Music 1500 Final Exam Study
Guide
(Final Exam is Tuesday, June
24 starting at 12 noon)
Extra Credit is due the day
of the final.
- If you went to an
extra credit concert, please turn in your verification materials before the
exam. (For details on this optional assignment, see the "Concerts" link on the Music 1500 homepage.
Your online
WebCT/Blackboard E-workbook assignments need to be completed online before you
arrive at the final exam.
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Review Items for the final
exam:
Below, I have provided the
range of material that may be included on the final exam, and the types of
questions you should prepare for.
In addition to the material
mentioned in this guide, you should consult
- the online review
questions from the Final Exam Practice Quiz found in the WebCT/Vista "E-Workbook Assignments" link
- the timeline charts
in the textbook (pp. 20, 28, 38, 54, 76, 105, 126)
- the glossary of terms
(see the link on our WebCT page)
- the online musical
examples/music guides listed below.
Although this exam is
cumulative, you do not need to review the previous study guide for the
midterm--All specific material you need to study/know is listed below)
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FINAL EXAM format:
- 60 computer-graded
questions: (primarily Chapters 4-9)
- one 10-point essay
question ("What was your favorite work/composer studied in this course?
Why?")
--Be sure to review the "Terms from Lecture to Focus On"
Part I: Match
Non-Western/Romantic Terms to their definition (5 questions)
Part II: Match
Baroque/Classic Terms to their definition (5 questions)
Part III: True or False (5
questions taken from in-class lecture/discussions/concerts)
Part IV: Match Modern Art
Music Terms to their definition (5 questions)
Part V: Match a specific
composition (listed by composer & title) to its genre (5 questions)
Part VI: Match Other
Miscellaneous Terms to their definition (5 questions)
Part VII: Match a specific
composition (listed by composer & title) to a term that it exemplifies (5
questions)--for example Debussy: Afternoon of a Faun is an example of "Impressionism"
Part VIII: Match a
composition (listed by composer & title) to its description/story (10
questions)
Part IX: Match a composer
to the historical era he/she represents (10 questions)
Part X: Listening IDs (there
will be FIVE of these selected from the list below):
You should review these by
going to the online audio examples ("MUS1500 Final Exam Review"
folder)
-- see
http://www.wmich.edu/mus-gened/mus150/onlineaudio.html
* Debussy: Prelude to the
Afternoon of a Faun (Impressionism)
* Schoenberg: Pierrot
lunaire; (expressionism, atonality, Sprechstimme)
* Stravinsky: The Rite of
Spring (ballet, ostinatos, know what happened on the night this piece premiered
in Paris)
* Copland: Appalachian
Spring (ballet, Theme & Variations)
* Bernstein: West Side
Story (jazz-influenced; know the basic plot)
* Still: Symphony No. 1
("Afro-American Symphony"), movement 3
* Cage: Sonatas and
Interludes for Prepared Piano (Mvt 2: Sonata No. 2)
* Penderecki: Threnody to the
Victims of Hiroshima
* Cowell: The Banshee
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Other Specific Items to
Study for this Final Exam:
Non-Western Terms: Be able
to match to definition and/or culture
-Koto
-Gamelan
-Ud
-Call and Response
Be able to match these
composers to their respective eras:
-Medieval: Machaut
-Renaissance: Weelkes,
Josquin Desprez
-Baroque: Purcell, Vivaldi,
Bach, Handel
-Classic: Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven
-Romantic: Berlioz,
Schubert, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky
-Modern: Debussy, Cage,
Copland, Bernstein, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Glass
Match genres/forms/terms to
their definitions
- motet, organum, madrigal,
Mass ordinary (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei)
- solo Concerto, concerto
grosso, suite, opera, oratorio, cantata, trio sonata
- symphony, string quartet,
sonata, serenade
- character piece, program
symphony, symphonic poem, ballet, Lied, Musikdrama
- absolute music, program
music
- chance music, atonality,
serialism, minimalism, tone cluster, Expressionism, Impressionism, Sprechstimme
- Ritornello form, Sonata
form, rondo form, minuet and trio form
- Idee fixe, Leitmotif
- African traits (Call
& response, improvisation, polyrhythm)
- Ostinato (short
unchanging repeated idea)
Know the basic definitions of
these styles (and know which artists are associated with a particular jazz
style) See "Glossary" pp.97-108 of textbook)
- Ragtime (S. Joplin)
- Hot Jazz (Armstrong)
- Classic Blues (B. Smith)
- Swing (Ellington)
- Bebop (Parker)
- Cool Jazz (Brubeck)
- Fusion (combination of
Jazz and Rock elements--Coltrane)
Other pieces to know about
(not on the Listening IDs, however):
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
(Napoleon dedication), Symphony No. 5 (4-note motive used throughout), and Symphony
No. 9 (adds singers to the final mvt.)--see Music Guides 31-33)
- Rossini: Barber of
Seville (know the basic plot)
- Cage: 4'33" (chance
music)
- Cowell: The Banshee (tone
clusters--know the unusual way this piece is PLAYED)
- Know Brahms promoted
"Absolute Music" (non-programmatic works)
- Schoenberg: Survivor from
Warsaw (expressionism, atonality, Sprechstimme, serialism)