Fifth Grade Musicianship Resources
If you can answer the questions below, you ought to do well in the Form, History and Set Works sections of AMEB Fifth Grade Musicianship. 1. What is meant by the term art song? Name an example and name its composer. 1. Give the expected form and key of each movement of a typical string quartet such as those written by Haydn or Mozart. 1. Describe the musical structure in relation to the poem for each of the following songs set for study:
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Art Song and Lieder
2. What is meant by the term through-composed in relation to lieder and art song?
3. What is meant by the term strophic in relation to lieder and art song?
4. Name two composers of lieder other than Schubert.
5. Give three distinguishing characteristics of lieder.
6. Explain the role of the piano in Schubert's lieder.
7. Name three British art song composers from the first half of the twentieth century.
8. Name two twentieth century British composers other than Vaughan Williams who have written art songs and name an example by each.
9. Explain the significance of the piano in Schubert's lieder. Make reference to at least two of his lieder (not your set work) to illustrate the points you make in your answer.
10. What is the difference between an art song and a folk song?
11. Name a Nineteenth Century German-speaking composer of lieder other than Schubert?
12. Name a twentieth century British composer of art song other than Vaughan Williams.
13. What is a song cycle? Name a song cycle and its composer.
14. Name two composers other than Schubert who wrote lieder.
String Chamber Music
2. Name the instruments you would expect to be specified in a typical string quartet by Haydn or Mozart.
3. What is the name normally given to a chamber work for five instruments?
4. What is the form usually employed for the first movement of a quartet written by Mozart or Haydn?
5. Which instruments usually make up a string trio?
6. If the key of the quartet was D major, name the expected key of each movement.
7. List the movements in a typical string quartet of the Classical Period. Also give the usual speed, key and form of each movement.
8. Give a brief outline of the structure of a string quartet written in the time of Mozart and Haydn.
9. Name two types of string chamber works composed by Mozart.
10. Name a quintet written in the 19th century, giving the name of the composer.
11. Which string instrument of the orchestra is used least in chamber music?
12. Name the interval between each open string tuning of the double bass.
13. Write the open string tuning of the violoncello using an appropriate clef.
14. Which term describes the playing of two strings simultaneously.
15. Write the open string tunings of the violin and double bass, using appropriate clefs.
16. Write the open string tunings of the viola and violoncello, using appropriate clefs.Set Works
Schubert: Der Lindenbaum
2. Quote the opening eight bars of the theme Haydn used for the variations in the string quartet movement you have studied. Show dynamics and phrasing.
Vaughan Williams: The Roadside Fire
Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song
3. Briefly outline the structure and keys of Schubert's Der Lindenbaum, mentioning the number of stanzas in the poem.
4. Quote the first eight bars of the vocal part of Mendelssohn's On Wings of Song. Words are not required.
5. Briefly outline the features of the structure of the string quartet movement you have studied that are not typical of the usual string quartet of the period.
6. Describe the role of the piano in Schubert's Der Lindenbaum.
7. How many bars long is the opening theme of the first movement of the Haydn string quartet you have studied?
8. Which two instruments begin the double fugue in Variation 4 of the Haydn string quartet movement you have studied?
9. Describe the character of the piano accompaniment of Vaughan Williams' The Roadside Fire, mentioning any devices the composer uses to reflect the mood or the meaning of the words.
10. Briefly describe the form of Schubert's Der Lindenbaum. In particular, explain how Schubert uses the piano introduction to define the structure of the song.
11. Give a full account of the form of the Haydn string quartet movement you have studied. Mention the instruments used to announce themes in the various sections of the movement.
12. Describe the character of the piano accompaniment of Mendelssohn's On Wings of Song, mentioning any devices the composer uses to reflect the mood or the meaning of the words.
13. Discuss how Haydn uses the theme in Variation Three in the string quartet movement you have studied.
14. How does Mendelssohn use the piano accompaniment in On Wings of Song to reflect the mood or the meaning of the words?
15. How does Schubert change the mood of Der Lindenbaum from one stanza of the poem to the next?
16. Give a brief outline of the form of the first movement of the Haydn string quartet you have studied. Discuss how Haydn treats the theme in Variation Four.
17. Der Lindenbaum (The Linden/Lime Tree) by Schubert
i. How many stanzas are there in the poetry?
18. How does the third musical section of Vaughan Williams' The Roadside Fire differ from the first two?
ii. What separates the four musical sections of the setting?
iii. Name the key of the work.
iv. Name the key of the second section.
19. In the first movement of the string quartet you have studied, Haydn makes use of various contrapuntal devices. Identify two such devices which play an important role, and where they occur.
20. From which song cycle does Schubert's Der Lindenbaum come?
21. Name the original key of Der Lindenbaum's Section I [stanzas 1 and 2] and Section II [stanzas 3 and 4].
22. Briefly describe the difference in the accompaniment of Section I [stanzas 1 and 2] and that of Section III [stanza 5].
23. Who wrote the words of Mendelssohn's Auf Flügeln des Gesanges? Describe the main feature of the accompaniment used throughout the song.
24. How many stanzas are there in Schubert's Der Lindenbaum? How many musical sections does Schubert employ in the setting of these stanzas?
25. What is the original key of Vaughan Williams' The Roadside Fire? Briefly describe the difference in the accompaniment of stanzas one and two.
26. Name the key and time signature of Mendelssohn's On Wings of Song. Describe the accompaniment of the first two sections.
27. What is the form of the first movement of Haydn's String Quartet op 76 no 6 1st movement? What form would you have expected it to be? Which instrument chiefly presents the theme in Variation 2 [bars 72-108]?
28. Name the key and give the time signature of Schubert's Der Lindenbaum.
Describe the overall form of this work, using letters [A, B etc].
What is the difference in the treatment of the first and final sections?
29. Briefly describe Vaughan Williams' musical treatment of each stanza of The Roadside Fire, mentioning both melody and accompaniment.
30. State the number of stanzas in Mendelssohn's On Wings of Song. How many musical sections does Mendelssohn employ in setting these stanzas?
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