Masters Graduate Theory Diagnostic Testing Review The three theory-based sections for the Graduate Diagnostic Exam are as follows: Aural Theory, Analysis, and Counterpoint. Preparation: Practice exams for all sections of the Music Theory portions of the graduate diagnostic exam are provided via Harmonia* Software. Follow these steps to get started: • • • •
Watch an overview video of Harmonia here: https://vimeo.com/171684849 Download the software (free): https://harmonia.illiacsoftware.com/students Use the steps on this page to sign up and join the course: https://harmonia.illiacsoftware.com/support?article=307 Use this invitation code: 5a53-1d3f-c664-431e NOTE: There is no course fee for you to pay.
The tutorials and practice exams will be available to for the duration of the summer. Once you have installed the software, you may work through the practice exams as many times as you would like. Make sure you read through all three parts of the introduction section before you begin! The Audio Set-Up guide is critical to ensuring that the exams function properly. Finally, some of the files are quite large and may take a few minutes to download and open. *NOTE! There is NOT a tablet version of the Harmonia application yet. You will need to access it on a desktop or laptop computer. If you do not have access to a computer before testing, there will be open lab hours on Temple’s campus in Presser Hall Lab where you will be able to become familiar with the software before taking the exam. DO NOT attempt to take the Aural Theory exam without working through the practice exam first. All questions regarding the content of the exam and Harmonia Software should be addressed to Dr. Alford at
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Aural Theory will be given in five parts: • Aural Identification of Intervals • Aural Identification of Chords: triads and seventh chords with inversions • Harmonic Dictation and Analysis • Melodic Dictation • Rhythmic Dictation To review and practice for these sections, the student will find some useful materials on MusicTheory.net and Teoria.com Harmony and Form Analysis: Analysis of an 18th-Century Sonata Review Recommendation: Steven Laitz, Graduate Review of Tonal Theory Counterpoint: Counterpoint-based analysis of a Bach Fugue Review Recommendation: Kent Kennan, Counterpoint Testing: The actual History, Analysis, and Counterpoint portions of the exams will all be given by hard copy. The Aural Theory portion of the exam will be given using Harmonia Software in our computer lab.
Music History Diagnos c Exam Study Guide The recommended text for preparing for the exam is the 8th edi on (or later) of A History of Western Music by J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, and Claude V. Palisca, and the accompanying N orton Anthology of Western Music , 6th edi on.
Medieval and Renaissance Eras Composers
Important Works
Key Terms
Musical Developments
Be familiar with the major g enres , styles , and c omposi ons associated with the following
Know the composer (unless anon), the genre and the significance of these works
Know the following terms and defini ons
Be familiar with the following milestones and developments in music history
Arcadelt, Jacques Bingen, Hildegard von Bull, John Byrd, William des Prez, Josquin Dowland, John Gabrieli, Giovanni Gesualdo, Carlo Gibbons, Orlando Janequin, Clément Lassus, Orlando de Leoninus Marenzio, Luca Monteverdi, Claudio Morley, Thomas Obrecht, Jacob Ockeghem, Johannes Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da Pero nus Rore, Cipriano de Sermisy, Claudin de Weelkes, Thomas Wilbye, John Willaert, Adrian
L’homme armé Pope Marcellus Mass Musica transalpina
Cantus firmus Canzona Chanson Lutheran chorale Dance forms (estampie, galliard, gavo e, gigue, pavane) Formes fixes Fro ola Gregorian/Plain‐chant Humanism Imita on Isorhythm Ligature Lute songs Madrigal (English and Italian) Mass (proper and ordinary) Motet Musica ficta Neumes Organum Parody mass Ricercar Sonata Tablature Text depic on and expression (madrigalisms) Toccata
