1. Know all the pieces and their composers from this trimester.
2. Know the biographies of Dvorak, Smetana, Wagner, Vaughan Williams, and Chopin (only the material we covered in class). Know their dates and which country they are from.
3.Define: nationalism, Mazurka, Polonaise, Prelude, Etude, Salon, Leitmotif
4. Know all theory we have gone over in Thursday choir periodes: chant rhythm (arsis, thesis, ictus etc.), modes, neums
Saturday, May 19, 2012
High School Final Exam Study Guide Trimester 3
High School Study Guide for Final Exam Trimester 3:
1. Know the titles and composers of all the music for this trimester.
2. Know the dates and characteristics of the Romantic and Modern Eras.
3. Be able to list sample composers and their dates from both Eras. Know to which musical era each composer belongs.
4. Define Leitmotif, symphony, programmatic music, minimalism.
5. Define Nationalism. List sample pieces and their composers and be able to explain how each is an example of musical nationalism.
6. Review the lecture on the horn.
7. What are the movement titles of Beethoven's 6th symphony? What is the nickname of the symphony? Explain how it is an example of Romantic music.
8. Why is Beethoven important in the history of music? Wagner?
9. Review musical impressionism. Dates, composers, names of pieces etc.
***A reminder to have turned in slips for the two concerts you have attended this year. Failure to do so by the end of finals week results in point loss.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Junior High Assignment Due May 15
Assignment: Listen to each of the following pieces by Ralph Vaughan Williams and prepare for a quiz. Be able to identify the title of each of these and of course, know the composer's name. There are only three pieces, but I will play selections from any point in the piece, so listen to them carefully and often.
Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
Fantasia on "a Theme by Thomas Tallis"
The Lark Ascending
High School Homework Assignment Due May 14th
High School Homework Assignment Due May 14th
Listen to the following pieces and prepare for a quiz identifying each piece and the composer.
Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy (French for "Light of the Moon")
Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie
Nocturne Opus 9 No. 2 by Frederick Chopin
Girl with the Flaxen Hair by Claude Debussy
Revolutionary Etude by Frederick Chopin
Le Mer (the Sea) by Claude Debussy
Saturday, March 24, 2012
HS MA Homework 2
Assignment: Write a one page biography of Beethoven. Be sure to include his dates (no internet sources).
Due: April 23
Due: April 23
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
JH MA assignment 2
Due: April 24
Assignment: Be prepared for a quiz on the placement of the ictus and arsis/thesis.
Assignment: Be prepared for a quiz on the placement of the ictus and arsis/thesis.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
JH Homework 1 Trimester 3
Due: March 13
Listen to the pieces below. Draw a map of Europe showing where modern-day Czechoslovakia is. You may trace the outline of Europe, but the outlines of the countries should be filled in and labeled by hand. Also describe the food, customs and geography of Czechoslovakia.
Slovakian Dance No. 8 for orchestra
Slovakian Dance No. 8 for piano 8 hands
New World Symphony
Listen to the pieces below. Draw a map of Europe showing where modern-day Czechoslovakia is. You may trace the outline of Europe, but the outlines of the countries should be filled in and labeled by hand. Also describe the food, customs and geography of Czechoslovakia.
Slovakian Dance No. 8 for orchestra
Slovakian Dance No. 8 for piano 8 hands
New World Symphony
HS Trimester 3 Homework 1
Due: March 12
Listen to the following pieces and answer the following:
1. For the first three selections, describe the place or tell the story about which each piece is composed.
2. For the final two selections (the Dvorak and Brahms), draw a map (hand drawn)of Europe showing where Slovakia and Hungary are located. Be sure to draw each of the European countries and label them. You may outline the map of Europe by tracing, but the individual countries should be drawn free hand. These dances are orchestra arrangements of traditional Slovakian and Hungarian dances which the composers grew up with and were familiar with. They then wrote a series of dances in honor of their homeland's folk music. Later on, both Dvorak and Brahms, but request of their publishers, wrote arrangements for piano for that the pieces could be played by people in their own homes.
