Music Listening Quiz 2

“Little” Fugue in G Minor

Composer: J.S. Bach

Genre: Organ fugue

Listening cues: Organ with no singing

Spring, from The Four Seasons

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Genre: programmatic concerto

Listening cues: light, airy strings playing

Musical imagery

Lining out

Oral learning, repetition

Basso continuo

Homophonic, varied instrumentation (bass line and chords)

Cantata No. 140, Wachet auf

Composer: J.S. Bach

Genre: cantata

Listening cues: orchestra and chorus, prominent horn and strings

Dido and Aeneas

Composer: Henry Purcell

Genre: opera

Listening cues: woman main voice singing opera, orchestra

David’s Lamentation

Composer: William Billings

Genre: anthem

Listening cues: men and women singing in harmony

Homorhythmic

Magnificat

Composer: Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

Genre: choral

Listening cues: all female chorus, singing in different accompanying components, organ

Polychoral

Concertos

Ritornello (orchestral) & episode (solo instrument) sections

Contrast & unity

Chorale cantata

Congregational singing, Lutheran tradition

Sleepyhead Cupid

Composer: Barbara Strozzi

Genre: aria

Listening cues: song about amor

Homophonic

Da capo aria

Strozzi is famous for this

A-B-A

Solo voice with orchestral accompaniment

Aria vs. cantata

Aria: single voice accompanied by an orchestra

Cantata: vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment, often contains recitatives (sung speeches) and arias