MUS-104 / PHI-299 History and Philosophy of Music

Midterm Review/Synthesis Guide

Below you will find a list of important people, pieces, and concepts that we have studied in the course
so far. The goal of this guide is to help you to organize your thoughts on the content of the class up to
this point. This should help you to review what we have done so far as you prepare to write your
midterm paper. For each item in the list below, you should be able to

a. Explain its significance in the history and philosophy of music, and

b. Explain how it is related to any other item in the list. That is, for any pair of items in the list
below, you should be able to explain how the items in that pair are related to one another.

We will discuss this material in class on Tuesday 10/8, and this discussion will be much more effective
for you if you have started studying the items on this list before our class meeting.

Philosophers

Mattheson Langer
Schopenhauer Kant
Hanslick Plato

Composers and Pieces

J.S. Bach, Schumann

Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 Carnaval
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Beethoven
Monteverdi Symphony no. 3 "Eroica"
Orfeo Brahms
Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Symphony no. 4, IV
Mendelssohn Mozart
"Songs without Words" Piano Sonata No. 9

Terms and Concepts

Arousal Theory Romantic

Expression Theory Camerata
Contour Theory Opera
Formalism Melody
Expresses vs. Is Expressive Of Texture
Representation Instrumentation
Mimesis Beethoven Problem
Doctrine of the Affections Periodicity
Enlightenment Problem of Music (18th Century)
Renaissance Beauty (specifically in music)
Baroque Tonally Moving Forms
Classical Serialism