Review of J.S. Bach’s “Gloria” – Mass in B Minor
Instructions (Week 2, MUS125, Understanding Music)
Listen to the following link on YouTube: J. S. Bach’s “Gloria” – Mass in B Minor
JS Bach’s Gloria – Mass in B Minor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izVzruuk1lc)
- Is this piece enjoyable to listen to?
- Is there anything that is striking good/bad to you?
- Describe the music using the some of these key terms:
- A Cappella
- Active listening
- Basso Continuoso
- Beat
- Cantus Firmus
- Chamber music
- Chords
- Classical Music
- Common time
- Counterpoint
- Concerto
- Dissonant
- Early Music
- Emotional listening
- Form
- Genre
- Gregorian Chant
- Glissandro
- Harmony
- Key
- Liturgical
- Major
- Measure
- Melody
- Meter
- Minor
- Monophonic
- Motet
- Motive
- Movement
- Orchestra
- Ordinary
- Pitch
- Polyphonic
- Register
- Ritornello
- Rhythm
- Scale
- Tempo
- Texture
- Timbre
