MUSI 1100

Study Guide
Final Listening Exam

1. Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music)

a. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b. 1756-1791
c. Classical Period
i. Text, pp. 186-187
ii. CD 1:71-78
d. Movement 1
i. Characteristics
1. String quartet
2. Simple, elegant, pleasant, memorable, and lyrical
melodies
3. Balanced phrases
4. Chamber Music
e. Movement 3
i. Characteristics
1. Rhythmic dance in triple meter
2. Minuet contrasts with trio
3. Balanced phrases
4. String quartet
5. Chamber music
ii. Ensemble: String Quartet with Double Bass
iii. Purpose: to entertain, earn income, express feelings
iv. Audience: chamber setting with small audience
2. Symphony No. 94 (Surprise Symphony)
a. Joseph Haydn
b. 1732-1809
c. Classical Period
i. Text, pp.195-196
ii. CD 1:79-85
d. Characteristics
i. Use of Folk-like melodies
ii. Theme and variations
iii. Loud crashing chords
iv. Percussion instruments
v. Balanced phrases
e. Ensemble
i. String, wind, and percussion instruments
f. Purpose
i. Expression, humor, entertainment

3. Symphony No. 5
 a. Ludwig van Beethoven
b. 1770-1827
c. Classical Period
i. Text, pp.202-205
ii. CD 2:4-28
d. Characteristics
i. Entire work based on unifying theme
ii. Dramatic key changes
iii. 4 note motive in sequences and turned upside down
iv. No breaks between movements
v. Expression of emotions
vi. Powerful and grand
e. Ensemble
i. Full Orchestra with strings, winds, brass, and percussion
f. Audience
i. Anyone who could afford a ticket
g. Purpose
i. Earn income
ii. Express emotions and feelings
iii. Fulfill the God given gift of composing great music
4. Erlking
a. Franz Schubert
b. 1797-1828
i. Text, pp. 242-244
ii. CD 2:57-64
c. Romantic Period
d. Characteristics
i. Art Song
ii. Imagery in the accompaniment
iii. Emotion and Feelings expressed in the music and text
iv. Dramatic pause at end
v. Voice and piano
e. Ensemble
i. Piano and male voice
f. Audience
i. Small group in a chamber setting
ii. Private home
g. Purpose
i. Tell a story
ii. Express emotions and feelings through music
iii. Earn income

5. In the Lovely Month of May

a. Robert Schumann
 b. 1810-1856
i. Text, p. 247
ii. CD 2:65-66
c. Romantic Period
d. Characteristics
i. Art song
ii. Strophic form
iii. Expression of emotions through music and text
iv. No resolution at cadence points
e. Ensemble
i. Piano and male voice
f. Audience
i. Small group in a chamber setting
ii. Private home
g. Purpose
i. Interpret a poem through music
ii. Earn income
iii. Written for his wife
iv. Express emotion and feeling through music and text
6. Military Polonaise
a. Frederic Chopin
b. 1810-1849
i. Text, pp. 254-255
ii. CD 2:67-71
c. Romantic Period
d. Characteristics
i. Solo piano
ii. Subtle/gradual changes in volume
iii. Bold, rhythmic chords
iv. Widely displace octaves played in both hands
v. Rubato
vi. Virtuoso technique
e. Ensemble
i. Solo piano
f. Audience
i. Small group in chamber setting
ii. Private home
iii. Concert hall
iv. Himself
g. Purpose
i. Earn income
ii. Express emotion and feelings
iii. For himself to perform