Question
Note to moderator: Read slowly. Answer these music theory questions about the exquisite final section of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, for 10 points each:
[10e] While the final section is sung on this word, it does not resolve in the type of cadence named for this word, the plagal. The Stabat Mater, like many sacred works, uses a fugue sung on this four-letter word to conclude the liturgy.
ANSWER: amen
[10m] The final cadence in F minor is preceded by a “Monte” with successive tonicizations to B flat and C, in which F dominant 7 and G dominant 7 chords take on this function when tonicizing to B-flat and C respectively.
ANSWER: secondary dominant [or applied dominant or artificial dominant or borrowed dominant; prompt on partial answer] (The “Monte” refers to successive secondary dominants and their resolutions going sequentially upwards via a bass rising in half steps)
[10h] The Stabat Mater’s final resolution occurs with the two voices singing a string of these suspensions using the “ligature” syncopations of fourth species counterpoint. The Stabat Mater opens with the two voices “leaping” over each other in a string of these suspensions, which are the most common bass suspensions.
ANSWER: 2-3 suspensions (“two three” or “two to three”)
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| throw away your cards, rally in the streets | I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | Thompson et al. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | UBC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |