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)
1. Is this piece enjoyable to listen to?
2. Is there anything that is striking good/bad to you?
3. 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
