Galicia PAU History of Music and Dance / Historia de la Música y de la Danza 2º Bachillerato CIUG study plan

Map the main aesthetic currents of twentieth-century music (impressionism, expressionism/Second Viennese School, neoclassicism, serialism, aleatoric, minimalism, electronic and popular urban music) onto a timeline with one representative work each

Build a comparative table of the principal dance forms covered by the exam (ballet clásico, danza moderna, danza contemporánea, danza española/flamenco) indicating época, rasgos coreográficos y autores clave

Identify and describe the formal and harmonic traits of at least four works from the domain (for example Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage or Reich) using correct terminology in Spanish

Explain the relationship between technological change (grabación, electrónica, medios digitales) and musical creation in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in a short written synthesis

Analyse guided listening of three twentieth-century works, identifying instrumentation, texture, rhythm and form, and writing 150 words per work in Spanish

Consolidate the medieval repertoire: canto gregoriano, monodia profana de trovadores y juglares, Ars Antiqua y Ars Nova, distinguishing their notation, texture and social context

Compare the musical and functional differences between a Gregorian chant and a troubadour song, citing at least three concrete criteria

Locate and describe the main sources and composers of Galician-Portuguese cantigas within the medieval panorama

Explain the birth of polyphony and the transition from organum to Ars Nova polyphony, naming representative forms and authors

Describe the characteristics of the Renaissance: polyphony, imitation, modal harmony, the printing press and the humanist context

Distinguish the main Renaissance vocal genres (motet, mass, madrigal, chanson, villancico) by function, language and texture

Identify the principal composers of the Franco-Flemish, Roman and Venetian schools and one representative work per composer

Analyse a Renaissance mass or motet section, locating imitation, cadences and the use of cantus firmus

Define the Baroque period and its aesthetic premises (bajo continuo, concertato, tonal harmony, afectos) with precise vocabulary

Differentiate Baroque genres: ópera, cantata, oratorio, concerto grosso, concierto solista, suite, fuga and sonata

Compare the contributions of at least four Baroque composers (for example Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach and Handel) in terms of genre and style

Explain the transition from Baroque to Classicism: Empfindsamkeit, galant style, sonata form and the new role of the orchestra

Describe the Classical genres (symphony, string quartet, sonata, concerto, opera buffa and seria) and their formal schemes

Analyse the first movement of a Classical sonata or symphony, marking exposition, development and recapitulation

Summarise the contributions of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven with one key work each and a justification of the choice

Characterise musical Romanticism: expressiveness, chromaticism, programme music, expanded orchestra and the cult of the artist

Distinguish Romantic genres and forms (lied, piano miniature, symphonic poem, opera, ballet) and relate them to representative composers

Explain nineteenth-century nationalism and its musical markers, including the Spanish and Galician cases

Compare a Classical and a Romantic treatment of the same formal type, citing two concrete musical features

Review the whole chronology from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century, placing 25 representative works on a dated timeline

Practise exam-style score analysis on two unseen excerpts, one tonal and one twentieth-century

Rehearse definitions of 30 technical terms (texture, form, notation, genre) in Spanish, without consulting notes

Connect twentieth-century dance with its musical accompaniment, naming three choreographer–composer pairings

Complete two full mock exams under timed conditions, including the listening and analysis sections

Diagnose and list the five weakest content areas from the mock results and re-study each for 20 minutes

Rehearse structured written answers on the heaviest domains using the exam's expected format and length

Memorise a final set of anchor works and dates for each period to use as evidence in essays