PART 1: conductors' knowledge
I. writing music
1. counterpoint: given a cantus in alto clef (which before this morning i did not know the definition of =/ it's just a series of notes/one part of a counterpoint) write a two species counterpoint above it in treble clef and a three species counterpoint below in bass clef. think of it as two separate counterpoints which both happen to have the middle line as part of it, not a single counterpoint with three parts.
2. here is the first part of a fugal subject. given the first note of the voice which comes in next, give the "tonal answer" of the next bar (i have no idea what this means).
3. write a melody for the viola (or whatever other instrument he chooses), 4 bars, include fingerings if possible.
4. here are some notations for violin harmonics. what are the sounding pitches?
5. here is a partial harmonization. complete it following four part harmony rules.
6a. here is a 12-tone row. write (notate) the inversion.
6b. hopefully your inversion is correct. now write, for the 4th, 6th, 9th, and 12th notes of your inverted row, the notation that would allow a cello to produce those notes in harmonics (in the correct octave).
7. drawing of a series of slides in various intervals. are these slides possible on the trombone? if yes, what position does the trombone have to be in?
8a. here is a sample harp pedal chart. which one is correct?
or
8b. given a series of sharps/flats for the notes, how would the harp chart look? (for those of you unacquainted with the harp, a harp has seven strings per octave representing (in the non-pedal positions) the notes of a diatonic major scale. there is a pedal that controls a particular pitch in every octave, so 7 pedals. each pitch can be raised or lowered by one half step to achieve all the notes in a chromatic 12 note scale. for those of you unacquainted with harp charts, which i was before this morning, the vertical lines represent each pedal in the order: D C B (divider to indicate which side of the harp the pedals are on physically) E F G A. for a given accidental, for example D sharp, the first line would be lowered so it was completely below the horizontal bar. sharps go down; flats go up, non intuitively.)
II. notate A440 in the following instruments:
what you'd expect. i don't remember all the instruments, but they came in all languages, transposing and non transposing, and they don't provide a clef (so you have to know which clef they all play in and which way they transpose/sound). did anyone know that ottavino is "piccolo" in italian? yea wtf. also he wanted us to notate for the oboe da caccia, a random baroque oboe that is the predecessor of the english horn (in F, sounds a fifth down).
III. written questions
A. 34 random vocabulary. a LOT of german. i can't remember all the words =/
pousaune: trombone (ger)
hervortretend: emphasized, marked (ger)
allmahlich: gradually (ger)
ausdrucksvoll: with expression (ger)
flatterzunge: fluttertongue (ger)
am griffbrett: at the fingerboard (ger)
am steg: at the bridge (ger)
bestimmt: with decision, distinct (ger)
ab. dampfer: no mute (ger)
al tallone: at the frog (it)
l'istesso tempo: the same tempo (it)
lo stesso tempo: the same tempo (it) fricking trick question
muta in re: change instrument to key of re (D) (it)
gran cassa: bass drum (it)
bouche: stopped or muted, for horns (fr)
pavillons en l'air: bells up, for horns (fr) apparently every year there is one guy who just has no idea and writes "pavilions in the sky."
pressez: accelerando (fr)
otez le sourdines: without mutes (fr)
sur le chevalet: on the bridge (fr)
un peu en dehors: somewhat prominently (fr)
cuivrez: brassy, literally "copper" (fr)
ok upon going through an entire music dictionary this is what i remember.
G.P.: grand pause (eng)
B. random trivia. this is something i'm going to have to edit as i remember the questions.
1. name three "major" choral works by j.s. bach (random cantatas do not count): st. matthew passion, st. john passion, b minor mass, christmas oratorio, magnificat, easter oratorio, ascension oratorio
2. how many concerti did beethoven write? name them: 7; 5 for piano, 1 for violin, 1 for violin/cello/piano
3. name a 20th-century hungarian composer other than bela bartok: dohnanyi, goldmark, hubay, kodaly, lehar, ligeti are some of the better known ones. i missed this question, guessing gorecki, who is polish.
4. name two czech operas: rusalka, devil and kate (dvorak), bartered bride, dalibor, two widows (smetana), jenufa, from the house of the dead (janacek) among others
5. name two operas by carl maria von weber: der freischutz, oberon, euryanthe
6. what is a furiant, and from what country did it originate?: bohemian dance in 2/4 and 3/4 time, czech.
7. name all the keys of all the brahms symphonies AND the keys of the second movements: 1 - Cm/EM, 2 - DM/BM, 3 - FM/CM, 4 - Em/EM.
7b. besides timpani, did brahms use any other percussion in his symphonies? which and which movement(s)?: triangle, in 3rd mvt of symphony 4.
8. what nationality is composer carl nielsen? danish. totally guessed (correctly :D) on this one.
9. how many symphonies is mozart generally agreed to have written (not including recent scholarship disputes, etc)?: 41
10. not counting symphony 100, name 3 of haydn's nicknamed symphonies and their keys: 94 GM (Surprise), 96 DM (miracle), 101 DM (clock), 103 EbM (drumroll), 104 DM (london) (these are just from the last 12 which were the only ones i studied, there are like 30 others.)
11. name two violin concerti NOT in D, and their keys: mozart 3(G) and 5(A), saint-saens (Bm), bruch (Gm), dvorak (Am), mendelssohn (Em), shostakovich (Am)
12. name two ballet scores by stravinsky: petrushka, rite of spring, firebird
ok that was the first 2 hrs. it was miserable btw :(
PART 2: dictations
I. wind dictation: here is your friendly wind quartet, flute (soprano), clarinet (alto), horn (tenor), and bassoon (bass). they play a four part harmony that is 14 bars long. every other bar has a fermata in it. they play in four bar chunks, 4 times each.
II. piano dictation: here is your friendly pianist. she will play some chords, some melodies, and some two-part harmonies. most of them are in one key/meter but a couple are atonal.
PART 3: theory test
1. harmonize a given bass in four parts, realize figured bass, perform roman numeral analysis.
2. write some second/third/fourth species counterpoint over a given cantus.
3. here is a segment of some piano piece.
a. describe the form of the segment
b. provide roman numeral analysis for the first system
c. name/analyze the chord in bar x beat y
d. what chord is "extended" throughout the second system?
e. what is the function of z chord/key area?
f. don't remember, there were six parts.
4. harmonize the given notes/add bass notes where indicated, use applied dominant/diminished seventh chords where appropriate.
5. given a soprano line, write a modulation into d major (from g major)
PART 4: ear training personal interview
mercifully short, i think this was only for placement purposes and had no effect on the actual score/interview. they had me sing some song by sight and play some two-line harmonies in various clefs on the piano.
PART 5: score reading i.e. get owned time
1. here is second movement of a beethoven string quartet! D: (it was op 134)
2. here is beginning of ein deutsche requiem! D: D: D:
we had to play these on the piano. i can't play the piano :(
okkkk and that was my day. how was yours
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