The Moldau by Bedrich Smetana:
Finlandia by Jean Sibelius:
In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edward Grieg:
Slavonic Dance No. 8 by Antonin Dvorak
Hungarian Dance No 5 by Johannes Brahms
Listen to the following pieces and answer the following:
1. For the first three selections, describe the place or tell the story about which each piece is composed.
2. For the final two selections (the Dvorak and Brahms), draw a map (hand drawn)of Europe showing where Slovakia and Hungary are located. Be sure to draw each of the European countries and label them. You may outline the map of Europe by tracing, but the individual countries should be drawn free hand. These dances are orchestra arrangements of traditional Slovakian and Hungarian dances which the composers grew up with and were familiar with. They then wrote a series of dances in honor of their homeland's folk music. Later on, both Dvorak and Brahms, but request of their publishers, wrote arrangements for piano for that the pieces could be played by people in their own homes.
The Moldau by Bedrich Smetana:
Finlandia by Jean Sibelius:
In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edward Grieg:
Slavonic Dance No. 8 by Antonin Dvorak
Hungarian Dance No 5 by Johannes Brahms
Friday, February 10, 2012
Junior High trimester 2 Final Study Guide
1. Be able to identify all the pieces on the blog from this trimester (only those assigned to the Junior High). Know the title of the piece and the composer.
2.We can listen to music as though it were an essay or listen for the mood it conveys. What is the thesis statement of a piece of music? Explain as accurately as you can how a piece of music can be like an essay. How does the composer convey the mood of a piece of music? how does he make the piece sound happy? Sad? Joyful? Excited? Be prepared to apply these to a piece of music.
3.Know all the terms discussed in class (eg. concerto, allegro, cadence, theme, mood etc)
2.We can listen to music as though it were an essay or listen for the mood it conveys. What is the thesis statement of a piece of music? Explain as accurately as you can how a piece of music can be like an essay. How does the composer convey the mood of a piece of music? how does he make the piece sound happy? Sad? Joyful? Excited? Be prepared to apply these to a piece of music.
3.Know all the terms discussed in class (eg. concerto, allegro, cadence, theme, mood etc)
High School Trimester 2 Study Guide for FInal
1. Be able to identify the title and composer's name of all the music from this trimester.
2. Know the dates and basic biographical information from the essays your wrote on Bach, Mozart, Schubert.
3. Be familiar with each of the musical time periods we covered this trimester. Know the characteristics of the music, why the music evolved the way it did, and how the new period differed from the previous. Know the important composers from each time period and their dates that I gave in class.
4.Be able to define the musical terms used in class (eg. theme, cadence, concerto)
2. Know the dates and basic biographical information from the essays your wrote on Bach, Mozart, Schubert.
3. Be familiar with each of the musical time periods we covered this trimester. Know the characteristics of the music, why the music evolved the way it did, and how the new period differed from the previous. Know the important composers from each time period and their dates that I gave in class.
4.Be able to define the musical terms used in class (eg. theme, cadence, concerto)
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Junior High Final Homework Assignment Trimester 2
Due: Please turn in at the Final Exam, which will be during the week of Feb. 13th.
Assignment:
First, listen to the following pieces and write down 1) the mood (there might be more than one) of the piece. 2)how the composer constructs the mood (for example: which instruments he uses or the tempo etc.) Give as many ways as you can.
Secondly, be able to identify (title and composer) all the pieces below in preparation for the final exam.
a. Beethoven's Symphony 6: movement 1
b.Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
c.Edward Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King
d. Felix Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave Overture
e. Schumann's Symphony No. 3 Movement 1
Assignment:
First, listen to the following pieces and write down 1) the mood (there might be more than one) of the piece. 2)how the composer constructs the mood (for example: which instruments he uses or the tempo etc.) Give as many ways as you can.
