigh Charter High School
Dr. Cynthia C. Brown
I.
Musical Eras
A. Study the text’s chapters on Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and
Contemporary/20th Century music. Study your notes on the aforementioned historical
periods and on Medieval music.
B. Study your tests and comparative chart on the above material.
C. Study your notes from the historical videos.
II.
Literature
A. For all the literature of this semester, be able to match the composer to their
composition, the composer to the timeframe in which they composed, the composer
to their nationality and the poet to the text. Be sure to study your composer
paragraphs.
B. Be prepared to know a general translation for foreign texts.
C. Study all background material on the literature (especially any program notes written
on the score).
D. Study your composer paragraphs.
III.
Short Answer (Know the historical eras when appropriate.)
Three musical textures
Three musical harmonic systems
Three scales in tonal music
Two systems of dynamics
Seven elements of music
IV.
Musical Terminology
Be prepared to define the following terms:
Crescendo
Decrescendo
Allegro moderato
A tempo
Andante
Ritard
Andantino
Molto ritard
Poco ritard
madrigal
cantata
opera
oratorio
sonata allegro form
art song
symphony
nationalism
aleatoric music
twelve-tone music
V.
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Using your IPA sheet, be prepared to transcribe texts from this semester’s literature into
IPA.
VI.
Score Study
You will be asked to identify and label certain aspects of a choral score.
VII.
Theory
The theory portion will be cumulative from Unit 1 to the last unit level of this semester’s
work.
VIII.
Singing Test
This will be an average of all the singing test scores from this year.