Week 5 (Aural Skills VI)
1. Schubert: Der stürmische Morgen (song 18 from Winterreise), vocal line (complete song)
Winterreise is a song cycle comprising 24 songs. In song 1 (Gute Nacht), the protagonist hoped to marry a girl, but he must leave, in the middle of a winter night. He writes “Good Night” on her door to show her that he thought of her. As the cycle continues, he wanders on a winter journey and sings of lost love and snowy landscapes. By song 18 (Der stürmische Morgen), a storm picks up and the wanderer compares it to his own heart, wild and cold like the winter.
How the storm has torn asunder / The heavens’ grey cover! / The cloud tatters flutter / Around in weary strife. / And fiery red flames / Dart around among them; / That’s what I call a morning / That really fits my mood! / My heart sees in the heavens / Its own image painted – / It’s nothing but the winter, / Winter cold and wild! (Trans. Celia Sgroi)
Where does this song modulate? How does it modulate to and from the second key? What is the relationship between the keys? How does this song reflect the text?
Week 2 (Aural Skills VI)
1. Schubert: Danksagung an den Bach (song IV from Die schöne Müllerin), vocal line mm. 5-18 (include pickups)
*Special Directions: This melody does not modulate. Before performing, please identify three tonicizations (roman numerals and measure number locations). Grace notes are optional.
2. Brahms: Violin Concerto, mvt. III, violin solo top divisi mm. 1-8
*Special Directions: This melody modulates. Identify the modulation using roman numerals and adjust solfège syllables to reflect the new key.
HINT: In order to complete the special directions for each melody, you will need to refer to the complete scores.
Video Instructions
Please record both melodies above with visible conducting. Please hold music up to the screen so we can see that no solfège has been written in the music. Email an unlisted YouTube link to your GTF.
In-Class Instructions
One of the above melodies will be selected for you to sing and conduct in class for your peers. You will have one attempt to complete the melody, so please be prepared!
Week 9 (Aural Skills V)
1. Music for Sight Singing by Benjamin/Horvit/Nelson:
What other key(s) is/are being emphasized mm. 6-8? Is it a tonicization or a modulation?
2. Music for Sight Singing by Benjamin/Horvit/Nelson:
Rhythm is extremely important in this melody. What is the difference between a dotted quarter-eighth and a triplet quarter-eighth? Practice switching subdivision between 2s and 3s. What kind of harmony is implied in m. 9? m. 8 Outlines a bVI borrowed harmony (because A flat is the root of the VI chord in C minor, not A natural). Remember that accidentals carry through the measure!
Video Instructions
Please record both melodies above with visible conducting. Please hold music up to the screen so we can see that no solfège has been written in the music. Email an unlisted YouTube link to your GTF.
In-Class Instructions
One of the above melodies will be selected for you to sing and conduct in class for your peers. You will have one attempt to complete the melody, so please be prepared!
Week 2 (Aural Skills V)
1. Musician’s Guide (Black Book): Page 229, #665 (Fanny Mendelssohn)
2. Music for Sight Singing by Benjamin/Horvit/Nelson:
Video Instructions
Please record both melodies above with visible conducting. Please hold music up to the screen so we can see that no solfège has been written in the music. Email an unlisted YouTube link to your GTF.
In-Class Instructions
One of the above melodies will be selected for you to sing and conduct in class for your peers. You will have one attempt to complete the melody, so please be prepared!