Final Exam - South Alabama Choirs

MUL 335, Fall 2015
Music History
Final Exam Study Guide
Be familiar with the following composers, terms, titles, etc.:
stile antico
Doctrine of Affections
prima pratica
seconda pratica
realization
basso continuo
Florentine Camerata
Giulio Caccini
Le Nuove Musiche
ground bass
opera
intermedio
madrigal cycle
libretto
Euridice
L’Orfeo
Claudio Monteverdi
ritornello
stile concitato
da capo aria
recitativo accompagnato
recitativo secco
Jean-Baptiste Lully
divertissements
French overture
masque
Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas
Giacomo Carissimi
oratorio
turba
passion
Heinrich Schütz
Symphoniae sacrae
cantata - solo AND church
ricercar
canzona
binary form
suite
agréments
Georg Muffat
toccata
fugue
chorale prelude
François Couperin
L’art de toucher le clavecin
sonata da camera
sonata da chiesa
Arcangelo Corelli
trio sonata
concerto
concerto grosso
concertino
ripieno
prelude
Giuseppe Torelli
Antonio Vivaldi
Georg Philipp Telemann
collegium musicum
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Traité de l’harmonie
Johann Sebastian Bach
B minor Mass
Brandenburg Concerti
Klavier-Übung
Das wohltemperierte Klavier
Die Kunst der Fuge
George Frederic Handel
Water Music
Royal Fireworks Music
Messiah
Points for discussion:
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How did opera begin, what were its roots, how did it develop, national traits, etc.
What is the predominant texture of early Baroque music
development of the sonata and concerto as predominant instrumental genres
How the positions held by J.S. Bach influenced his compositional output
theoretical contributions of Rameau
How Handel combined Italian, German, French, and English musical influences in the
English oratorio
7) The significance of the following people – WHY they are important (don’t just list what
they did)!!! – Monteverdi, Corelli, Vivaldi, Torelli, Louis XIV, Muffat
8) define/describe new genres in the Baroque – opera, oratorio, solo cantata, sonata, trio
sonata, concerto, church cantata, English oratorio, suite, concerto grosso, etc.
Putting it all together:
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place major composers/treatises/music in the proper time periods – Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque
Don’t forget....
1) Listening Quiz #6 will occur at the beginning of the Final Exam period – 8:00 am
sharp, Wednesday, December 9. Each piece will be played only once, in order to retain maximum time for the written exam. The listening will not include Medieval or
Renaissance composers/genres, but may have stylistic listening or score identification
from the Baroque period on it.
2) There will be some brief essay questions on the exam, but you may respond with bullet
points – I’m more interested in the content than the writing style (now there’s a surprise!)
3) I will be scheduling two 2-hour study sessions. Please sign up for one of these sessions
when the times are posted – we will review material and answer questions; I would suggest that you start studying BEFORE these sessions, so that you know what topics need
additional information. These study sessions are designed to answer any questions you
may have AFTER studying, not to supply new information to you.
4) If you have missed a lot of class lecture, I would suggest studying with friends and catching up on your reading
5) You will be allowed one side of a 3X5 inch note card to assist with facts for the final
exam; may I suggest the following:
a. Concentrate your notecards on genres and essay-type topics, NOT composers
b. Do not waste space with complete sentences – write down 2-3 words that will
help jog your memory for more complete information; you do not have time to be
scanning a card full of prose