For study strategies, scroll down below the chart of examples

What to prepare for Listening Quiz 1: (Quiz will take all of the class time on Mon. Feb 27)

You must bring a No. 2 pencil to the quiz.

There will be 12 musical examples on this quiz (ranging from the Medieval Era through the late Baroque).

For each example, you will answer 4 multiple-choice questions from the types of questions listed below:
- What is the composer/title of this example?
- What is the genre (compositional category) of this example?
- What is a term related to this example? (I will choose them from the list below)
- What is the style era of this example?
(Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque)

Each example will be no more than 1 minute long. You will have three to four minutes per example to answer all four associated questions. For each example, I will choose a section that will clearly represent the composer/piece/style/term; however, I will not necessarily start at the beginning of a piece, especially in vocal examples that would give away the title of the work, and I may not use the exact recording that is available on the following weblinks: (click on the title of each piece to hear an online excerpt)

*The recordings that are NOT on YouTube require a QuickTime plug-in top be installed (you can get it free by clicking here). If for some reason, your computer at home does not work for these, you will need to go to the School of Music Technology Lab to study them.

Composer/Title	Style Era	Genre	Some related term(s)	Approx. Date (for your reference only)
Anonymous: Haec dies	Medieval	Gregorian chant	Easter Proper	Before 1000
*Perotin: Haec dies	Medieval	Organum	Easter Proper, rhythmic modes	c.1200
Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame	Medieval	Polyphonic Mass	Mass Ordinary, "Agnus Dei", isorhythm	c.1350
Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria...virgo serena	Renaissance	Motet	Chant paraphrase; canon, paired imitation	c.1510
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli	Renaissance	Polyphonic Mass	Ordinary, prima pratica, "Agnus Dei",	1567
Dowland: Lachrymae Pavane	Renaissance	Consort music	"Flow My Tears", viols	1596
Weelkes: As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending	Renaissance	Madrigal	Word-Painting, Queen Elizabeth I	1601
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo	Baroque	Early Opera	Euridice, seconda pratica, "Tu sei morta"	1607
Gesualdo: Moro lasso	Baroque	Madrigal	Ultra chromaticism; seconda pratica	1611
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas	Baroque	Opera seria	Ostinato ground bass, Trojan War; "Dido's Lament"	1689
*Corelli: Sonata in D major, Op3 No.2 (this example is Movement 3)	Baroque	Trio Sonata	chain suspensions	1689
Bach: Cantata No. 80	Baroque	Cantata	Chorale, fugue, Luther ("Ein' Feste Burg")	c.1720
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5	Baroque	Concerto Grosso	Ritornello form; concertino	1721
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Fugue No. 2 in C minor)	Baroque	Fugue	Subject, Countersubject	1722
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons	Baroque	Solo Concerto	Ritornello form; programmatic music	c.1725
Handel: Messiah	Baroque	Oratorio	Ritornello, melisma, ("Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted")	1741

Note: This quiz is worth 100 total points (10% of your final grade in this course); each correct answer on the quiz is worth 2 points.

Divide the examples into logical categories and compare examples that are similar:

Listen to the examples and try to hear the details listed below (don't just memorize the details without listening--this will not help you)

EXAMPLES FOR VOICES ONLY (a cappella):
- Anonymous: Haec dies (chant) vs. Perotin: Haec dies (organum)
Huge difference between monophonic chant vs. organum with its long-held lower-voice notes and ragged rhythmic modes in the upper voice

- Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame vs. Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli [both use the Latin "Agnus Dei" text of the Mass ordinary]
Machaut: open intervals at cadences (perfect 4th, 5th, 8ve), no imitation, unpredictable complex rhythms with each voice part being completely independent
Palestrina: points of imitation, smooth vocal lines, full triads at cadences

- Josquin: Ave Maria...virgo serena (fewer vocal parts and more texture changes than Palestrina, but otherwise can sound quite a bit like the Palestrina example; therefore, I will either put the Palestrina or Josquin on this quiz--but not both)

- Weelkes: As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending vs. Gesualdo: Moro lasso [both are madrigals]
Weelkes is in English, steady tempo, happy sounding, obvious word-painting
Gesualdo is in Italian; excruciating dissonances, and constant changes of speed and texture

EXAMPLES FOR VOICES WITH INSTRUMENTAL ACCOMPANIMENT:
-Monteverdi: L'Orfeo vs. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas [both are opera examples, but they are quite distinctly different in style and sound]
Monteverdi: a male vocalist (Orpheus) sings in a relatively free dramatic rhythm by a over a thin and harmonically-unpredicatable basso continuo accompaniment
Purcell: "Dido's Lament" a female (Dido) sings smooth vocal lines in a steady tempo over a fuller orchestral accompaniment

-JS Bach: Cantata No. 80 vs. Handel: "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted" from Messiah
Bach is completely fugal on the "Ein feste Burg" chorale tune--very busy counterpoint (this tune is sung in German by a chorus)
Handel has a bigger orchestra (this tune is sung in English by a male soloist who sings very long ornamented melismas)

EXAMPLES FOR INSTRUMENTS ONLY:
-Vivaldi: The Four Seasons vs. JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Vivaldi: flashy solo violin part vs. orchestra; clear tonal harmony; programmatic effects
Bach: Uses flute/violin/harpsichord as its "solo group" (concertino) vs. orchestra; busy/lengthy contrapuntal sections

-Dowland: Lachrymae Pavane vs. Corelli: Sonata in D major, Op. 3 No. 2 [This comparison is a bit tougher than the others]
Dowland uses viols (no vibrato) with lute accompaniment--harmony is less predictable/freer (modal)
Corelli has two violins, cello and organ (organ is easiest to hear at the start of the example, and right after cadences)--lots of vibrato in the string parts; full triadic harmonies with continuous "chain suspensions"

-JS Bach: "Fugue No. 2" in C minor" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (this is the only example for keyboard; therefore, it should be easy for you to identify on this quiz)