Image via Wikipedia Introduction to Music History Final Exam Review 1 We have covered the following periods of Classical Music in depth: Middle Ages/Renaissance Baroque Era Classical Era 19th Century 20th Century For the Exam, you will be expected to know the following from each time period: 3 Major Composers 1 Major Composition w/composer 5 Musical Characteristics of the Time Period You will need to describe in essay form from a selected time period: The History One major composer One major composition Listening List: You will need to identify and briefly describe five musical works from the following list: Gregorian Chant Pachelbel Canon in D Bach Toccata and Fugue Mozart Symphony 40 Beethoven Symphony 5 Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture Debussy La Mer Steve Reich Clapping Music Bernstein "West Side Story" John Cage 4'33'' Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag Laurie Anderson O Superman

Image via Wikipedia (Text Large for classroom projection) Textbook recommendation: Roger Kamien Music: an Appreciation THE CANON http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM THE FUGUE The Fugue was a major development in polyphony during the Baroque era . Other types of polyphonic forms were used, like the canon (ex. Pachelbel Canon in D ). A Prelude often preceded a fugue (ex.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DeYQ5wJTEU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-abGDv-GMGk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax00vnsZPKE In the fugue, the main theme typically comes in a single voice. This first appearance is called the subject of the fugue. (Sound example). After the subject is presented in the first voice, it is manipulated a number of ways by the composer . It does not necessarily have to return the same way. After the subject is introduced, a second voice will echo the subject (called an answer), but in the dominant. Sometimes a countersubject (a melody unrelated to the first subject) will play at...