What to prepare for the Midterm Exam: (Exam will take all of the class time on Wed. Feb 27)

You must bring a No. 2 pencil and your Bronco ID card/WIN number to the quiz.

There will be 48 multiple-choice questions on this exam. Each question is worth 5 points towards your final course grade. (The midterm is worth 240 possible points --24% of your final course grade)

Be able to match the following terms with their definitions: (see the "Glossary" link on the WebCT/Blackboard MUS1700 mainpage)

- Musical Elements (textbook, Chapter 1 + lecture notes):
Rhythm, Dynamics, Melody, Harmony, Timbre, Texture, Form

- Non-Western (textbook Chapter 2 + lecture notes):
gamelan, 'ud, sitar, tabla, koto, shamisen, call and response, mariachi

- Medieval (textbook Chapter 3 + lecture notes):
Gregorian chant (plainsong), organum, motet, Mass ordinary, Mass proper

- Renaissance (textbook Chapter 4 + lecture notes):
word-painting, point of imitation, madrigal, pavane, galliard

- Baroque (textbook Chapter 5 + lecture notes):
Basso continuo, recitative, aria, cantata, oratorio

- Pre-Classic/Classic (textbook Chapter 6 + lecture notes):
opera seria, opera buffa, ballad opera, reform opera, Singspiel

- Forms and Compositional Techniques (textbook + lecture notes):
binary (chapter 1), ternary (chapter 1), strophic (chapter 1), canon (strict echoing of a "leader" and "follower[s]), fugue (chapter 5)

- Other terms (textbook + lecture notes):
prima pratica, seconda practica, chorale (chapter 5, p.37), ostinato (see Chapter 5/Purcell: Music Guide 13), melisma (Chapter 3/Music Guide 3, also heard in Music Guide 21/Handel: "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted" from Messiah)

Be able to match the following composers with a brief description:
- Machaut (chapter 3, p.15)
- Josquin des Prez. Palestrina, Weelkes, Gesualdo (chapter 4, p.26)
- Monteverdi, Purcell, JS Bach, Handel (chapter 5, pp.32-33)
- Mozart (chapter 6, p.46)

Be able to match the following titles with a brief description of the concept or work they relate to:
- Haec dies (Easter proper-Chapter 3/Music Guide 6),
- Agnus Dei (Mass ordinary, "Lamb of God")
- Flow My Tears (see Dowland's lute song in the notes for Feb 4/6)
- Moro, lasso (Chapter 4/Music Guide 11)
- Tu sei morta (Chapter 5/Music Guide 12)
- Dido's Lament (Chapter 5/Music Guide 13)
- Ein' Feste Burg (Bach Cantata No. 80, see Music Guide 20A in the notes for Wed Feb 13)
- Che faro senza Euridice? (see Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice in the notes for Mon Feb 18)
- Le nozze di Figaro (see Chapter 6/Music Guide 26)
- Dies irae (from Requiem Mass-see Chapter 6/Music Guide 28)