Unit 1 Summary

In this assignment, you will compare pieces from Unit 1 and recount important details from the music we studied. All of the information should come from our in-class lectures and discussions.

If you use outside sources—which you should not need to—you must cite them correctly. This means in-text (or footnote) citations as well as a Works Cited page. If you use only a Works Cited page, you are plagiarizing. If you’re not sure how to cite correctly, you should study your preferred citation style (Chicago, MLA, or APA) on https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html. This assignment uses TurnItIn, which will tell you how much of your paper comes from outside sources. You should strive to have less than 15% outside source material for this assignment. I’m happy to meet with anyone who needs help fulfilling these requirements.

You do not need to use complete sentence for your answers. I’ve given estimates of how many words I anticipate it would take to answer these questions fully (if you were to use complete sentences), but they are not requirements.

1. What is the standard arrangement of movements (including tempos/meters) for a late 18th/19th century symphony? How do Beethoven’s 5th and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique change this arrangement? (50 words)
2. How can Beethoven’s 5th symphony and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique be considered cyclic? (100 words)
3. How are Wagner’s leitmotivs comparable to Beethoven’s symphonies? (50 words)
4. Describe Wagnerian opera, using Tristan und Isolde as an example. (100 words)
5. How are song cycles like concept albums? Give an example of a song cycle and a concept album in your answer. (100 words)
6. Describe the German approach to art music and why we see so many German compositions in the standard repertory. (100 words)
7. What was challenging to audiences about Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, and what does it tell us about new works and the standard repertory? (75 words)

In order to receive a satisfactory on this assignment, you must answer each question correctly using concepts from class. There are many ways to be correct on each answer. If you are too far off on any answer, you will be eligible to redo this assignment until all of your answers are correct.