MUS 301 – Test 1 Study Guide

Your first test will consist of two sections of multiple-choice questions. The first section
will contain listening identification and the second section will contain questions based
on terms, concepts, and historical figures from readings and class lectures.

Section I – Listening: Be able to identify the following pieces of music

Ludwig von Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, 1st movement

Claude Debussy – Claire de Lune
Georg Friedrich Handel – Hallelujah chorus
Hildegard von Bingen – O Rubor Sanguinis
Guillaume de Machaut – Kyrie from Messe de Nostre Dame
Josquin des Prez – Ave Maria
John Dowland – Can She Excuse My Wrongs

Section II: Study the following terms, concepts and people

Basilar membrane Dynamics (piano, mezzo-piano, mezzo forte, forte)

Classical music Crescendo
Popular music Decrescendo
Genre Timbre
Rhythm Symphony orchestra
Melody Woodwinds
Harmony Brass
Tempo Strings
Meter Percussion
Syncopation Keyboard instruments
Interval Monophony
Octave Polyphony
Scale Homophony
Major and minor (mode) Counterpoint
Tonality Form - Binary, Ternary, Rondo, Variation
Chord Progression Gregorian Chant – St. Gregory
Cadence Mass – Ordinary vs. Proper
Dissonance Syllabic vs. Melismatic
Consonance Hildegard von Bingen

Middle Ages Reformation

Renaissance Counter Reformation/Council of Trent
Humanism Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Josquin des Prez Pavane and Galliard
Motet Madrigal
Imitation Madrigalism/Word Painting
a Cappella Castrati