Secondly, be able to identify (title and composer) all the pieces below in preparation for the final exam.
a. Beethoven's Symphony 6: movement 1
b.Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
c.Edward Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King
d. Felix Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave Overture
e. Schumann's Symphony No. 3 Movement 1
Final High School Homework Trimester 2-Due Finals Week
Assignment is Due at the Final Exam which will be given during the week of February 13th.
Please listen to the following two pieces of music which we analyzed in class and write down the minute/second that your hear the following things:
Serenade for Winds: Minuet by Mozart
1)the first time the canon(round) begins is the very beginning of the piece. When is the second time you hear the exact theme?
2)the third time?
3)there are At Least two other times where there are other musical ideas introduced. Give the minute/second for at least two.
Piano Concerto number 12: first movement by Mozart
1)This piece is written for piano and chamber (small) orchestra. What minute/second does the piano begin playing?
2)The orchestra plays a theme at the very beginning of the piece. Name at least two other places where the same theme comes up again.
3)Give at least three places (minute/second) where the orchestra is playing but lets the piano come to the foreground.
4)Name at least one place where you can hear an oboe (a wind instrument) playing in the orchestra.
Please listen to the following two pieces of music which we analyzed in class and write down the minute/second that your hear the following things:
Serenade for Winds: Minuet by Mozart
1)the first time the canon(round) begins is the very beginning of the piece. When is the second time you hear the exact theme?
2)the third time?
3)there are At Least two other times where there are other musical ideas introduced. Give the minute/second for at least two.
Piano Concerto number 12: first movement by Mozart
1)This piece is written for piano and chamber (small) orchestra. What minute/second does the piano begin playing?
2)The orchestra plays a theme at the very beginning of the piece. Name at least two other places where the same theme comes up again.
3)Give at least three places (minute/second) where the orchestra is playing but lets the piano come to the foreground.
4)Name at least one place where you can hear an oboe (a wind instrument) playing in the orchestra.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Junior High Assignment Due Jan 31
Please listen to the following two pieces of music that we analyzed in class and write down the minute/second that your hear the following things:
Serenade for Winds: Minuet by Mozart
1)the first time the canon(round) begins is the very beginning of the piece. When is the second time you hear the exact theme?
2)the third time?
3)there are At Least two other times where there are other musical ideas introduced. Give the minute/second for at least two.
Piano Concerto number 12: first movement by Mozart
1)This piece is written for piano and chamber (small) orchestra. What minute/second does the piano begin playing?
2)The orchestra plays a theme at the very beginning of the piece. Name at least two other places where the same theme comes up again.
3)Give at least three places (minute/second) where the orchestra is playing but lets the piano come to the foreground.
4)Name at least one place where you can hear an oboe (a wind instrument) playing in the orchestra.
Serenade for Winds: Minuet by Mozart
1)the first time the canon(round) begins is the very beginning of the piece. When is the second time you hear the exact theme?
2)the third time?
3)there are At Least two other times where there are other musical ideas introduced. Give the minute/second for at least two.
Piano Concerto number 12: first movement by Mozart
1)This piece is written for piano and chamber (small) orchestra. What minute/second does the piano begin playing?
2)The orchestra plays a theme at the very beginning of the piece. Name at least two other places where the same theme comes up again.
3)Give at least three places (minute/second) where the orchestra is playing but lets the piano come to the foreground.
4)Name at least one place where you can hear an oboe (a wind instrument) playing in the orchestra.
High School Homework Due Jan 30
Assignment:
Be prepared for a quiz on the dates of the 5 representative composers of the Classical period that were given in class.
Write a two-paragraph biography each of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert, being sure to include their significant dates, and by whom they were employed.
Be prepared for a quiz on the dates of the 5 representative composers of the Classical period that were given in class.
Write a two-paragraph biography each of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert, being sure to include their significant dates, and by whom they were employed.
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