What are the important stages in the history of form and how are they linked to developing genres?

Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Periods Of Music-

Provide an informed paper on one of the suggested topics below:

Text and music – this might focus on song overall, or a particular kind of song

Instrumental Virtuosity

Music in the Church – how did musicians create music that fit the uses of the Christian church during these periods

Women in music – opportunities, challenges, gendered aspects of music

The lives of composers – how they work, who they work for, how they write their music, etc

Form – how does the development of form become a crucial aspect in these periods, or in the Baroque period? Why? What are the important stages in the history of form and how are they linked to developing genres?

The Patrons – who pays and supports music during our class’s period of study?Why do they support music?How do they influence and control the music they support?

Describe what instruments are used in that culture,and the singing.

Music culture of Italy

1. Geographical information
2. History of the culture
3. At least three listening examples of its music, and any important details (ex. All music was coupled with a dance, or all music was ceremonial) about each song
4. Describe what instruments are used in that culture,and the singing.

Would recommend finding primary sources online, including youtube videos.

Compare any two dramatic characters and their musical portrayal through themes Puccini assigns them.What does the music tell you about each of the characters and the dynamics between the two?

Puccini’s La Boheme

1300 – 1500 words

Write a 1300 word paper on La Boheme by Puccini in reference to one of the topic items below.

This is not a research paper, but rather an exercise in careful and intelligent listening. Below are some topic ideas to choose from – if you wish to choose a different subject,consult me beforehand.

1. Puccini uses themes, short melodies, to illustrate characters and situations, giving us a glimpse
into the characters’ intimate thoughts. Pick one theme from the choice of musical motives describing Mimi, Rodolfo, and Musetta, trace it throughout the opera, and discuss how Puccini uses it to tell the story and aid the development of the chosen character.

2. Compare any two dramatic characters and their musical portrayal through themes Puccini assigns them.What does the music tell you about each of the characters and the dynamics between the
two?

Remember, music should be the main focus of the discussion.
Do not devote more than 10% of your paper to recounting the plot or describing the costumes. Encourage you to go back and listen again to some of the selections – the more you listen, the more you
will hear. Feel free to write in the first person (e.g. “I noticed…”). Do not be afraid to come up with your own conclusions. It is your personal impressions and reactions to the live opera experience that interest me most.

It is helpful to read the program notes beforehand.
program notes link:
https://www.metopera.org/discover/synopses/la-boheme/
Full opera link:

Why was Native American music so successfully Fused with New Age music?

This is what the last writer wrote;

“Why was Native American music so successfully Fused with New Age music?
The Native American relationship between their culture and music is generally gleaned according to their values and musical concept, the language role in the music text, and the musical event structure. Generally, the values and musical concepts encompass various aspects like the music source, its origin, and the ownership of the music. In such a case, these aspects give the structural picture in broader ways in terms of the perception we have regarding the particular music, hence offering us crucial insight into the overall pattern of the given culture. In addition, it is good to note that, even though some of the individuals who are incapable of verbalizing the ideas in the music underlying conceptual structure exist, they may be perceived by looking at the practices within the particular music.
With such a piece of background information talking about the music within the Native America Culture, they are characterized by tracing back the final origin regarding their traditional music since the creation time, when a particular song the creator and the spirit beings give it for the first time to the people according to their mythical past. The Native Americans provided a new song characterized by a given event within some of their communities every year. This means any person within those communities could have been dreaming by the time he acknowledges and uses the visions in the dream to structure and present a new song to the entire community. Therefore, this gives us an insight into the dynamic process of creating any particular music. As a result, the Native Americans were obsessed with their ancestral tradition, their relationship with nature, and music. Lastly, even though they were devastatingly disregarded and displaced, they ended up discovering better ways of fusing their loved traditions, hence providing their people with New Age Concept in order to take it to another level once again.

Bibliography
Campbell, Patricia Shehan, Christopher Mena, Skúli Gestsson, and William J. Coppola. “‘Atawit Nawa Wakishwit’: Collective songwriting with Native American youth.” Journal of Popular Music Education 3, no. 1 (2019): 11-28.

Keillor, Elaine. “Indigenous music as a compositional source: Parallels and contrasts in Canadian and American music.” In Taking a Stand, pp. 185-218. University of Toronto Press, 2019”

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What do you perceive to be the strengths or weaknesses in each piece from an aesthetic point of view?

This assignment requires you to write a detailed comparison of any two listening selections (Billie Holiday's Billies Blues and George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue) found in the textbook (The Enjoyment of Music Essential Listening FOURTH EDITION Kristine Forney and Andrew Dell'Antonio)

Your music study should cover the following, in full sentences:

Identify:

The full titles of the pieces

The composers' full names, birth and death dates, and nationalities

The years when the pieces were written and where they fall within the composers' lifetimes.

Compare: Juxtapose the two pieces using these criteria:

instrumentation

form

harmony

tempo

meter

texture

style period

text (if any)

absolute or programmatic meaning

sacred or secular orientation

Evaluate: What do you perceive to be the strengths or weaknesses in each piece from an aesthetic point of view? This will involve subjective judgment on your part, but use examples to support your opinions.

Is this a stereotypical slow and gentle piece of classical music for strings as so many would claim?Why or why not?

