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1 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: Download the software (free): Use the steps on this page to sign up and join the course: Use this invitation code: 5a53-1d3f-c e 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 mstchair@temple.edu. (continued on next page)

2 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.

3 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 Norton Anthology of Western Music, 6 th edi on. Composers Be familiar with the major genres, styles, and composi ons associated 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 Medieval and Renaissance Eras Know the composer (unless anon), the genre and the significance of these works L homme armé Pope Marcellus Mass Musica transalpina Know the following terms and defini ons 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 Musical Developments The patrons and performers of music in the Medieval and Renaissance The Council of Trent and the Counter Reforma on The Protestant Reforma on and Lutheran sacred music The development of music nota on and the advent of music prin ng; their influence on composi on and musical prac ces The Notre Dame school Composers associated with the development and mastery of counterpoint Secular music and its prac oners Major medieval and renaissance instruments and instrument families; the rise of instrumental music Modes (melodic and rhythmic); tuning systems; Landini and Phrygian cadences Major characteris cs of Medieval versus Renaissance music Na onal stylis c traits

4 Composers Be familiar with the major genres, styles, and composi ons associated 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 Music History Diagnos c Exam Study Guide Know who composed these works and why they are significant Christmas Oratorio Dido and Aeneas Dafne Euridice The Goldberg Varia ons Israel in Egypt Baroque Era Two and Three Part Inven ons The Musical Offering Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland Orfeo Samson The Well Tempered Clavier Know the following terms and defini ons 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 Musical Developments and Trends 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

5 Composers Be familiar with the major genres, styles, and composi ons associated 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 Music History Diagnos c Exam Study Guide Know who composed these works and why they are significant 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 Requiem Mass Orpheus ed Euridice Rasumovsky Quartets The Seasons The Surprise Symphony Classical Era Know the following terms and defini ons 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 Musical Developments and Trends 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

6 Music History Diagnos c Exam Study Guide Roman c Era Composers Be familiar with the major genres, styles, and composi ons associated Bellini, Vincenzo Berlioz, Hector Bizet, Georges Brahms, Johannes Bruckner, Anton Chopin, Frederic Donize, Gaetano Dvořák, Antonín Elgar, Edward Glinka, Mikhail Gounod, Charles 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, Bedřich Strauss, Richard Tchaikovsky, Piotr Il yich Wagner, Richard Weber, Carl Maria von Wolf, Hugo Know who composed these works and why they are significant 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 Know the following terms and defini ons 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 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

7 Music History Diagnos c Exam Study Guide Modern Era Composers Be familiar with the major genres, styles, and composi ons associated 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 Know who composed these works and why they are significant An American in Paris Appalachian Spring Billy Budd The Classical 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 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 Musical Developments and Trends The significance of the Rite 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

NOTE: We recommend waiting to take the Aural and Counterpoint Exams until June 12th as they are still in development.

NOTE: We recommend waiting to take the Aural and Counterpoint Exams until June 12th as they are still in development. Masters Graduate Diagnostic Testing Review For most incoming students, you will be required to take the following exams: History, and three theory-based sections: Aural Theory, Analysis, and Counterpoint.