Tuesday March 12, 2013

M100: Music Appreciation Discussion Group

Ben Tibbetts, T.A.benjamintibbetts@yahoo.com

Welcome! Please sign the attendance at the front of the room.

Tuesday March 12, 2013

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 A1. 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 B1. False

2. True

3. False

Baroque Test

SECTION C1. Basso continuo – plays throughout a work,

provides bass line & harmonies, etc.

Cello, Bassoon, Harpsichord, Organ, Lute, Guitar, Bass viol, Harp

Baroque Test

SECTION C2. Ritornello principle – alternating

ritornello/solo sections in concerto

Baroque Test

SECTION C3. Subject in a fugue – main theme, layered

over itself, imitative counterpoint

Baroque Test

SECTION C4. Oratorio - opera for church, not staged, etc.

Baroque Test

SECTION C5. Recitative – dialogue/monologue between

singing & speaking, etc.

Aria - song

Baroque Test

SECTION C6. Program music – instrumental music

associated with story/event/idea/text

i.e. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Baroque Test

SECTION C7. Castrati – man with high singing voice,

castrated

Coveted for soprano/mezzo-soprano/contralto parts, flexible voice, etc.

Baroque Test

SECTION C8. Word painting – how sung music

imitates/describes imagery in text, etc.

Baroque Test

SECTION C9. Middle entry – music in middle of fugue

where subject appears

Episode – music in middle of fugue without subject

Baroque Test

SECTION C10. Timbre – character/quality of sound

In Baroque music, often separates highly contrasting sections, etc.

Baroque Test

SECTION C11. Solo concerto – one soloist

Concerto grosso – multiple soloist

Baroque Test

SECTION C12. Homophony – in operas, allows one

character to take precedence

In concertos, allows one soloist to take precedence

SECTION DEssay [or other] questions? See me after class

Today’s material not on Thursday’s test

Guillaume de Machaut

1300-1377French 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, liz, printemps, verdure. Fleur, baume et tres douce odour; Et quant toute creature Seurmonte vostre valour. Bien puis dire et par honnour:

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure. Fleur, baume et tres douce odour. Belle, passes en doucour.

Rose, lily, spring, greenery.Flower, balm and sweetest perfumeBeauty, you surpass them in sweetness.And all the gifts of natureYou have, for which I adore you.

Rose, lily, spring, greenery.Flower, balm and sweetest perfumeAnd since all creaturesYou surpass in worthI must say in all honor:

Rose, lily, spring, greenery.Flower, balm and sweetest perfumeBeauty, you surpass them in sweetness.

Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina

1525-1594Italian 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.

Agnus Dei,qui tollis peccata mundi,dona nobis pacem.

Lamb of God,who takes away the sins of the world,have mercy upon us.

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