M100: Music Appreciation
Discussion Group
Ben Tibbetts, T.A.
benjamintibbetts@yahoo.com
Tuesday March 12, 2013
Welcome! Please sign the attendance at the front of the room.
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 A
1. 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 B
1. False
2. True
3. False
Baroque Test
SECTION C
1. Basso continuo – plays throughout a work,
provides bass line & harmonies, etc.
Cello, Bassoon, Harpsichord, Organ, Lute,
Guitar, Bass viol, Harp
Baroque Test
SECTION C
2. Ritornello principle – alternating
ritornello/solo sections in concerto
Baroque Test
SECTION C
3. Subject in a fugue – main theme, layered
over itself, imitative counterpoint
Baroque Test
SECTION C
4. Oratorio - opera for church, not staged, etc.
Baroque Test
SECTION C
5. Recitative – dialogue/monologue between
singing & speaking, etc.
Aria - song
Baroque Test
SECTION C
6. Program music – instrumental music
associated with story/event/idea/text
i.e. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Baroque Test
SECTION C
7. Castrati – man with high singing voice,
castrated
Coveted for soprano/mezzosoprano/contralto parts, flexible voice, etc.
Baroque Test
SECTION C
8. Word painting – how sung music
imitates/describes imagery in text, etc.
Baroque Test
SECTION C
9. Middle entry – music in middle of fugue
where subject appears
Episode – music in middle of fugue without
subject
Baroque Test
SECTION C
10. Timbre – character/quality of sound
In Baroque music, often separates highly
contrasting sections, etc.
Baroque Test
SECTION C
11. Solo concerto – one soloist
Concerto grosso – multiple soloist
Baroque Test
SECTION C
12. Homophony – in operas, allows one
character to take precedence
In concertos, allows one soloist to take
precedence
SECTION D
Essay [or other] questions? See me after class
Today’s material not on Thursday’s test
Guillaume de Machaut
1300-1377
French 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, lily, spring, greenery.
Flower, balm and sweetest perfume
Beauty, you surpass them in sweetness.
And all the gifts of nature
You have, for which I adore you.
Rose, liz, printemps, verdure.
Fleur, baume et tres douce odour;
Et quant toute creature
Seurmonte vostre valour.
Bien puis dire et par honnour:
Rose, lily, spring, greenery.
Flower, balm and sweetest perfume
And since all creatures
You surpass in worth
I must say in all honor:
Rose, liz, printemps, verdure.
Fleur, baume et tres douce odour.
Belle, passes en doucour.
Rose, lily, spring, greenery.
Flower, balm and sweetest perfume
Beauty, you surpass them in sweetness.
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
1525-1594
Italian 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.
Lamb of God,
who takes away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us.
Agnus Dei,
qui tollis peccata mundi,
dona nobis pacem.
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: benjamintibbetts@yahoo.com