The p atrons a nd p erformers o f m usic i n t he Medieval a nd R enaissance The C ouncil o f T rent a nd t he C ounter Reforma on The P rotestant R eforma on a nd L utheran sacred m usic The d evelopment o f m usic n ota on a nd t he advent o f m usic p rin ng; t heir i nfluence o n composi on a nd m usical p rac ces The N otre D ame s chool Composers a ssociated w ith t he d evelopment and m astery o f c ounterpoint Secular m usic a nd i ts p rac oners Major m edieval a nd r enaissance i nstruments and i nstrument f amilies; t he r ise o f instrumental m usic Modes ( melodic a nd r hythmic); t uning systems; L andini a nd P hrygian c adences ‐ Major c haracteris cs o f M edieval v ersus Renaissance m usic N a onal s tylis c t raits
Music History Diagnos c Exam Study Guide
Baroque Era
Composers
Important Works
Key Terms
Musical Developments and Trends
Be familiar with the major g enres , styles , and c omposi ons associated with the following
Know who composed these works and why they are significant
Know the following terms and defini ons
Be familiar with the following milestones and developments in music history
Bach, Johann Sebas an Buxtehude, Dieterich Caccini, Giulio Charpen er, Marc‐Antoine Corelli, Arcangelo Frescobaldi, Girolamo Handel, Georg Frederic Lully, Jean‐Bap ste Merulo, Claudio Monteverdi, Claudio Pachelbel, Johann Peri, Jacopo Purcell, Henry Rameau, Jean‐Philippe Rinuccini, O aviano Scheidt, Samuel Schütz, Heinrich Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon Torelli, Giuseppe Vivaldi, Antonio
Christmas Oratorio Dido and Aeneas Dafne Euridice The “Goldberg” Varia ons Israel in Egypt Two‐ and Three‐Part Inven ons The Musical Offering ‐ Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland Orfeo Samson The Well‐Tempered Clavier
Alber bass Aria Basso os nato Cantata Coloratura Concer no Concerto grosso Con nuo Da capo aria Doctrine of Affec ons Fantasia Figured bass French overture Fugue Ground bass Monody Oratorios Par ta Passacaglia Recita ve Ripieno Ritornello form Secco recita ve Solo concerto Sonata da chiesa Sonata da camera Stre o Terraced dynamics Thoroughbass Toccata Trio sonata Tu
The birth and development of opera Na onal styles of opera (French, German, Italian, English) Common musical forms (binary, ternary, ABA, etc.) The order of movements in mul ‐movement genres (e.g. fast‐slow‐fast for a concerto) The Baroque suite (keyboard suites, passacaglia, ordre, etc.) as well common dance forms that comprise its movements (allemande, courante, gigue, sarabande) Important musical trea ses, such as those by Couperin, Fux, Leopold Mozart, Quantz, and Rameau
Music History Diagnos c Exam Study Guide
Classical Era Composers
Important Works
Key Terms
Musical Developments and Trends
Be familiar with the major g enres , styles , and c omposi ons associated with the following
Know who composed these works and why they are significant
Know the following terms and defini ons
Be familiar with the following milestones and developments in music history
Ballad opera Basso buffo Castra Coda Empfindsamer S l Galant style Opera buffa Opera seria Rondo form Singspiel Sonata allegro form Ternary form Theme and varia on form
The lives, impact and major contribu ons of Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn The Mannheim school Italian opera reform and development Classical concerto development and form String quartet development and form Symphony development and form New instruments that were added to the orchestra and the major composers credited with helping to standardize them
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Chris an Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Beethoven, Ludwig van Gay, John Gluck, Christoph Willibald Haydn, Joseph Mozart, Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Pergolesi, Giovanni Ba sta Scarla , Domenico Stamitz, Johann
Alceste Ariadne auf Naxos Beethoven’s Symphonies The Beggar’s Opera “Clock” Symphony The Crea on Don Giovanni “Emperor” Concerto Fidelio Idomeneo Iphigénie en Aulide “Jupiter” Symphony La Serva padrona The London Symphonies The Magic Flute The Marriage of Figaro Missa Solemnis Mozart’s R equiem M ass Orpheus ed Euridice “Rasumovsky” Quartets The Seasons The “Surprise” Symphony
Music History Diagnos c Exam Study Guide
Roman c Era
Composers
Important Works
Key Terms
