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Listening Gallery: Expository and Developmental

Module by: Anthony Brandt

Summary: This module includes exercises to practice listening for expository and developmental passages.

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Problem 1

Please listen to each pair of excerpts, and indicate which is expository and which developmental.

Musical Example: Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3, I, excerpt 1

Musical Example: Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3, I, excerpt 2

Correct!

Incorrect.

The first excerpt is expository. The solo piano presents a lyrical melody, supported by the orchestra. The second excerpt is developmental: It is fast changing, with an intricate dialogue between the piano and the orchestra.

Problem 2

Please listen to each pair of excerpts, and indicate which is expository and which developmental.

Musical Example: Igor Stravinsky, “Infernal dance of King Kachtchei” from The Firebird, excerpt 1

Musical Example: Igor Stravinsky, “Infernal dance of King Kachtchei” from The Firebird, excerpt 2

Correct!

Incorrect.

The first excerpt is expository: It is repetitive, presenting successive statements of the theme. The second excerpt presents overlapping entrances of the theme in rapidly changing instruments and registers. It is developmental.