PCC Music 21 Spring 2011-Midterm Review Sheet
Exam Date: Thursday April 14, 2011 6:50pm
Musical Elements, Renaissance, and Baroque
BRING A SCANTRON (882-E) AND PENCIL ON THE DAY OF THE EXAM!
1. What materials will be covered?
Musical Elements and Basics
Renaissance Era 1450-1600
Baroque Era 1600-1750
2. Which listening examples will be on the test?
I will choose 8 examples from LG’s 6-18 (13 examples to study). You must study all examples, and you will be tested on 8 of
those.
3. What part of the piece will be played on the exam?
I will play at least the first minute of the first movement, and possibly the first minute of additional movements (But only in
addition to the first movement).
4. What types of questions should I expect on the exam?
All questions are objective. There will be 8 listening examples played. For each, know the name of the composer (1 point) and
the title of the composition (1 point). For each listening example, there will also be 2 questions asking you to identify certain
distinguishing features of the music (i.e., textures, genre, etc.) (1 point each for 2 questions). Each listening example will have
a total of four points allotted to it.
(32 points total for listening questions)
There will be 15 matching, worth 1 point each
(15 points)
There will be 10 multiple-choice questions worth 1 point each
(10 points)
With regard to composers, you should know something about the lives of the major composers we studied (listed in this
guide):
-What were their major contributions to music?
-What era were they a part of?
-What was their life as a musician like? Did they work for the church, court, or the public, or a combination?
-What is the composer’s nationality?
General Terms to know:
(Musical Elements)
Melody
Harmony
Textures-polyphony, homophony, monophony,
heterophony
Dynamics
Melisma
SATB
Timbre
Tempo
Rhythm/Meter
Basso Continuo
Renaissance Era 1450-1600
Section 1: Renaissance Sacred
Terms/Concepts
Mass
Renaissance motet (Latin Text)
1600-1750 (BAROQUE)
Review main currents
Section 4: The Baroque (Vocal music)
Terms/Concepts
1. Opera
-aria
-ritornello
2. Cantata (secular)
-lyric, dramatic, narrative
3. Cantata (sacred)
-chorale
4. Oratorio
-recitative
Composers
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Section 5: Baroque (Instrumental Music)
Composers
Josquin des Prez (1450-1521)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Section 2: Renaissance Secular
Terms/concepts
Madrigal (Italian and English)
Instrumental dance music
Composers
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
John Farmer (1575-1623)
Section 3: Baroque to Renaissance
Transition
Study comparison chart
Giovanni Gabrieli (1157-1612)
Pioneer of Orchestration
Terms/Concepts:
Harpsichord
Piano
1. Concerto
-solo concerto
-concerto grosso
-tutti
-ripieno
2. Baroque dance suite
Composers
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)