• Looking back over the assigned reading and listening from the second
part of the
semester.
• Reviewing my notes and questions on the web pages.
• Reviewing the in-class notes that I handed out as well as your class
notes
• Identifying areas that you think are important.
Questions to consider:
• Can you identify connections from the beginning of the semester until
the end?
• Think about the genres represented at different times in history
-- where do they come from/where do they go?
Contrapuntal forms
Sonatas
Variations
Suites
Character Pieces
Fantasy-types -- pieces with an improvisational
background
• Can you describe the evolution of sonata form and the classical
style
in general terms, using examples from piano literature to support your
ideas?
• Can you, from looking at a printed score, discern stylistic elements
that would indicate who composed a work, what its genre was, etc.?
• Can you do the same from listening to an unidentified piece?