1000 Years of Musical Listening Final Exam: LG's

String Quartet in E-flat Major (Joke), Movement 4

Title: String Quartet in E-flat Major (Joke), Movement 4

Date: 1781

Genre/Form: Simple Rondo Form

Performing: String quartet (two violins, viola, and cello)

Composer: W. A. Mozart

Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”

Title: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”

Date: 1894

Genre/Form: Symphonic poem with Loose A-B-A′ structure

Performing: strings (with two harps), woodwinds, French horns, and antique cymbals

Composer: C. Debussy

September: At the River

Title: September: At the River (from The Year)

Date: 1841

Genre/Form: Character piece, from a programmatic cycle of 12; Ternary (A-B-A′)

Performing: Piano

Composer: F. Hensel

Suite for Violin and Piano, Movement III

Title: Suite for Violin and Piano, Movement III

Date: 1943

Genre/Form: Suite for Violin and Piano; Sectional form, with four- and eightmeasure ideas

Performing: Piano and Violin

Composer: W. Still

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

Title: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

Date: 1807-1808

Genre/Form: Sonata-Allegro form

Performing: Orchestra

Composer:L. v. Beethoven

Symphoynie Fantastique Movement 4

Title: Symphonie Fantastique Movement 4 (March to the Scaffold)

Date: 1830

Genre/Form: Program Symphony with five movements; Sonata-like

Performing: Symphony/Orchestra

Composer: H. Berlioz

Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453 Movement 1

Title: Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453 Movement 1

Date: 1784

Genre/Form: Concerto

Performing: Piano and Orchestra

Composer: W.A. Mozart

Wozzeck, Act III: scene 5

Title: Wozzeck, Act III: scene 5

Date: 1917-22; premiered 1925

Genre/Form: Opera in three acts

Performing: Children Singing

Composer: A. Berg

In the Lovely Month of May

Title: In the Lovely Month of May, from A Poet’s Love

Date: 1840

Genre/Form: Lied, from a song cycle (A Poets Love); Strophic (two verses)

Performing: Solo Voice and Piano

Composer: R. Schumann

Madame Butterfly

Title: Madame Butterfly

Date: 1904

Genre/Form:

Performing: Sparse Accompaniment at the opening by a solo violin

Composer: G. Puccini

A Little Night Music Movement 1

Title: A Little Night Music Movement 1

Date: 1887

Genre/Form: Sonata-allegro form with three sections

Performing: String Quartet with double bass (or string orchestra)

Composer: W.A. Mozart

Appalachian Spring

Title: Appalachian Spring (From Simple Gifts)

Date: 1945

Genre/Form: Ballet Suit in seven sections; Theme and Variations

Performing: Orchestra

Composer: A. Copland

Marriage of Figaro

Title: Marriage of Figaro Act 1

Date: 1786

Genre/Form: Opera buffa; an Aria (A-B-A-C-C′ (the final C is abridged))

Performing: Mezzo-soprano voice supported by a small orchestra–mostly strings, with horns, bassoon, and clarinets adding variety and timbral contrast.

Composer: W.A. Mozart

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Title: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)

Date: 1892

Genre/Form: Ballet (from which an orchestral suite was made); Three-part (A-B-A)

Performing: Bell-like timbre of celesta, accompanied by bass clarinet and pizzicato strings

Composer: P.I. Tchaikovsky

The Elf-King

Title: The Elf-King

Date: 1815

Genre/Form: Lied; Through-Composed

Performing: Voice and Piano

Composer: F. Schubert