MUS101 Music History and Appreciation Mid-Term Study Guide
Part I (fill-in-the-blank/multiple choice)
String instruments (know names and order high to low)
Woodwind instruments (including which are single- or double- reeded)
Brass instrument names
Know at least five percussion instruments
Instruments in a string quartet
Bolded terms from the textbook
Part II: 12 Listening Examples to Study: (I will choose 8 for the mid-term)
Be able to recognize aurally, then list title, composer, genre, period for each.
1. Title: Play of Virtues
Genre: Plainchant
Composer: Hildegard
Period: Middle Ages
2. Title: Behold, Spring
Genre: Secular Song
Composer: Landini
Period: Middle Ages
3. Title: Since Robin Hood
Genre: Madrigal
Composer: Weelkes
Period: Renaissance
4. Title: Orpheus
Genre: Opera
Composer: Monteverdi
Period: Baroque
5. Title: Cantata #140, I
Genre: Cantata
Composer: Bach
Period: Baroque
6. Title: Piano Concerto K. 488, I
Genre: Concerto
Composer: Mozart
Period: Classical
7. Title: Symphony no. 40
Genre: Symphony
Composer: Mozart
Period: Classical
8. Title: String Quartet op. 76, no. 3
Genre: String Quartet
Composer: Haydn
Period: Classical
9. Title: Marriage of Figaro
Genre: Opera
Composer: Mozart
Period: Classical
10. Title: Symphonie Fantastique, IV
Genre: Program Symphony
Composer: Berlioz
Period: 19th c.
11. Title: Erlkonig
Genre: Lied
Composer: Schubert
Period: 19th c.
12. Title: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream Composer: Mendelssohn
Genre: Concert Overture
Period: 19th c.
Part III:
To study for this, listen to a 10-minute work you have never heard before. Write down
one observation for each as you listen: (repeat this exercise a few times until you feel
confident). Use the listening guides as examples of observations: for example, the
listening guide in chapter 19 makes the observation that the TIMBRE changes each time
a different instrument plays the theme (0:00, 1:22, 2:28, 3:46, 4:58, 6:18).
1. Melody:
2. Harmony:
3. Texture:
4. Timbre:
5. Form:
6. Rhythm:
7. Tempo:
8. Dynamics:
9. Word-Music Relationships (if the piece has a text or is programmatic):
10. What is the genre? What is one musical expectation from this genre that is present in this
work?