Exam 2 Study Guide MUL1010 Spring 2025 PDF

**Exam 2 -- Study Guide** **MUL 1010 / Spring 2025** **Professor Ferguson** **Exam Date: Tuesday, 11 Feb / 12:30-1:45pm / Bldg 110 Rm 313** **Resources to Study:** Discovering Music by R Larry Todd (Course Textbook): Part 2 / Part 3 Lecture Slides for Part 2 and Part 3 (Posted on Canvas under...

**Exam 2 -- Study Guide** **MUL 1010 / Spring 2025** **Professor Ferguson** **Exam Date: Tuesday, 11 Feb / 12:30-1:45pm / Bldg 110 Rm 313** **Resources to Study:** Discovering Music by R Larry Todd (Course Textbook): Part 2 / Part 3 Lecture Slides for Part 2 and Part 3 (Posted on Canvas under Modules) **Exam Format** In person / Paper Exam Identify various musical excerpts and answer subsequent questions Multiple choice, fill in the blank **Exam Questions** 4 Listening Examples Between 3-5 questions per example Short multiple choice section independent of listening examples 2 extra credit questions **Listening List** *Viderunt Omnes --* Anonymous Gregorian Chant Listening Map 3 (p. 59) *O Virdissima Virga --* Chant by Hildegard von Bingen Listeing Map 4 (p. 62) *Viderunt Omnes --* Chant of the Ordinary by Léonin Listening Map 5 (p. 68) *Puis qu'en oubli sui de vous --* Secular Rondo by Guillaume de Machaut Listening Map 6 (p.74) *Se la face ay pale* (Mass) *--* Guillaume Dufay Listening Map 7 (p. 89) *Ave Maria* -- Josquin des Prez Listening Map 8 (p. 94) *As Vesta Was* from Latmos Hill Descending -- Thomas Weelkes Listening Map 9 (p. 102) *Pavana Lachrymae --* William Byrd Listneing Map 10, (p. 107) **\ ** **Know the following information about each piece** Name of the composer Basic information about the composer Type of music written What era they composed during (Middle Ages or Renaissance) Any major or unique aspects of their life and/or music Form Texture Genre (type of piece, where it fits in a mass, any instrumentation, etc) Listening Map: Overview *This is where you find a short summary of the piece and additional information* **Terms to Know** *Ars Nova* Chanson Chant Courtly Love Gregorian Chant Melisma Motet Neume Troubadour Trouvère Ordinary Proper Mass Madrigal Word painting Cantus firmus *Hint: The terms to know are all related to the listening examples! Study the **Listening Map** for each piece and that will cover the majority of the information needed for the exam.* **Historical Context** *Be familiar with the major events and innovations that helped drive music forward* *Look at the **Check Your Knowledge** questions in each section for help!* Sacred music in the Middle Ages -- How it progressed from monophonic to polyphonic The significance of the invention of the Gutenberg Printing Press How and why musical notation needed to improve/progress The impact that the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation had on music