Team Name: Score /20 2014 2015 Minnesota High School Music Listening Contest Championship Contest Round 1, Excerpt Identification You will hear 10 musical excerpts of works from the Study Guide. Each will last from 10 to 30 seconds. You will have 15 seconds between each excerpt. Please identify both the composer and title. The title must be the testable title noted in the Study Guide. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Put down your pencils and turn the test over as soon as the end of the round is announced.
Team Name Score /20 2014 2015 Minnesota High School Music Listening Contest Championship Contest Round 2, Excerpt based Short Answer In this round, you will hear six musical examples taken from your CDs. You will then have one minute in which to answer the questions associated with each example. Write each answer on the line corresponding to the question. Excerpt 1 1. Which character in the opera sings this aria? 2. What kind of singer does this role originally call for? 3. This opera is in Italian. What was its composer s native language? A. French B. German C. Italian D. Russian E. English 4. What decade of life was the composer in when he wrote this opera? A. 20s B. 30s C. 50s D. 70s Excerpt 2 1. This piece is an example of which genre? A. kī hō alu B. hapa haole C. mele oli D. hula ku i E. kīkā kila 2. What is the name for the traditional tuning of slack-key guitars in Hawai i? 3. Who wrote this piece?
Excerpt 3 1. This part of the Mass setting would occur when in the service? 2. The composer of this piece wrote: A. poems, love songs and church music B. only church music C. Gregorian chant and love songs D. ars subtilior works in all genres 3. This composer lived during which subdivision of the Middle Ages? A. Early B. High C. Late 4. The fourth voice this composer added to the standard choral texture is known as? A. countertenor B. contrabass C. castrato D. contratenor E. tenere Excerpt 4 1. The composer of this piece is from what country? 2. This composer died at what age? (i.e., how old was he/she) 3. Which war deeply impacted this composer s life? A. 30 Years War B. War of the Austrian Succession C. WWII D. Vietnam E. French Revolution F. None of the above
Excerpt 5 1. This composer was an accomplished: A. poet B. viol performer C. opera composer D. lute player E. none of the above 2. Which term best describes the form of this piece? A. strophic B. thorough-composed C. seconda prattica D. canon 3. This composer s text painting in this excerpt owes a debt to: A. Guido d Arezzo B. Salamone Rossi C. Guillaume Machaut D. Josquin des Prez Excerpt 6 1. This composer was native to but worked for many years in : A. Prussia/England B. Spain/Mexico C. Spain/Italy D. England/Denmark E. Paraguay/Uruguay F. None of the above 2. What title was given to this piece when the composer later added text? A. Venting to the Stars B. Flow My Tears C. The Two Friends D. Farewell to Thee 3. This piece was written in the last few years of which century? A. 16 th B. 15 th C. 17 th Put down your pencils and turn the test over as soon as the end of the round is announced.
Team Name: Score /20 2014 2015 Minnesota High School Music Listening Contest Championship Contest Round 3, Lightning Round You will hear 20 musical excerpts of works from the Study Guide in rapid succession. Each will last from 2 to 10 seconds. You will have 10 seconds between each excerpt. Place the letter of the correct composer and title from the list on the left in the blank for each excerpt. During this round each letter may be used once, more than once, or not at all. A. Cordier: Tout par compas (or: With a compass) 1. B. Isaac: Las rauschen (or: The Whispers) 2. C. Monteverdi: Sfogava con le stelle (or: Venting to the Stars) 3. D. Rossi: Sfogava con le stelle (or: Venting to the Stars) 4. E. Bach: St. John Passion 5. F. Marais: La Tableau de l Operation de la Taille (or: Operation of the Stone) 6. G. Mozart: Requiem 7. H. Haydn: String Quartet, Opus 33, No. 2 8. I. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 9. J. Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor 10. K. Webern: Dormi Jesu (or: Sleep, Jesus) 11. L. Saariaho: Six Japanese Gardens 12. M. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks 13. N. Handel: Jephtha 14. O. Sanz: Canarios 15. P. Bach: Lute Suite 16. Q. Sor: Les deux amis (or: The Two Friends) 17. R. Barrios: La catedral (or: The Cathedral) 18. S. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (or: Concerto of Aranjuez) 19. T. Brouwer: Paisaje cubano con campanas (or: Cuban Landscape with Bells) 20. U. Reich: Electric Counterpoint V. Queen Lili uokalani: Aloha Oe (or: Farewell to Thee) You have an additional minute to fill in answers. Put down your pencils and turn the test over as soon as the end of the round is announced.
