Music+History!+-+Study+Guide

=Music History - Study Guide=

**Listening Examples:**
__CLASSICAL ERA: 1750-1820/25__

1. Mozart: Symphony No. 40, 1st Movement (first theme) media type="file" key="2-16 Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, I.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="2-17 Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, II.m4a" width="300" height="50" 2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement (opening theme) media type="file" key="3-05 Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67, I_1.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="3-06 Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67, I_2.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="3-07 Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67, I_3.m4a" width="300" height="50"

__ROMANTIC ERA: 1820/25-1900__

3. Schumann: Eusebius media type="file" key="3-25 Carnival, _Eusebius_.m4a" width="300" height="50" 4. Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, 5th Movement media type="file" key="4-02 Fantastic Symphony, V A.m4a" width="300" height="50" 5. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet media type="file" key="4-19 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy A.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-20 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy B.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-21 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy C.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-22 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy D.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-23 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy E.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-24 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy F.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-25 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy G.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-26 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy H.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-27 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy I.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-28 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy J.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-29 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy K.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-30 Romeo And Juliet, Overture-Fantasy L.m4a" width="300" height="50"

6. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
media type="file" key="4-31 Pictures At An Exhibition, Promenade (First).m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-32 Pictures At An Exhibition, Gnomus.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-33 Pictures At An Exhibition, Promenade (Second).m4a" width="300" height="50"

7. Mahler Symphony No. 1: Funeral March media type="file" key="5-07 Symphony No. 1, (Funeral March) III a.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="5-08 Symphony No. 1, (Funeral March) III b.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="5-09 Symphony No. 1, (Funeral March) III c.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="5-10 Symphony No. 1, (Funeral March) III d.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="5-11 Symphony No. 1, (Funeral March) III e.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="5-12 Symphony No. 1, (Funeral March) III f.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="5-13 Symphony No. 1, (Funeral March) III g.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="5-14 Symphony No. 1, (Funeral March) III h.m4a" width="300" height="50"

8. Wagner: Prelude to //Tristan und Isolde// media type="file" key="4-16 Tristan und Isolde, Prelude, 1.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-17 Tristan und Isolde, Prelude, 2.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-18 Tristan und Isolde, Prelude, 3.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-19 Tristan und Isolde, Prelude, 4.m4a" width="300" height="50" media type="file" key="4-20 Tristan und Isolde, Prelude, 5.m4a" width="300" height="50"

9. Verdi: //La Traviata//, Act III Scena and Duet media type="youtube" key="dDTIWJdeOvI" height="315" width="420"

THINGS TO CONSIDER!
A. When listening to a piece of music, listen for: -What is the **instrumentation** (what instruments are used in the composition) -Are there **repeated patterns**? Does that affect the meaning of the piece? -Is there a **musical question** asked that is then answered? -Is there a **prominent melody**, or does the piece seem to **flow freely**? -What are the **dynamics** used? What about **articulation**? -Does the piece have a strict **tempo** or does it use **rubato** (a give and take in tempo, literally means to steal)? //These questions can help determine if a piece is in the Romantic or Classical Era!//

B. What are the main musical differences between the Classical and Romantic Era? How were meter, tempo, and tonality used differently in these eras?

C. What is **program music**? What is **absolute music**? Which pieces that we listened to in class are programatic? What were the subjects of these pieces?

D. How was the music of each era similar in structure and form to the visual art of the time? How did **literature** affect the music of the Romantic Era?

E. __Themes of the Romantic Era:__ 1. Cult of individual feeling 2. Revolt 3. Supernatural 4. Breakdown of artistic barriers 5. Endless search for new forms of expression