Review - Audio - Vocal Flashcards
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Voice type of this recitative
Type of recitative
Key
Tempo
Meter
Text
Messiah by Handel
soprano recitative
Type of recitative: recitativo secco
Key: begins in D major
Tempo: not indicated
Meter: 4 / 4
Text” “And the angel said unto them: “Fear not:”
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Title in original score
Genre of this movement
Key
Form
Meter
Messiah by Handel
Sinfony
French overture
E minor
Form: ll: A :ll B (AA B)
Meter: 4 / 4
Answer the following question for the musical excerpt?
-Title of the entire work
-Genre of the entire work
-Composer
-Title of the musical excerpt
- Who is singing the music excerpt?
-What is this person like and how is it portrayed musically?
-Title of the entire work: Carmen
-Genre of the entire work: Lyric opera (French opera with spoken dialogue)
-Composer: Bizet
-Title of the musical excerpt: Toreador Song
-Who is singing the music excerpt? Escamillo
- Escamillo has a swaggering nature. It is shown by the rough rhythm played by the brass instruments
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What is the title of the complete work?
What is the title of the selection in this excerpt?
Which character sings this?
Describe the setting?
What is the feelings expressed?
How does the opening melody sound like to show Tony’s adoration for Maria?
The complete work is West Side Story.
The music excerpt is “Maria”
Tony (tenor)
Tony is outside of the gym, where Tony has just met and fallen in love with Maria.
Tony sings “Maria” with love.
The opening of the melody sounds like a chant-like to show Tony’s love for Maria.
Answer the following for the musical excerpt:
Title:
Composer:
Genre:
Source of text:
Song structure/type:
Performing forces:
Which character sings the excerpt?
What feeling is the character trying to convey and how is accomplished?
Title: Erlking
Composer: Schubert
Genre: Lied
Source of text: poem by Goethe
Song structure/type: through composed (durchkomponiert)
Performing forces: solo voice and piano
The son sings this excerpt.
The son is scared so this is conveyed by rising pitches.
What is the title of the complete work?
What is the title of the selection in this excerpt?
What is the name of the interval in the motive right after “Ma-ri-a”?
What does this angular motive present throughout?
The complete work is West Side Story.
The music excerpt is “Maria”
After “Ma-ri-a”, a tritone interval follow.
The tritone is used for troubled love and strong wishes.
What is the title of the complete work?
What is the title of the song this music excerpt is part of?
What is the form after the introduction?
Who are the two main singers?
Who misses Puerto Rico?
Who likes living in Manhattan, USA?
What is the form in which groups and solo sing back and forth?
The chorus and verse alternate a 6/8 and 3/4 pattern. What is the name of this rhythmic technique?
How is the Latin flavor achieved?
The complete work is West Side Story.
The excerpt is from “I like to be in America”.
After the introduction, the form is verse-chorus.
Rosalia and Anita are the two main singers.
Rosalia likes Puerto Rico.
Anita likes Manhattan, USA.
When groups and solos sing back and forth, it’s called chorus and verse.
Hemiola effect is the main rhythmic technique in this song.
Latin flavor is achieved through use of guitar, claves, maracas and other percussion instruments.
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Voice type of this recitative
Type of recitative
Text
Messiah by Handel
soprano recitative
Type of recitative: recitativo accompagnato
Text” “And suddenly there as with the angel”
What is the title of the complete work?
What is the title of the song this music excerpt is part of?
Name two instruments in the beginning of this excerpt that bring out a Latin feeling.
What rhythmic techniques are demonstrated in the excerpt?
Name two instruments that play wavy lines in triplets.
The complete work is West Side Story.
The music excerpt is the introduction of “Puerto Rico, you lovely island…”
Claves (wood blocks) and guiro (ribbed gourd) play the beginning of the introduction.
The excerpt contains cross-rhythm and rhythmic ostinato.
Spanish guitar and celesta play wavy lines in triplets.
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Title, genre and part of this movement
Key of this section
Text of this section
Word painting in this section
Messiah by Handel
“Rejoice Greatly” - soprano aria - part A
Key of this section: B flat major
Text of this section “Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice greatly, oh daughter of Zion”
Word painting:
“Rejoice greatly has melismas to show the joy
“Shout” is sudden and in the upper register
In the beginning of Carmen’s aria, Love is a Rebellious Bird, what is the cello ostinato based on?
The cello ostinato is based on a habanera - a tango-like dance
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Voice type of this recitative
Type of recitative
Key
Tempo
Meter
Text
Messiah by Handel
soprano recitative
recitativo secco
Key: C major
Tempo: not indicated
Meter: 4 / 4
Text “There were shepherds abiding in the field”
What is the name of the complete work?
What is the title of the song this music excerpt is part of?
What are the first few words of the lyric?
Who is singing this excerpt?
What is the sentiment expressed and how?
Describe the word painting on “breezes”
The complete work is West Side Story.
The excerpt is the very beginning of ‘America”
The first few words is “Puerto Rico, you lovely island…”
Rosalia sings the excerpt.
Rosalia misses Puerto Rico and the feeling is expressed through long phrases and free rhythm
Word painting on “breezes” is achieved using a curved motive based on a whole-tone scale. There is glissandi on string harmonics.
Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Movement genre
Text
Word painting
Messiah by Handel
Genre: chorus
Text “Glory to God, glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth”
Word painting: “Glory to God in the highest” is in the upper voice lines
“And peace on earth” is shown by a drop of an octave in bass
Answer the following for the musical excerpt:
Title:
Composer:
Genre:
Source of text:
Song structure/type:
Performing forces:
Which character sings the excerpt?
What feeling is the character trying to convey and how is accomplished?
Title: Erlking
Composer: Schubert
Genre: Lied
Source of text: poem by Goethe
Song structure/type: through composed (durchkomponiert)
Performing forces: solo voice and piano
The Erlking sings this excerpt.
The Erlking is trying to trick the boy and creating a spooky atmosphere by singing in major mode.
