MUS 2260 Elementary Conducting - Written Final

Question 1

Four elements of score study

Answer 1

1) Score orientation (3)
2) Score reading (6)
3) Score analysis (2)
4) Score interpretation (3)

Question 2

Score orientation

Answer 2

A. Read cover & intro pages
B. First pages: Transposed? Instrumentation/score layout?
C. Go through score: tempos/meters/keys, unfamiliar music terms/notations, determine speed of readthrough

Question 3

Score reading

Answer 3

A. comfortable, slow reading pace
B. no stopping
C. full creativity
D. no analysis/memorization
E. no instrument/recordings
F. repeat several times until natural

Question 4

Score analysis

Answer 4

A. Individual analyses
1. Melody
2. Harmony
3. Form
4. Rhythm (tempo, meter, rhythm)
5. Orchestration and texture
6. Dynamics
7. Stylistic articulations & expressive terms
B. Complete synthesized analysis

Question 5

Score interpretation

Answer 5

A. Apply all score knowledge
B. Resolve non-objective elements
1. Tempi
2. Phrasing (melodic, harmonic, rhythmic)
3. Dynamics (vertical, horizontal)
4. Timbres & textures
5. Stylistic matters
C. Refine interpretation

Question 6

First conductor

Answer 6

Jean-Baptiste Lully: the Baroque composer who died of gangrene after stabbing his foot with a conducting stick

Question 7

LH uses

Answer 7

Cues, crescendos, cut-offs, articulations, style (legato, etc.), phrasing

Question 8

Three parts of beat

Answer 8

Prep, moment (ictus), rebound

Question 9

Conducting hinges

Answer 9

Shoulder, fingers, wrist, “torso arm”

Question 10

Battisti objectives (4)

Answer 10

1) Score orientation - overview (3)
2) Score reading - sound image, and expressive potential (6)
3) Score analysis - details (2)
4) Score interpretation - THE GOAL - personal interpretive image (3)

Question 11

Score orientation methods (3)

Answer 11

Cover/info page, first page (trans? inst.?), rest of score

Question 12

Score analysis methods (3)

Answer 12

Melody, harmony, form, rhythm, etc.