COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS

first examination highlights

• for the reniassance period, chapter 14 is a very important intro chapter in chapter 15, the important history material begins on page 103 with the Council of Trent; however do listen to both the Josquin ex and the Palestrina ex
• the three terms I would like you to know which pertain to opera are: libretto, aria, recitative
• Handel's bio
  • studied Opera in Italy
  • settled in england as a composer of Italian opera
  • English public lost interest in Italian opera
  • Handel developed the English oratorio
    • no acting
    • religious texts
    • he retained arias and recitatives
    • emphasis on chorus
• Sonata Allegro Form
• Exposition: establishes home key (tonic), then modulates to secondary key (often the dominant)
• Development: section of greatest contrast through excessive modulation and thematic fragmentation
• Recapitulation: re-establish original home key; second tonal region (previously in a secondary key in the Expo) now remains in the tonic key.

second examination highlights

• Biography: Franz Schubert:
  • "Tragic loneliness of the Romantic Musician/Artist"
  • composed over 6oo art songs called "lied"
  • composed 9 Symphonies (#8 "Unfinished" first performed after his death
  • "Erlking"  one of his most famous lied; poetry by Goethe
  • (Romantic=very emotional and tragic story)
  • theory:
    • basic building-block of melody = interval
    • basic building block of harmony = chord
    • basic building block of rhythm = beat/or pulse
    • don't forget to add music instruments for Exam II!!
  • form:
    • variation: at least one element remains the same
    • strophic & refrain: words change for verses/stanzas
    • sonata allegro form: expo-development-recap
  • CADENZA section in a concerto where the orchestra stops so that the soloist may display virtuosity

  WRITING ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES

  • Guidelines for three-page Concert Review/Critique (double-spaced & typed)
    • one page - Introduction/Overview
    • one page- Biographical Sketch of One Composer on Concert Program
    • one page - your review/critique of the experience
    • your Bio Sketch should include information from either the "Baker's
    • Biographical Dictionary," or the "Groves Dictionary of Music" (you may supplement)
    • Include a bibiography at the end of your paper