Music 2200 - First Term Test

Study Guide
Test: Tuesday Dec 6th 2011 8:30 am
ACE 001 and 003

1. Listening identification 24 marks

4 examples: 6 marks each

Identify each excerpt by composer, title, historical period (or date of composition), and
make three comments on the important musical elements of the composition.

2. Definition of terms 30 marks

5 terms: 6 marks for each

From the list of terms on the back of this study sheet I will present 15 on the test. You
will choose 5 terms from the list. You will define and describe the terms using examples
to support your definition.

3. ESSAY 46 marks

Choose ONE of the following topics for an extended essay.

A. Compositional techniques of medieval polyphony.

B. Form and function of secular song and sacred vocal music in the renaissance.

C. Lives and works of Handel and Bach.

Total marks = 100

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 Music 2200: First Term Test
These are some important TERMS to study, grouped thematically.
MEDIEVAL
Earliest notated music
Gregorian chant or plainchant; melismatic; syllabic; neumes; monophonic
Sacred vocal music
Liturgy; introit; antiphon; Office; Mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei);
proper & ordinary; trope; church modes; sequence; doxology; Hildegard of Bingen
Medieval and early renaissance polyphony
Ars Nova; Ars Antiqua; organum; Notre Dame polyphony; motet; isorhythm;
fauxbourdon; cantus firmus; rhythmic modes
Secular vocal music
cantiga; troubadours; trouvères

RENAISSANCE
Sacred vocal music
Mass (parody mass; paraphrase mass; cantus firmus mass) Council of Trent; chorale;
Odhecaton; anthem, hymn, motet, Lutheranism
Secular vocal music
Madrigal; chanson; lied; Triumphs of Oriana;
Instrumental music
Pavane and galliard; basse danse; viols; recorders; lute; virginal; Orchésographie
Compositional technique
Counterpoint; homophony; imitation; word painting; through-composed; strophic

BAROQUE
Sacred vocal music
Mass; oratorio; cantata;
Secular vocal music
Opera; opera seria; opera buffa; recitative and aria; monody;
Instrumental music
Concerto; concerto grosso; prelude and fugue; harpsichord; organ; suite; ritornello;
toccata; chorale prelude; sonata
Compositional technique
Basso ostinato; basso continuo; figured bass; chromaticism; prelude and fugue;

Other sociological terms: patronage, courtly love, Protestantism,