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
