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EXAM REQUIREMENTS FOR RCM HISTORY I NOTE: Biographical information is not required for composers marked with an asterisk. However students must be able to discuss their musical styles and contributions. THE BAROQUE ERA (ca 1600-ca 1750) General terms as they apply to music of the Baroque era: baroque basso continuo equal temperament figured bass homophonic texture polyphonic texture terraced dynamics the Affections word painting Representative Composers Representative Genres and Works Related Terms Antonio Vivaldi* Solo Concerto La Primavera from Le Quattro Stagioni George Frideric Handel Oratorio Messiah drone ostinato ripieno ritornello form da capo aria French overture homorhythmic texture libretto melisma recitativo accompagnato recitativo secco counterpoint subject real and tonal answers countersubject episode stretto pedal point tierce de Picardie Johann Sebastian Bach Overture "There were shepherds" "Glory to God" "Rejoice greatly" "Hallelujah!" Prelude and Fugue one selection from The Well-Tempered Clavier THE CLASSICAL ERA (ca 1750-ca 1825) General terms as they apply to music of the Classical era: absolute music binary and ternary forms chamber music classicism menuet and trio rondo form sonata cycle sonata form Viennese School Representative Composers Representative Genres and Works G Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet String Quartet, op. 76, no. 2 ("Quinten") fourth movement exposition development recapitulation coda Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K 525 rocket theme rounded binary Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 cyclical structure motive scherzo and trio theme and variations THE ROMANTIC ERA (ca 1825-ca 1900) General terms as they apply to music of the Romantic era: exoticism in music nationalism in music program music romanticism Representative Composers Representative Genres and Works F Franz Schubert Art Song Erlkönig, D 328 OR Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118 Piano Music Polonaise in A flat major, op. 53 OR Polonaise in A major, op. 40, no. 1 Program Symphony Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 fifth movement: "Songe d'une nuit de sabbat" Lied through-composed (durchkomponiert Frederic Chopin Hector Berlioz Georges Bizet * Opera Carmen Act I: Prelude "Quand je vous aimerai?" "Lamour est un oiseau rebelle” Giacomo Puccini* OR Madama Butterfly Act I: Prelude Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" chromaticism polonaise rubato cloches collegno Dies irae idée fixe ophicléide portamento aria habanera prelude (in opera) recitative pentatonic scale verismo whole tone scale THE MODERN ERA (ca 1900 to Present) General terms as they apply to music of the Modern era: atonality pentatonic scales polyrhythm polytonality modal scales whole tone scales choreography Representative Composers Claude Debussy Representative Genres and Works Symphonic Poem Prelude à "I’après-midi d'un faune” Igor Stravinsky Ballet Petrushka First tableau Leonard Bernstein* Alexina Louie : OR Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) excerpts from Adoration of the Earth (Part I): Introduction Dance of the Youths and Maidens Game of Abduction Musical West Side Story two of: Dance at the Gym: Mambo Tonight Ensemble Maria America I Feel Pretty Piano Music Distant Memories from Music for Piano Related Terms antique cymbals glissando Impressionism in music Symbolism changing meter choreography folk song Petrushka chord primitivism flutter tongue cha-cha hemiola mambo tritone verse-chorus structure arch form berceuese senza misura