For part I, briefly comment on each individual piece of music, what might have caught your ear and what surprises you discovered in each piece.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wokx576v5Y0 Shostakovich string quartet #8 the Second Movement: Early to the mid-20th century: Is this a stereotypical slow and gentle piece of classical music for strings as so many would claim?Why or why not?

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QttUcKZ8NMU Barbara Hannigan sings El misterio de la macabre Mysteries of the Macabre. The conductor and musicians must really pay attention to the music written by Ligeti. This music is not new:

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE-w_mQ2mxU Cycling for flute by Kokoras: The composer uses a 4/4 meter but also uses ¾ meter and 5/4 meter, Yes, it’s late 20th-century classical music.

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tk_zHR-r_M Henry Cowell’s “The Banshee” (an Irish ghost). Finally some piano music from early 20th century classical music. What might be at least one or two music elements that you are able to identify? What is your reaction to this experimental classical music work from over 100 years ago? There are no “wrong” answers.

5. Mad King, is a 20th-century classical music stage piece. It’s NOT an opera! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6357vL9TPg&t=487s

6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inBKFMB-yPg Another classical piece: What music elements can you identify?

7. Penderecki’s: Resurrection of Christ: Listen to various sections even if you don’t understand the language then describe at least two parts that you found most unusual. Use timestamps to justify your answer.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mmcq1HylCg&list=PLCF9CFEFCD3D89BB2&index=9

8. Is Pauline Oliveros Sound Patterns music or just vocal noise? Does it have a pattern and does it have a beat? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSf7jvO6soM&t=83s

9. This fusion of 19th-century classical style violin improvisation in Hip Hop Violin style certainly embraces the better of two styles. What is your opinion of this music? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLX7V_eDT5U

10. Carmina Burana: by Carl Orff. This is not an opera! This piece is part of a 90-minute work for choir and orchestra. Sometimes ballet companies dance to it and sometimes it is a music play format. The song, “In the Tavern” certainly is a drinking song. Watch the video from timestamp 35:44 to 38:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKc47r6_lFo&t=3271s

11. Choose two pieces that either intrigued you the most or perhaps surprised you the most.

12. Meter and Measure: Write a 50 to 75-word review on this lecture/demonstration https://www.dropbox.com/s/8kk17evljelha5y/Measure%20and%20meter%20.mp4?dl=0

13. https://www.dropbox.com/s/yhsy3tbs3jnnz2o/What%20is%20Meter.mp4?dl=0 what is a “Meter” in music? Write minimum 50 words review by describing some of the various meter patterns and how you faired when attempting to conduct the patterns.

14.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xk3nvdv55mb03j8/Beat%2C%20meter%20and%20rhythm.mp4?dl=0 Beat, rhythm and meter: write a minimum 50 to75 word review. You are required to include the name of every “song”, specific to the meter examples in the video or no credit will be given.

15. Watch and follow the simple beat coincides with a simple rhythm. https://www.dropbox.com/s/4rovnf8fskvye8y/20210619_110610.mp4?dl=0 It may be a little tricky to follow at first, but it’s a very short sample. Please go through it a minimum of three times. On your 4th view, follow along counting the beat as 1.2.3.4 and clapping the rhythm where the chords are playing. You may wish to do the very easy part more than once before the “rests” (squiggly looking line) are included. The beat continues to move even during a “rest”.

Answer this: When did it become

16. Rhythm Reading Sheet and video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/o59b5g8q7j9luu5/rhythm%20reading%20sheet.mp4?dl=0 Answer this: Describe your personal level of difficulty and if after at least three attempts

What method did you use to take notes to compile and manage the information you obtained from your research?

Choose a topic that interests you and use the Internet to research the topic and gather the information you need to create your project. You may want to refer to your textbook section Conduct Online Research in Module 2: The Web, pages CC 2-17 through CC 2-21. As you are researching your topic, be sure to take notes of the important content that you want to include in your presentation.
Make sure you cite all of your sources. The use of someone else’s material without citing it is plagiarism.

Topic Selection:
Choose a topic (baking, cars, dog grooming, cosmetology, gaming, etc.)
Create the presentation as if you were showing it to someone that knew nothing about the topic
Be sure to include details that help explain the topic (use text and pictures)

Create a Word file:

File Name: LastName-FirstName-ResearchPaper (use your last name and first name in the file name)
MLA Format
Your paper should be 2-3 pages (including Works Cited page) and it needs to answers the following questions:
What is the topic for your Final Exam Project?
Why did you choose this topic?
What keywords did you use to research your topic online?
What websites did you use to research your topic? Use at least 4 sources for your project.
What method did you use to take notes to compile and manage the information you obtained from your research? Example, did you write it in a notebook, type it in a document as you read, did you copy and paste text, etc.
As you were doing the research, did you learn anything new about your topic that you didn’t already know?

How is the experience of the two videos different?Does one help you get into it more?

Quarantined Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Here’s one performance by the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen . This is the complete last movement of the symphony, shot in a more conventional symphony performance production.

Now, listen to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s virtual performance of the 6th movement.

After listening, answer the question below.

How is the experience of the two videos different?Does one help you get into it more? Of course, everyone has been affected by COVID-19, but many people are not sitting idly by, but choosing to be proactive. Maybe this video might inspire something in you as well. Don’t want to sit by to wait around. Think the bigger picture here, at least for me, is that there are still many things in my control and many things i can still do. How have you adapted your life, improved your habits, and set yourself as a positive force for the people around you?