Be familiar with the major genres , s tyles , and composi ons associated with the following Bellini, Vincenzo Berlioz, Hector Bizet, Georges Brahms, Johannes Bruckner, Anton Chopin, Frederic Donize , Gaetano Dvořák, Antonín Elgar, Edward Glinka, Mikhail Gounod, C harles Grieg, Edvard Leoncavallo, Ruggero Liszt, Franz Mahler, Gustav Massenet, Jules Mendelssohn, Felix Meyerbeer, Giacomo Mussorgsky, Modest Puccini, Giacomo Rimsky‐Korsakov,Nicolay Rossini, Gioachino Saint‐Saëns, Camille Schubert, Franz Schumann, Robert Smetana, B edřich Strauss, Richard Tchaikovsky, Piotr Il’yich Wagner, Richard Weber, Carl Maria von Wolf, Hugo
Know who composed these works and why they are significant
Know the following terms and defini ons
1812 Overture Aida Barber of Seville Carnaval Death and Transfigura on Don Carlos Don Juan Don Quixote Ein Heldenleben Elektra Enigma Varia ons Der Erlkönig Ernani Faust The Flying Dutchman Der Freischütz A German Requiem Harold in Italy Hungarian Rhapsodies Il Trovatore I Pagliacci “Italian” symphony La Traviata A Life for the Tsar Lohengrin Lucia di Lammermoor
Madama Bu erfly Manon Die Meistersinger A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture The Moldau Norma Otello Les Préludes Parsifal Pictures at an Exhibi on Quintet in C Maj. D956 “Reforma on” Symphony “Rhenish” Symphony Rigole o The Ring Cycle operas Romeo and Juliet Samson et Dalila “Sco sh” Symphony Slavonic Dances “Spring” Symphony Symphonie fantas que Symphony of a Thousand Till Eulenspiegel Thus Spake Zarathustra Tosca Tristan und Isolde “Trout” quintet Turandot William Tell
Concert overture Developing varia on Exo cism Leitmo f Mazurka Neue Zeitschri für Musik Opere a Program symphony Realism Symphonic poem Trea se on Orchestra on Verismo
Musical Developments and Trends Be familiar with the following milestones and developments in music history Important song cycles French grand opera Schubert’s quintets Wagner’s music dramas and impact on musical development Verdi’s operas Chopin’s musical style R. Strauss’ tone poems Mendelssohn’s symphonies Mahler’s musical style “Tradi onalist” vs. “progressive” music The influence of Beethoven Liszt’s musical career Popular poets and literary sources for roman c era composers The Bach revival Important female composers
Music History Diagnos c Exam Study Guide
Modern Era
Composers
Important Works
Key Terms
Musical Developments and Trends
Be familiar with the major g enres , s tyles , and composi ons associated with the following
Know who composed these works and why they are significant An American in Paris Appalachian Spring Billy Budd The C lassical Symphony Concord Sonata The Death of Klinghoffer Doctor Atomic The Firebird Images Indeterminacy Ionisa on La Mer L’histoire du Soldat New England Holidays Nixon in China The Nose Peter Grimes Petrushka Pelléas et Mélisande Pierrot lunaire Piano Suite op. 25 by Schoenberg Pulcinella The Rite of Spring Symphony No. 1 by Corigliano Symphony of Psalms Varia ons on America
Know the following terms and defini ons
Be familiar with the following milestones and developments in music history
Adams, John Babbi , Milton Bartok, Bela Berg, Alban Bernstein, Leonard Boulanger, Lili Bri en, Benjamin Cage, John Carter, Ellio Copland, Aaron Corigliano, John Crumb, George Debussy, Claude Gershwin, George Ginastera, Alberto Harris, Roy Higdon, Jennifer Hindemith, Paul Holst, Gustav Ives, Charles
Kabalevsky, Dmitry Khachturian, Aram Messiaen, Olivier Meno , Gian Carlo Pärt, Arvo Penderecki, Krysztof Prokofiev, Sergei Ravel, Maurice Riley, Terry Schoenberg, Arnold Scriabin, Alexander Seeger, Ruth Crawford Shostakovich, Dmitri Sibelius, Jean Stockhausen, Karlheinz Stravinsky, Igor Varése, Edgard Villa‐Lobos, Heitor Webern, Anton Young, La Monte Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe
Aleatory music Atonal Avante‐garde Dodecaphony Expressionism Impressionism Minimalism Musique concrete Mys c chord Neoclassicism
Neo‐roman cism
Polytonality Post‐tonal Primi vism Serialism Sprechs mme Tone cluster Tone rows Twelve‐tone
The significance of the R ite of Spring Schoenberg’s musical styles and innova ons Webern’s and Berg’s influences and styles Debussy’s influences and styles Bartok’s influences and styles The Russian “Kushka” (Mighty Five) Nadia Boulanger Bartok’s styles and ethnomusicology The Second Viennese School of composers