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Midterm #2 - Medieval, Renaissance, Musical Rhetoric, Baroque Music

This is a midterm exam that covers topics such as Medieval music, Renaissance music, musical rhetoric, and Baroque music. The exam includes multiple-choice questions, listening exercises, and style analysis of a mystery piece.

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Midterm #2 - Medieval, Renaissance, Musical Rhetoric, Baroque Music

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  1. Midterm #2 - Friday, November 5 Medieval Music, Renaissance Music, Musical Rhetoric, Baroque Music BRING A SCANTRON & No. 2 pencil to class

  2. Midterm #2 (100 pts.) • Approx. 20 multiple choice questions (terms and concepts from study aids, historical highlights, composers and pieces) - 40 pts. • Approx. 15 listening multiple choice questions (musical examples of terms, concepts, and information on specific pieces) - 30 pts. • Style Analysis of “Mystery Pieces” - 30 pts.

  3. Style Analysis • Listen to the MYSTERY PIECE. Consider the following musical elements in the excerpt that you hear.

  4. Style Analysis • A. TIMBRE • What sounds do you hear? (i.e. What instruments and/or voices do you hear?) • Are there groups of instruments and/or voices that you hear? (i.e. Do you hear an orchestra and/or a chorus OR do you hear individual instrumental soloists and/or individual voices?)

  5. Style Analysis B. TEXTURE • Is the texture mostly Monophony or Polyphony? • If Polyphony, is it mostly Imitative Polyphony or Non-imitative Polyphony? • If Non-imitative Polyphony, is it Hymn-like Homophony OR Melody With Accompaniment Homophony OR neither? • Does the texture change many times within the same piece (or movement)?

  6. Style Analysis • C. RHYTHM • Is there a steady beat OR no steady beat (metrically free)? • If a steady beat, it is gently flowing (in speech-like rhythms) or is the beat emphasized with lots of forward motion?

  7. Style Analysis • D. MELODY • Is the melody very smooth with melismas within a small range OR • very smooth with longer arch-like shapes OR • is the melody elaborate, ornamented, continously expanding, long, and winding?

  8. Style Analysis • E. HARMONY • Is the harmony mostly consonant or does it have some dissonance? • Is the harmony created by individual lines of melody combining together, oris there a chord-making instrument "filling in" the harmony?

  9. Style Analysis • F. DYNAMICS • Is the dynamic mostly at one level? OR • Are there sudden changes in dynamics (p to f, f to p) within a piece?

  10. Style Analysis • G. FORM • Does the music sound non-repetitive (no noticeable repeats of melodic material) OR • Is there imitation of tiny bits of melody OR • Does one longer main theme repeated over and over at different times in the piece (sometimes in different modes or in fragments)?

  11. Style Analysis • H. MOOD • What is the mood of the excerpt? • Is it "floating" and "other-worldly"? Is it "heavy" and "dense"? • Is it "airy" or "calm"? • Does the mood change suddenly within the piece? • Does the piece have the same heightened or exaggerated mood throughout without much change in affect?

  12. Late Middle Ages Early Middle Ages Renaissance Baroque

  13. Style Analysis Using your observations about what you heard in the “mystery piece” excerpt, make an educated guess about it's historical period and the composer who may have written this piece.

  14. Style Analysis I believe that Mystery Piece #1 was probably written in the ________________________ . (Early Middle Ages, Late Middle Ages, Renaissance, or Baroque). The composer of this Mystery Piece #1 is probably ___________________________ .

  15. Style Analysis I am making this educated guess, because I hear the following historical style characteristics in the Mystery Piece. (1) (2) (3)

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