SENIOR YEAR 1
Know the basic characteristics of music in each era, plus definitions/significance of the following terms:
Medieval: neumes, modal, chant, Pope Gregory, sacred, secular, lute,
Renaissance: madrigal, motet, word painting, Palestrina, Tallis, patronage system
Baroque: opera, oratorio, concerto, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, harpsichord,
Classical: absolute music, symphony, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven
Romantic: programme music, tone poem, art song/lieder, ballet, piano, virtuoso/virtuosity, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Berlioz
20th Century: 12-tone, atonal, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Debussy
SENIOR YEAR 2
All of the above, plus be able to trace the transformation of various forms of music across the eras.
