outline
Go through EACH piece that we studied in these chapters and list the media used for that piece. Do no list the title, just the media.
o If more than one piece has the same media, you do not need to list it again.
o If there are voices, the gender (male/female) does not matter.
Answer the following question:
o What was the most common media for each era?
Do NOT include information on things that are NOT media!
Review the pieces and list the genres used. If a genre is used more than once, then only one time.
For each genre, list the media that is used for that genre.
Indicate whether the genre is sacred or secular.
What texture was most common – homophony, polyphony, monophony • Characteristics of harmony and/or rhythm:
• Other stylistic features
• Do not include information in a category where it does not belong!
Make two sets of answers – one for the Middle Ages (Chapter 4) and one for the Renaissance (Chapter 5)
Make a list of the composers whose music we studied in these chapter.
• For each composer, list the genre(s) for the music that we studied by thatDo NOT list the title of the piece(s). List the genre(s) of those pieces.
o ONLY list information for the pieces that we studied by that composer o Do NOT include information on pieces/composers that we did not study!Take the information from your outline and write 2-3 paragraphs
for each period describing the characteristics of the music, the types of compositions, and the composers that we listened to (and the types of music that they wrote).
