MUSIC 1107 Section 2/Learning Community #5
Arts in Society: World Music
Professor Livingston
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
SUBJECT AREAS:
Music and Mobility (Soundscapes Chp.6)
Music and Dance (Soundscapes Chp. 7)
Music and Ritual (Soundscapes Chp. 8)
Western Art Music Survey (E-book): Middle Ages; Renaissance; Baroque; Classical;
Romantic; Twentieth-Century
STRUCTURE OF EXAM:
1. LISTENING
2. MAP IDENTIFICATION: China, Argentina, Tibet, Cuba, Ethiopia, Italy, France, Germany,
Austria, England
3. MULTIPLE CHOICE
4. MATCHING
5. TERM IDENTIFICATION
LISTENING EXAMPLES.
Non-Western Music:
The following may appear on the exam. For each, be prepared to identify: country/ethnic group
of origin – genre – form/texture – function/context. You are not required to memorize the title,
but you should know what the piece or song is about.
1. CD 2/20 “Samoan Moon” (Hawaiian Song)
2. CD 2/23 “High Little Moon (Chinese Traditional-Style Piece)
3. CD 2/24 “Mido Mountain” (Folk Song Arragment)
4. CD 2/25 “Jhummar” (Traditional Bhangra Rhythm)
5. CD 3/1 “Aao Nachiye” (“Come Let’s Dance”) (Bhangra)
6. CD 3/2 “Beer Barrel Polka”
7. CD 3 / 4 “La Cumparsíta” (Tango Song)
8. CD 3/5 “Adiós Noníno” (New Tango)
9. CD 3/6 “Melody for Mahakala” (Tibetan Buddhist Chant)
10. CD 3/7 “Changó” (toque from Santería service)
11. CD 3/8 “Yome Fesseha Kone” (“There Is Joy Today”) (Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
chant)
Western Examples:
You should be able to identify the composer, the period, and something about the piece (form, genre,
musical techniques, instrumentation, etc.)
1. Palestrina, Giovanni da. Agnus Dei I from Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcellus Mass).
2. Weelkes, Thomas. As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending (madrigal).
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3. Monteverdi, Claudio. “Tu se’ morta,” from L’Orfeo (recitative from Baroque opera).
4. Handel, George Frideric. “Hallelujah” Chorus from Messiah (oratorio).
5. Bach, Johann Sebastian. Fugue in G minor (“Little” Fugue), BWV 558.
6. Vivaldi, Antonio. “Spring” Concerto (from The Four Seasons), first movement.
7. Haydn, Franz Joseph. String Quartet in C major “Emperor” op.76, no.3, second movement.
8. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K.550, first movement.
9. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. “Dies Irae” from the Requiem.
10. Beethoven, Ludwig van. Symphony no. 5 in C minor, first movement.
11. Schubert, Franz. “Erlkönig” (“Erlking”). Lied.
12. Paganini, Niccolò. Caprice no. 1, from Twenty-Four Caprices for Solo Violin, op.1.
13. Verdi, Giuseppe. “Celeste Aida” (“Heavenly Aida”) from Aida (opera recitative and aria.
14. Wagner, Ricard. “Liebestod” (“Love-Death”) from Tristan und Isolde (opera).
15. Stravinsky, Igor. Excerpt from Part I of Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (ballet
music). Scenes of pagan Russia, Part I: the adoration of the earth.
16. Schoenberg, Arnold. “Mondestrunken,” from Pierrot lunaire (song cycle)
17. Webern, Anton. Five Pieces for Orchestra, op.10.
For the composers discussed in class but not represented on the above listening list, you should
be able to match the composer to the appropriate period. You should also be able to give the
approximate dates for each period.
TERMS:
Silk Road (historical meaning)
Pipa
Flamenco
Tango
Bandoneón
Bharata Natyam
Mudras
Bhangra
Polka
Chant
Communitas
Mantra
Notation
Syllabic
Neumatic
Melismatic
Organum
Motet
Through-composed
Mass
Word-painting
Madrigal
Lute
Fugue
Toccata
Concerto
Opera
Oratorio
Recitative
Aria
Da capo aria
Sonata
Symphony
Lied
Character piece
Minuet and trio
Leitmotif
Operetta
Requiem Mass
Tone poem
Atonality
12-tone technique
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