MUL 2720 Terminology Quiz

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MUL 2720 - Terminology Quiz

• 3 February 09 (Tuesday) in-class
• Basic materials of music (pre-textbook)
• See Review Sheet on course web site for specific
  terms to be defined on test
• Open-ended questions (no matching or T/F)
• 5 of Course Grade
• Pencil (NO PEN)

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Two 18th C Examples by Mozart

• Le nozze di Figaro (Marriage of Figaro)-
  Italian- libretto by da Ponte after
  Beaumarchais- Opera buffa
• Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)- German-
  libretto by Schickaneder fantasy- Singspiel

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An 18th-Century Theater
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Another 18th-Century Theater
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An 18th-Century Audience
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Alan P. MerriamsThree-Part Model
Sound
Behavior
Concept
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Universals in Music

• Who Makes Music?
• Everyone in the World makes music (or at least
  something that sounds like music)
• Vocal music is universal (not everyone has
  instruments)
• All people have the ability to recognize, react
  to, and make music (to some degree)

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Music as an exceptional activity

• Music and music-making transform the human
  condition
• Music has a beginning and an end (must be made
  it does not just happen)
• Music is almost always used in religion, ritual,
  conjuring, healing, calling god, etc. (which
  suggests the belief in its exceptional powers)

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Differences in Musics?

• Are humans identical (part of the same species)?
  (but what about languages?)
• Factors that affect music
• Belief systems
• Structure and organization of society
• Resources
• Outside factors

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Absolutes among World Musics

• Each musical system is independent of others
• Music is NOT hierarchical (no music is
  automatically superior to others, just different)
• Music is NOT evolutionary (music is not moving
  toward a single superior system)