Orchestral Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

The document includes summarised notes on the area of Music for Orchestra in the Twentieth Century;, in the A2 3 unit: Responding to Music. The content of the notes is drawn from Factfile, the Eguide provided by CCEA, and some additional sources. The majority of the notes of the setworks are set out in a timeline format that lays out what's happening in different sections of the set work with the timings provided. The end pages of each set work contain attached Mark Schemes from over the years s...

Andante - walking pace Largissimo - slow and broad largo - long larghetto - slow, but not as slow as largo Lydian - Major scale with raised 4th Dorian Mode - a scale with the pattern of whole step, half, whole, whole, whole, half, and whole Locrian Mode - a scale or tonality in which half steps occur between notes 1-2 and 4-5, as if playing all the white keys from B to B Phrygian Mode - Scale in which half steps occur between notes 1-2 and 5-6, as if playing all white keys f...

MUSIC APPRECIATION FINAL EMCC 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2023 ALL CORRECT!!! 1. The 4 main properties of musical sounds are pitch, dynamics, tone color, and?: Duration. 2. The relative highness and lowness of a sound is called?: Pitch. 3. The ____ of a sound is decided by the frequency of its vibrations.: Pitch. 4. In general, the smaller the vibrating element, the ____ its pitch:: Higher. 5. The distance in pitch between any 2 tones is called?: An Interval. 6. Dynamics in music...

The 4 main properties of musical sounds are pitch, dynamics, tone color, and? correct answer: Duration. The relative highness and lowness of a sound is called? correct answer: Pitch. The ____ of a sound is decided by the frequency of its vibrations. correct answer: Pitch. In general, the smaller the vibrating element, the ____ its pitch: correct answer: Higher. The distance in pitch between any 2 tones is called? correct answer: An Interval. Dynamics in music refers to? corre...

Midterm Questions with complete solution Midterm: MUS-105 Gustav Mahler was born in Eastern Bohemia (then apart of the Austrian Empire) *Gustav Mahler was what type of composer? Late Romantic Gustav Mahler was forced to convert to? Catholicism *Gustav Mahler had a very successful career as an? orchestral and operatic conductor.

Canon - Background - Johann Pachelbel - Written in/around 1680 - Published in 1920's Allegretto - Background - Work in symphony began in 1811 and finished in 1812 - First performance in Vienna in 1813 - Four movements - Allegretto - "a little lively" - Symphony no.7 - 2nd movement Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More Mars - Background - Written by Gustav Holst - English composer ...

Music History 3 Test II Question and answers verified to pass Music History 3 Test II What are some of the most important developments/changes that took place in concert life in the nineteenth century? - correct answer Touring virtuosos, audience of middle class, changes in behavior for audiences (less rock concert more like today's practices), composer more important than audience, printing scores and studying them. What are some of the most important developments/changes that took pla...

MUTH 305 FINAL Question and answers correctly solved MUTH 305 FINAL Who is credited with the invention of the sound recording? - correct answer Thomas Edison All of the following statements apply to Scott Joplin EXCEPT? - correct answer he composed a symphonic poem entitled Black, Brown, and Beige Which artist recorded with the rock group The Mothers of Invention and also worked in orchestral idioms? - correct answer Frank Zappa All of the following statements are true of The ...

Chapter 59 Question and answers correctly solved Chapter 59 What was the capital of Russian in the 19th century? - correct answer St. Petersburg When was art music in St. Petersburg modernized? - correct answer During the reign of Tsar Alexander II () When was the Mariinsky Theatre opened? - correct answer In 1860. Soon, it became the focal point for music performance. When did orchestral begin to flourish? - correct answer Around 1862, alongside opera and ballet. What gro...

MUS 354 Question and answers 100% correct MUS 354-01 Final Exam Claude Debussy - Nocturnes: No. 1, Nuages (Clouds) - correct answer symphonic poem; 1897-99; a play of musical images, depicts shifting clouds, began as a set of pieces for solo violin and orchestra; opening image is adapted from a song by Musorgsky, alternating 3rds and 5ths depicts slow moving clouds; similar composers: Musorgsky symphonic poem - correct answer also known as "tone poem"; orchestral music in which the ...