Study Aid - Mus 202 AA
Midterm #3 Key Terms
Approximately 35 Multiple Choice and Matching Questions on Definitions
of Key Terms from Chapter 4 (Texture section ONLY), Chapter 6 (Form
section ONLY), Chapter 12 (Baroque and Classical Music), Chapter 13
(Romanticism) and Chapter 14 (20th Century Music). In addition, there will
also be questions on material presented in class. Approximately ten
questions will be “listening” questions from the list of pieces on back.
These will test musical concepts studied in class within a listening context.
Texture
(Edited list from end of chapter,
“key terms” section on website,
and class notes)
Texture
Monophony/Monophonic
Polyphony/Polyphonic
Counterpoint/Contrapuntal
Non-imitative Polyphony
Imitative Polyphony
Round/Canon
Hymn-like (Homorhythmic)
Homophony
Melody & Accompaniment
Homophony
Pedal Point//Drone
Heterophony
Form
Form
Repetition
Contrast
Variation
Sectional Forms
Theme and Variations
Minuet and Trio
Rondo
Sonata
Exposition
First Theme
Bridge
Second Theme
Closing Section
Development
Recapitulation
Coda
Baroque Period
Baroque Period
Historical Highlights
Style Characteristics
Baroque (adj. applied to
music/art)
Ornaments
Basso Continuo
Baroque Echo Effect
Tutti vs. Soli
Concerto Grosso
Ritornello Form
Cadenza
Fugue
Episodes
(Fugue) Subject
Fugue Voices
Classical Period
Classical Period
Historical Highlights
Style Characteristics
Sectional Forms (see
“Form”)
Romantic Period
Romantic Period
Historical Highlights
Style Characteristics
Rubato
Program Music vs. Absolute
Music
Orchestration
Thematic Development
Nationalism
Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century
Historical Highlights
Impressionism
Atonality
Atonal Phase
Modernism
Populist Phase
Neo-classicism
Serialist Phase
Experimentalist Phase
Minimalism
Postmodernist Phase
List of Pieces/Musical Term Examples Covered in this Exam: (CD # in parentheses.)
Bach – Little Fugue in G Minor (1:15) Imitation, Fugue, (Fugue) Subject
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, Op. 67, I (2:4) Sonata Form
Chopin – Nocturne No. 2 in Eb Major (2:4) Melody & Accompaniment Homophony
Copland – Appalachian Spring, Variations on a Shaker Melody (2:10) Hymn-like Homophony,
Theme & Variation Form, Ballet (music drama genre)
Handel – Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus (1:14) Monophony, Imitation, Hymn-like Homphony,
Pedal Point, Oratorio
Haydn – Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-flat, III (1:21) Rondo Form
Johnson – Cross Road Blues (1:1) Melody and Accompaniment Homophony
Meredith Monk – Book of Days: Travelers 1 (2:11) Monophony
Meredith Monk – Book of Days: Travelers 2 (2:12) Pedal Point
Meredith Monk – Book of Days: Travelers 3 (2:13) Non-imitative Polyphony
Mozart – Variations on “Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman” (1:17)Theme & Variations Form
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, III (1:16) Minuet & Trio Form
Original Dixieland Jazz Band – Tiger Rag (1:5) Heterophony
Parker – Mohawk (1:8) Melody & Accompaniment Homophony
Puente – Mambo Gozon (1:11) Non-imitative Polyphony
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons, Spring, I (1:13) Program Music, Ornaments, Basso Continuo,
Baroque Echo Effect, Tutti vs. Soli, Concerto Grosso, Ritornello Form, Cadenza
Chopin – Nocturne No. 2 in Eb Major (2:4) Rubato
Smetana – Moldau (2:6) Orchestration, Thematic Development, Nationalism, Program Music
Baroque Music
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons, Spring, I (1:13)
Handel – Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus (1:14)
Bach – Little Fugue in G Minor (1:15)
Classical Music
Mozart – Variations on “Ah, vous dirais-je,
Maman” (1:17)
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, I (1:18)
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, III (1:16)
Haydn – Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in
E-flat, III (1:21)
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, Op. 67, I (2:4)
Romantic Music
Schubert- Gretchen am spinnrade (1:2)
Chopin – Nocturne No. 2 in Eb Major (2:4)
Smetana – Moldau (2:6)
Twentieth Century Music
Debussy – Nocturnes, Nuages (2:7)
Schoenberg – Five Pieces for Orchestra, No. 1
(2:9)
Copland – Appalachian Spring, Variations on a
Shaker Melody (2:10)
Meredith Monk – Book of Days: Travelers 1,2,
& 3 (2:11-13)