music essay

• Answer two of the following three prompts with well-developed essays using your most vigorous English.
• Your answers should be 450 words each, so 900 words total. 
  
• You should use your textbook and two outside sources for each answer. Wikipedia will not be considered a legitimate outside source for this test.
• Properly cite borrowed thoughts and language.
• A bibliography should be included for both essays. (This does not count towards the word total for the essay.)
• Specific composers and works should be cited in each example to illustrate your argument.
• Essay are to be submitted to the dropbox by Sunday 11:59 pm CST.

Rubric

Each essay  will be graded with the following point distribution:

A Note on Plagiarism

I will submit your essays to turnitin.com. This website detects plagiarized text and reveals the source document. Any student caught plagiarizing will receive a zero for the assignment and be referred to the appropriate administration.

Prompts

1. Detail one genre of music we have studied in the first four weeks. Your answer should address the purpose, development, style, and general characteristics of the music. Hint: Baroque is an era, not a genre. Look up the term genre in the textbook before writing this essay.
2. Music can serve different purposes. Detail how music from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods has served a specific purpose, i.e. sacred music from the three periods or dance music from the three periods. Similarities and differences between the music from each era should be explained.
3. Form serves as an organizing agent for composers. Pick a time period and form we have studied in the first four weeks and explain how we expect the music from that category to behave.