Module 2-Listening Assignment-Timbre

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At the end of the recorded lecture for this module, you will hear four pairs of

music samples. While the selections in each pair have some things in common—

the selections in pair #1 both feature a male solo voice; pair #2 selections feature

a solo instrument; selections in pair #3 are performed by choirs; and the pair in #4

are string quartets--the timbre of each selection is vastly different.

Please describe what you hear in each selection regarding the character of the

timbre, or the nature of the sound. You may use ordinary words in your

descriptions.

Pair #1:

a. Robert Alagna: “La Donna é mobile b. Louis Armstrong: “Hello, Dolly!”

Music B22-Module 2

Listening Assignment: Timbre (tone quality)

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Pair #2:

a. Yo-Yo Ma: Bach Cello Suite in G, Prelude b. Jimmy Page: solo, “Heartbreaker”

Pair #3:

a. Choir: Palestrina, Gloria b. Choir: “Hallelujah” from Messiah

Pair #4:

a. String Quartet: Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik b. String Quartet: Elliot Carter, quartet #1

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