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CAPMT Student Evaluations Syllabus 2009 Level 8 – p. 1 LEVEL 8 Complete Requirements Repertoire Three pieces: One from the Baroque or Classical Period, one from the Romantic Period, and one from the Twentieth Century. Two must be memorized. Anthologies Publisher Alfred Magrath, J.: Masterpieces with Flair!, Book 3 FJH Faber: The Developing Artist Piano Literature, Book 4 Piano Sonatinas, Book 4 Harris Celebration Series Perspectives : Piano Repertoire Level 8, Etudes, Level 8 Kjos Snell, K.: Piano Repertoire, Level 8 Baroque and Classical Romantic and 20 th Century Etudes First Sonata Album Additional Examples Baroque Bach, J. S.: 2 Part Inventions, Nos. 5, 7, 11, 12 Classical Mozart: Sonatas, K. 280 in F, K. 283 in G, K. 330, K. 570 Romantic Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Op. 19, No. 1, Op. 53, No.2, Op. 62, Nos. 1 and 6, Op. 67, No. 6, Op. 85, No. 1 and Op. 102, No. 4 20 th Century Villa‐Lobos: Five Pieces on Brazilian Folk Songs Shostakovich: 24 Preludes Op. 34, Nos. 13, 16, 17, and 19 Oral Questions Questions may be asked about musical terms and signs found in the student’s repertoire. In addition, the student should know the style period represented by each piece, as well as one or more facts about the composer. If the repertoire includes pieces in binary, rounded binary, ternary, or Sonata Allegro form, the student may be asked to identify the form.

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LEVEL 8 CompleteRequirements

Repertoire

Threepieces:OnefromtheBaroqueorClassicalPeriod,onefromtheRomanticPeriod,andonefromtheTwentiethCentury.Twomustbememorized.

Anthologies

Publisher

Alfred Magrath,J.:MasterpieceswithFlair!,Book3

FJH Faber:TheDevelopingArtist

• PianoLiterature,Book4• PianoSonatinas,Book4

Harris CelebrationSeriesPerspectives:PianoRepertoireLevel8,Etudes,Level8

Kjos Snell,K.:PianoRepertoire,Level8

• BaroqueandClassical• Romanticand20thCentury• Etudes• FirstSonataAlbum

AdditionalExamples

Baroque Bach,J.S.:2PartInventions,Nos.5,7,11,12

Classical Mozart:Sonatas,K.280inF,K.283inG,K.330,K.570

Romantic Mendelssohn:SongswithoutWords,Op.19,No.1,Op.53,No.2,Op.62,Nos.1and6,Op.67,No.6,Op.85,No.1andOp.102,No.4

20thCentury Villa‐Lobos:FivePiecesonBrazilianFolkSongs

Shostakovich:24PreludesOp.34,Nos.13,16,17,and19

Oral Questions

Questionsmaybeaskedaboutmusicaltermsandsignsfoundinthestudent’srepertoire.Inaddition,thestudentshouldknowthestyleperiodrepresentedbyeachpiece,aswellasoneormorefactsaboutthecomposer.Iftherepertoireincludespiecesinbinary,roundedbinary,ternary,orSonataAllegroform,thestudentmaybeaskedtoidentifytheform.

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Sight Reading

Sightreadashortmusicalexample,equalindifficultytoaLevel6piece.

Technique

Scales

DbEbGbMajorbbcebharmonicandmelodicminor

Handstogether4octaves

q =100

Cadences

DbEbGbMajorbbcebminor

I­IV­ii6–V7­Ii–iv–iio6–V7­i

q

Scale:2Against3

DbMajor

Handstogether,RH:3octavesin8thnotesLH:2octavesintripletsReverse

q =100

Four­NoteTonicandDominantSeventhChordInversions

DbEbGbMajor

Handstogether.Rootpositionandinversions.Blocked,thenbroken.

q

Tonic,DominantSeventh(V7)Arpeggios

DbEbGbMajor

Handstogether4octaves.

q =84

Tonic,DiminishedSeventh(viio7)Arpeggios

bbcebminor

(beginontheleadingtoneofthescale)

Handstogether4octaves.

q =84

Terms and Signs

ornamentwithupperprefix ornamentwithlowerprefix

contrapuntaltexture robusto pedalpoint/organpoint

m.d.(manodestra) m.s.(manosinistra) pivotchord whole‐tonescale

augmentation diminution stretto hemiola

portato scherzo scherzando stringendo

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Musical Style Periods

Althoughsomeofthecharacteristicslistedbelowmaybefoundinmorethanonestyleperiod,thelistingsgenerallyindicatetheearliestwidespreadusageand/oracontrastwiththepreviousstyleperiod.

CHARACTERISTICSOFBAROQUEMUSIC

• Extensiveuseofornamentation.• PolyphonictextureincludingFugues• Binarydanceforms• Harpsichordandclavichordwidelyused

CHARACTERISTICSOFCLASSICALMUSIC

• Homophonictexture• Phraseseasilydefined• Multi‐movementSonata/SonataAllegroform• Pianoreplacestheharpsichord• UseofAlbertibass

CHARACTERISTICSOFROMANTICMUSIC

• Widerrangeofexpressionindicatedbythecomposer• Morefluctuationintempo,includingrubato• Programmaticmusicwithdescriptivetitles• Increaseduseofchromaticism• Formalstructuresbecomelessimportant

CHARACTERISTICSOFIMPRESSIONISTICMUSIC

• Useofmodes,wholetonescales,andpentatonicscales• Pedalusedforcoloristiceffect• Glidingchordsinparallelmotion(planing)• Departurefromfunctionalharmony• Harmonyoftenbasedonfourthsandfifthsratherthantriads

CHARACTERISTICSOFTWENTIETHCENTURYMUSIC

• Mayincludebitonality,polytonality,atonality• Avarietyoftextures,includingclusters• Useofchangingmetersandasymmetricalrhythms• Influenceofjazz,ragtimeandblues• Pianooftenusedpercussively

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Music Literacy

Thestudentisresponsibleforallterms,signs,andconceptsfrompreviouslevels.