Team Name: Score /20 2014-2015 Minnesota High School Music Listening Contest Championship Contest Round 4, Multiple Choice You will have 15 minutes to answer the questions below. Select the best answer from the choices given and write it on the line to the right. All correct answers can be deduced from the material presented in the Study Guide and the accompanying CDs. 1. Which composition is chronologically closest to the overthrow of Queen Lili uokalani? A. Barrios: La catedral (or: The Cathedral) B. Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil C. Puccini: La Bohème D. Viardot: Berceuse E. Reich: Electric Counterpoint 2. These two composer-performers heightened their virtuosic reputation by arranging transcriptions of historically important works for their own solo recitals: A. Clara Schumann & Fernando Sor B. Franz Liszt & Francisco Tárrega C. George Frideric Handel & Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel D. Franz Liszt & Anton Webern 3. Clef is the derived from a French word meaning: A. Pitch B. Range C. Shape D. Key E. None of the above 4. Which dance was Elizabeth I most fond of? A. minuet B. bourèe C. les relevailles D. galliard E. lachrimae
5. Which era of music history saw the initial unification of Germany and Italy? A. Baroque B. Classical C. Romantic D. Last Century 6. Which composer lived at the same time as Josquin des Prez, poster boy of the Renaissance? A. Milán B. Isaac C. Monteverdi D. Dowland 7. Which two pieces from our study guide were left unfinished by their composers? I. Messe de Nostre Dame II. Blithely Breezing Along III. Jephtha IV. Guitare V. Aloha Oe VI. Requiem A. II & VI B. III & VI C. IV & III D. II & III 8. If Handel had a rival in London s musical theater scene, who would it be? A. Dowland B. Strozzi C. Arne D. Haydn E. None of the above 9. Chen Yi describes her music as a blend of Beijing opera and what -ism? A. Expressionism B. Post-modernism C. Minimalism D. Serialism E. None of the above
10. What key is Zadok the Priest in and why? A. C Major to reflect the perfection of royalty B. D Major because of the valveless trumpets C. D Major because of its association with England D. G Major because of it being commissioned by King Georgee II 11. What graph best represents homophonic texture? A. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B. 12. How many works did Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel compose? A. approximately 200 B. over 600 C. almost 500 D. less than 100 13. According to your guide, which does NOT have roots in Muslim culture? A. Recuerdos de la Alhambra B. Divine Office s daily prayer cycle C. Trobairitz traditions D. Requiring Jews to wear visible markings E. Forerunner of the guitar, ūd 14. If you heard a piece composed in 1934 titled Symphony in G, what compositional style would you be the most likely to encounter? A. Minimalism B. Post-Modernism C. Aleatoricism D. Neoclassicism
15. A cantata always has: A. Multiple movements B. Voices C. Sacred text D. Instruments E. All of the above F. None of the above 16. Who did Casulana dedicate her first book of madrigals to? A. a woman B. a man C. a country D. a pope 17. What material are lute strings made from? A. Gut B. Nylon C. Steel D. Horse Hair 18. What would the (made-up!) polyglot phrase claveçin da gamba translate as? A. harpsichord of the leg B. key of the arm C. bassoon of love D. sung work of the leg 19. How old was Clara at the premiere of her Piano Concerto in A Minor? A. 11 B. 16 C. 21 D. 30 20. Which two pieces are composed using canonic techniques? A. Berceuse/Bird Dance B. Tout par compas/dormi Jesu C. English Dance/Tout par compas D. Electric Counterpoint/Dormi Jesu Put down your pencils and turn the test over as soon as the end of the round is announced.
Team Name: Score 2014 2015 Minnesota High School Music Listening Contest Championship Contest Round 5, Mystery Round /20 You will hear 10 musical excerpts. Although all excerpts were written by a composer featured in your Study Guide, nothing in this round is taken from your CDs. Each excerpt is from 10 to 30 seconds in length. You will have 20 seconds between each excerpt. Identify the period of composition by selecting the appropriate letter from the possibilities listed and then identify the composer by name. You will receive one point for each correct period and one for each correct composer. A: Medieval/Ren naissance B: Baroque C: Classic D: Romantic E. Last Century 1. Period: 2. Period: 3. Period: 4. Period: 5. Period: 6. Period: 7. Period: 8. Period: 9. Period: 10. Period: Put down your pencils and turn the test over as soon as the end of the round is announced.
2014 2015 Minnesota High School Music Listening Contest Championship Contest Tie-breaker Round Teams involved in the tie-breaker will listen to excerpts one-at-a-time until the tie is broken. Each excerpt is by a composer in the Study Guide but is not one of the featured pieces, just like the Mystery Round. After each excerpt is played, teams will have 20 seconds to furnish an answer. Both Composer and Period each count for one point. The team or teams with the highest total for a question will advance to the next question. The last remaining team wins. Should two or more teams remain after the fifth tie-breaker question, the tie will be broken by comparing the test scores from the Mystery Round (Round 5). The team with the highest score for that round will win the tie-breaker. Should there still be a tie, other test round will be compared in a similar manner, in the following order: Round 2, Round 4, Round 3, and Round 1. A: Medieval/Ren naissance B: Baroque C: Classic D: Romantic E. Last Century 1. Period: 2. Period: 3. Period: 4. Period: 5. Period: