Music questions
UNIT IV
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In Unit IV you will listen to 25 musical pieces in chronological order according in the way music progressed throughout time from the Middle Ages to the present time and as explained in your textbook. Make sure to read about each of the music pieces in your textbook while you listen. The pieces are explained in words there. Reading the textbook while listening to the musical pieces the textbook text explains the musical elements: tempo, rhythm, texture, dynamics, melody, and timbre as used in each composition. It also describes in detail what you are listening to such as which instruments are played and if there are vocals such as choir. This understanding of musicology and historical content would not be possible for you without reading about the music in the textbook while listening.
You are to distinguish between the periods and listen for the elements of music in the compositions. The musical compositions and instructions on how to access them are found in the MUSIC LIBRARY tab in
WEBCOM 2. If off campus, you place your email and your student ID will go in the blanks when you sign in to listen. If you have trouble, call the reference librarian. On campus, you do not have to place an E in front of your name in the blanks for NAXOS MUSIC LIBRARY. If off campus, you do need the E in front of your student ID. Your textbook explains what the composer may have experienced or what influenced his life. IMPORTANT: Online students turn this assignment in to me in WEBCOM2. Campus students (face to face) will give me a hand written or a hard-printed copy of this assignment and hand it to me instead of mailing it to me.
ASSIGNMENT:
Your assignment is to become a Disk Jockey (DJ) on the radio and write a script for me that you will read to your “make belief radio audience.” Choose your ten top compositions, among the 25, that you found to be the most inspiring to discuss with your radio audience. Read about the compositions in the textbook and listen to the music. Describe to your audience what they are to listen for. Your job is to share information about the composer, such as name, the name of the work, the period the work is from, and some details about the work plus pertinent interesting facts about the period that the music was written in. If your musical examples have composers, then you will tell listeners about that composer’s life and such as what they did. Include musical terms such as dynamics, (loud or soft), tempo (fast or slow) and rhythm, harmony, and melody in your script.
NOTE: You are to pretend to be a Disk Jockey at a radio station and the purpose of the assignment is for you to distinguish between the types of music from different time periods and hear the elements of music and describe them to an audience. You will be able to hear the comparisons between the sounds of the instruments of the Baroque Period and the Classical Period. The string instruments are what make a band different from an orchestra. The orchestra was formed into the four sections during the Classical Period (1750 – 1825). Hopefully, you will have a lot of fun with this assignment as a DJ. If you like cars, have a car dealership for your sponsor. Or, if you like food, have a food show or a restaurant as your sponsor. You will want to be creative by including commercials in your script anywhere between some pieces. This adds interest. You are given points for being interesting and creative. You will make up a name for your radio show as well. (SLO 1: ULO 1.3, 1.6, 1; SLO 2: ULO 2.6) You will send this assignment through WEBCOM2.
DIRECTIONS:
Listen to all pieces several times so that you will remember them before you select which of the ten you will write about for this assignment. You are to try to play examples from several different composers and periods, so you can discover the characteristics of all periods.
After you have spent time listening to all the musical examples, then write your script starting with number 10 first. Your favorite one will be number 1. In your paragraph, you will use words that are musical terminology and be sure to write about how music expresses the human experience and how music reflects cultural values. Be totally observant, specific and detailed in your comments in this script. Describe each individual composition. Utilize the words such as melody, harmony, timbre, dynamics, texture, tempo and dynamics. These are the elements of Music found in Unit I.
Be sure to write down your sources and the name of the text when you use this material.
Elements of music are in Unit I and in Unit V and are words such as dynamic, loud and soft and texture like homophonic or polyphonic or monophonic, and melody, the catchy tune heard in the composition and harmony, the combination of sounds which blend. Be sure to be descriptive in your answers.
Begin your Radio Show: Your favorite composition will be your last composition which is #1.
Number 10:
1. Give the name of the composition ________________________.
1. The name of the composer_____________________________.
Where was the composer born _________________________?
1. What era or period does this work fit into? _____________.
0. Summarize how the composer utilized the elements of music.
0. Point out to your radio audience what they should listen for when they hear the music such as what instrument/s or vocals they may hear.
0. Find 2 fun facts about the composer to share with your radio audience:
References:
Number 9:
1. Give the name of the composition ________________________.
1. The name of the composer_____________________________.
Where was the composer born _________________________?
1. What era or period does this work fit into? _____________.
0. Summarize how the composer utilized the elements of music.
0. Point out to your radio audience what they should listen for when they hear the music such as what instrument/s or vocals they will hear when they listen.
0. Find 2 fun facts about the life of the composer to share:
References
Number 8:
1. Give the name of the composition ________________________.
1. The name of the composer_____________________________.
Where was the composer born _________________________?
1. What era or period does this work fit into? _____________.
3. Summarize how the composer utilized the elements of music.
3. Point out to your radio audience what they should listen for when they hear the music such as what instrument/s or vocals they will hear when they listen.
3. Find 2 fun facts about the life of the composer to share with your radio audience:
References:
Number 7:
1. Give the name of the composition ________________________.
1. The name of the composer_____________________________.
Where was the composer born _________________________?
1. What era or period does this work fit into? _____________.
2. Summarize how the composer utilized the elements of music.
2. Point out to your radio audience what they should listen for when they hear the music such as what instrument/s or vocals they will hear. Be clear and detailed in answer.
2. Find 2 fun facts about the composer and his life to share with the radio audience:
References:
Number 6:
1. Give the name of the composition ________________________.
1. The name of the composer_____________________________.
Where was the composer born _________________________?
1. What era or period does this work fit into? _____________.
2. Summarize how the composer utilized the elements of music.
2. Point out to your radio audience what they should listen for when they hear the music such as what instrument/s or vocals they may hear.
2. Find 2 fun facts about the composer to share with your radio audience:
References:
Number 5:
1. Give the name of the composition ________________________.
1. The name of the composer_____________________________.
Where was the composer born _________________________?
1. What era or period does this work fit into? _____________.
2. Summarize how the composer utilized the elements of music.
2. Point out to your radio audience what they should listen for when they hear the music such as what instrument/s or vocals they may hear.
2. Find 2 fun facts about the composer to share with your radio audience:
References:
Number 4:
1. Give the name of the composition ________________________.
1. The name of the composer_____________________________.
Where was the composer born _________________________?
1. What era or period does this work fit into? _____________.
1. Summarize how the composer utilized the elements of music.
1. Point out to your radio audience what they should listen for when they hear the music such as what instrument/s or vocals they may hear.
1. Find 2 fun facts about the composer to share with your radio audience:
References:
Number 3:
1. Give the name of the composition ________________________.
1. The name of the composer_____________________________.
Where was the composer born _________________________?
1. What era or period does this work fit into? _____________.
1. Summarize how the composer utilized the elements of music.
1. Point out to your radio audience what they should listen for when they hear the music such as what instrument/s or vocals they may hear.
1. Find 2 fun facts about the composer to share with your radio audience:
References:
Number 2:
1. Give the name of the composition ________________________.
1. The name of the composer_____________________________.
Where was the composer born _________________________?
1. What era or period does this work fit into? _____________.
1. Summarize how the composer utilized the elements of music.
1. Point out to your radio audience what they should listen for when they hear the music such as what instrument/s or vocals they may hear.
1. Find 2 fun facts about the composer to share with your radio audience:
References:
Number 1 (your favorite!):
1. Give the name of the composition ________________________.
1. The name of the composer_____________________________.
Where was the composer born _________________________?
1. What era or period does this work fit into? _____________.
1. Summarize how the composer utilized the elements of music.
1. Point out to your radio audience what they should listen for when they hear the music such as what instrument/s or vocals they may hear.
1. Find 2 fun facts about the composer to share with your radio audience:
References:
Please give exact address if you used a search engine on some answers. You will need to place the exact address. Thank you
GRADING EXPLANTION, how you will be Graded:
For full credit, be sure to be thorough and be specific, detailed and answer all questions and be sure to include references.
Be sure to include exact addresses if you use websites as references. Text and websites are considered sources. Write down exact addresses.
Be sure you explain your answers with specifics. For example, if you say it had dynamics then you are not saying anything. You would need to say the dynamics were loud at the beginning and then became very soft. (for example) Or maybe you hear soft sounds and then loud sounds. You may hear the violins at the beginning and then the trumpets come in and the sounds change to a louder volume.
You may want to write about what instruments you hear. Please do not just write that you heard instruments. You will need to write which instruments you heard. For example, listen for the flutes at the beginning of this composition. If the music sounds like it makes you happy or sad, you may write about how the music evokes a feeling. You may write what it reminded you of a horse trotting or a bird singing. Please read your text since this will help you do this assignment. You may use the Study Guide and the Text which explains what you need to do. Thank you