• Writeawhole‐tonescalebeginningonanynote.

• Writeoridentifysecondarydominants:V(7)/V,V(7)/IV

• Harmonicallyanalyzeamusicalexamplewritteninchoralestyle,usingRomannumeralsandfiguredbass.Nomodulationwillbeinvolved.

• Matchornamentstotheirrealizations.

• Matchcharacteristicstomusicalstyleperiods.

• Identifythestyleperiodofmusicalexcerpts.

• Writecounts,addbarlinesortimesignaturestorhythmexamplesincluding32ndnotesandrests.

• Matchtermsandsignstotheirdefinitions.

• DemonstrateanunderstandingofthetonalstructureofSonataAllegroform.

• Scoreanalysis:Questionswillinvolveconceptsfromthisandearlierlevels.

Aural Training/Listening Skills

• Intervalidentification:Allmajorandminorintervalsplusthetritone.Eachwillbeplayedbrokenandsolid.

• Identificationoftheposition(root,1stinversion,or2ndinversion)andqualityofamajororminortriad.

• Identificationofthepositionofadominant7thchord:

Rootposition,1stinversion,2ndinversion,or3rdinversion

• Identifythestyleperiod(Baroque,Classical,Romantic,or20thCentury)ofamusicalexample.

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Level 8 Sample Written Test

Scales

WriteawholetonescalebeginningonD. ____(4pts.)

Harmonic Analysis ____(5pts.)

GivetheRomannumeralsandfiguredbassforeachunderscoredchord.Thefirstonehasbeendoneasanexample.

I5/3 _____ ____________________

Secondary Dominants ____(4pts.)

Writethefollowingsecondarydominants:

Fmajor:V7/VCmajor:V7/IV Gmajor:V7/V Dmajor:V7/IV

Ornaments ____(2pts.)

Matcheachornamenttothecorrectrealization.

A B

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Musical Style Periods ____(12pts.)

Matcheachcharacteristicwiththeappropriatestyleperiod.Write“B”forBaroque,“C”forClassical,“R”forRomantic,“I”forImpressionisticor“T”forTwentiethCentury.

____Morefluctuationintempo,includingrubato

____Influenceofjazz,ragtimeandblues

____Harpsichordandclavichordwidelyused

____Harmonyoftenbasedonfourthsandfifthsratherthantriads

____Avarietyoftextures,includingclusters

____Homophonictexture

____Pedalusedforcoloristiceffect

____Extensiveuseofornamentation.

____UseofAlbertibass

____PolyphonictextureincludingFugues

____Multi‐movementSonata/SonataAllegroform

____Widerrangeofexpressionindicatedbythecomposer

Matching ____(8pts.)

___scherzo a.righthand

___portato b.2ormorevoicessoundingatthesametime

___m.s.(manosinistra) c.achordwhichprecedesamodulation,andiscommontoboththeoriginalkeyandthenewkey

___m.d.(manodestra) d.aplayfulorhumorouspiece,ajoke.

___hemiola e.halfwaybetweenlegatoandstaccato

___contrapuntaltexture f.quickening,accelerando

___pivotchord g.lefthand

___stringendo h.arhythmicdevicesuperimposing2beatsinthetimeof3,or3beatsinthetimeof2

Rhythm ____(4pts.)

Writecountsfortherhythmexamplebelow.

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Score Analysis ____(18pts.)

ThefirstmovementofSonataOp.13,No.3byHeinrichJosephRiegeliswritteninSonataAllegroform.Answerthefollowingquestions:

1. IdentifythekeyandmodeoftheSonata.__________________

2. Whichtermbestdescribesthebassclefnotesinmeasures1–3and9–11?

Repetition___ Pedalpoint___ Sempre___

3. Identifytheornamentsfoundinthefollowingmeasures:

Measure13__________________

Measure16__________________

Measure37__________________

4. NamethethreemainsectionsofSonataAllegroformandgivetheinclusivemeasurenumbersforeach.

Firstsection: __________________ measures___to___

Secondsection: __________________ measures___to___

Thirdsection: __________________ measures___to___

5. Inthefirstsection,thesecondthemebeginsinmeasure17.LocatethefirstmeasureofthesamethemeinthethirdsectionoftheSonata.____

6. Identifythekeyandmodeofmeasures17‐36.________________

7. Whatisthetermfortheaccompanimentpatternfoundinthebassclefofmeasure17?____________________

8. Identifythekeyandmodeofmeasures37to42.__________________

9. Identifythecircledintervalinmeasure56.__________________

10. Identifythecirclednon‐harmonictonesinthefollowingmeasures:

Measure15__________________

Measure17__________________

_57_Possiblepoints _____Studentpoints

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Sonata, Op. 3 No. 3

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