VPMA93 Listening Test notes only (all lectures)

VPMA93‌‌Listening‌‌Test‌‌songs‌‌and‌‌their‌‌characteristics‌O ‌ NLY‌ ‌
Songs‌‌and‌‌terminology‌‌for‌l‌ectures‌‌1-12‌‌ ‌
Additional‌‌tips‌‌and‌‌information‌f‌or‌‌midterm‌‌and‌‌final‌‌at‌‌the‌‌bottom‌ ‌
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Songs‌‌included:‌ ‌
● Barack‌‌Obama,‌‌Amazing‌‌Grace‌ ‌
● Penderecki,‌‌Threnody:‌‌To‌‌the‌‌Victims‌‌of‌‌Hiroshima‌ ‌
● Sex‌‌Pistols,‌‌God‌‌Save‌‌The‌‌Queen‌ ‌
● Nkosi‌‌sikelel'‌‌iAfrika‌ ‌
● Caccini,‌‌Io,‌‌che‌‌dal‌‌Ciel‌‌cader‌ ‌
● Cole‌‌Porter,‌‌Night‌‌and‌‌Day‌‌(Frank‌‌Sinatra/arr.‌‌Nelson‌‌Riddle)‌ ‌
● Bill‌‌Haley‌‌and‌‌his‌‌Comets,‌‌Rock‌‌Around‌‌The‌‌Clock‌ ‌
● Bee‌‌Gees,‌‌Stayin’‌‌Alive‌ ‌
● Giovanni‌‌Pierluigi‌‌da‌‌Palestrina,‌‌Missa‌‌Papae‌‌Marcelli,‌‌Kyrie‌ ‌
● Johann‌‌Sebastian‌‌Bach,‌‌Mass‌‌in‌‌B‌‌minor,‌‌Kyrie‌ ‌
● Franz‌‌Schubert,‌‌Der‌‌Erlkönig‌ ‌
● Wolfgang‌‌Amadeus‌‌Mozart,‌‌Don‌‌Giovanni‌‌,‌‌Act‌‌I‌‌Sc.‌‌X:‌‌“Lá‌‌ci‌‌darem‌‌la‌‌mano”‌ ‌
● Tiësto,‌‌Adagio‌‌for‌‌Strings‌‌Remix:‌h ‌ ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EaE0_gQLw0‌ ‌
● Rutten,‌‌Skream:‌h ‌ ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEmM6vVFrao‌ ‌
● Niccolò‌‌Paganini,‌‌Caprice‌‌No.‌‌24‌‌ ‌
● Muddy‌‌Waters,‌‌I’m‌‌Your‌‌Hoochie‌‌Coochie‌‌Man‌‌ ‌
● Guillaume‌‌de‌‌Machaut‌‌–‌‌Messe‌‌de‌‌Notre‌‌Dame,‌‌Kyrie‌‌ ‌
● Richard‌‌Strauss‌‌–‌‌Don‌‌Juan‌‌ ‌
● Franz‌‌Liszt,‌‌Grand‌‌Galop‌‌Chromatique‌ ‌
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Example‌‌notes:‌ ‌
● Franz‌‌Schubert,‌‌Der‌‌Erlkönig‌ ‌
○ Recitative‌‌(music‌‌to‌‌replace‌‌conversation)‌ ‌
■ Secco,‌‌not‌‌accompagnato‌‌(single/few‌‌accompanying‌‌instruments)‌ ‌
○ Aria‌‌(single‌‌singer)‌ ‌
○ musical‌‌elements‌‌and‌‌word‌‌painting:‌ ‌
○ Repeated‌‌octaves‌‌on‌‌a‌‌single‌‌pitch‌‌in‌‌the‌‌opening‌‌(horse‌‌running,‌‌heartbeat)‌ ‌
○ Descending‌‌repetitions‌‌of‌‌bass‌‌of‌‌the‌‌piano‌‌(hurtling‌‌through‌‌the‌‌forest,‌‌anxiety,‌‌laboured‌‌
breathing‌‌of‌‌the‌‌ill‌‌child)‌ ‌
○ Minor‌‌mode‌‌at‌‌beginning‌‌signifies‌‌generally‌‌negative‌‌state‌‌of‌‌affairs‌ ‌
○ Change‌‌of‌‌major‌‌and‌‌change‌‌in‌‌accompaniment‌‌when‌‌Erlking‌‌speaks,‌‌indicate‌‌the‌‌
seductive‌‌nature‌‌of‌‌his‌‌offer‌ ‌
● Franz‌‌Liszt,‌‌Grand‌‌Galop‌‌Chromatique‌ ‌
○ Chromatic‌‌scales‌ ‌
○ Virtuoso‌ ‌
○ Change‌‌in‌‌dynamics‌ ‌
○ Revolutionary‌‌piano-introduction‌‌of‌‌virtuoso‌‌to‌‌piano‌ ‌
○ Ascending‌‌melody‌ ‌
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