LISTENING REFLECTION REPORT: Details
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LIST of MUSIC WORKS for Listening Reflection Report w See the list of musical examples presented below:
• Be sure to listen to the correct work as listed. For a multi-movement work, such as a Sonata or Symphony, the specific movement to focus on is identified. (For example: Mozart: Symphony #40 in G minor, Movement 1: You should focus on only the first movement of this four-movement work.)
• Links to YouTube performances are provided with each of the listed works. • Also, audio recordings of each of the works can be found in the indicated
textbook sections on CONNECT. o Review the Listening Outline for the listed work. o On CONNECT: You can also locate the audio files for the works under
“Resources” located on the left side of the Assignments page in “Media Bank”. The musical works are listed alphabetically.
• Review the pages and chapter in the textbook that relate to the work and musical style.
w Listen to a selection of the works and choose one musical work listed in Group A
and one musical work listed in Group B. (Note that selected movements and sections are indicated for the larger works.)
w Write your Listening Reflection Report based on the two musical works you’ve
chosen. Follow the given writing instructions (located on Canvas In the WRITING ASSIGNMENT: LISTENING REFLECTION REPORT module to correctly complete each of the sections of your report. GROUP A: Choose one work from this group The Middle Ages
Machaut: “Puis qu’en oubli” https://youtu.be/-M1nQYAEs6U Machaut: “Agnus dei” from the Notre Dame Mass https://youtu.be/pedOXEwgHow
The Renaissance Period
Josquin: “Mille regretz” https://youtu.be/107gP2moTKM https://youtu.be/S0TNPoDYHFY
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Josquin: Gaude virgo mater Christi https://youtu.be/rdZWmiYmlYc Palestrina: “Kyrie” from Pope Marcellus Mass https://youtu.be/QdZ_7dFbl1A Dowland: “Flow my tears” https://youtu.be/4SUm5BeBBYY https://youtu.be/u3clX2CJqzs https://youtu.be/PM2efKgXGvA
Baroque Period
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, Movement 1 https://youtu.be/ZK6-x9sdEYo J.S. Bach: Organ Fugue in G Minor (Little Fugue), BWV 578 https://youtu.be/PhRa3REdozw J.S. Bach: Suite No. 3 in D Major, Movement 2: Air https://youtu.be/pzlw6fUux4o Purcell: “Thy hand, Belinda” and “When I am laid in earth” (Recitative and Aria) from Dido and Aeneas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOIAi2XwuWo&list=RDa_RQJOAHedQ&index=14 (In case you’re wondering what Norman says at the end of the video, "Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel, in meinem Lieben, in meinem lied" which comes from a different song, Mahler's Rückert-Lieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen. Translated, it means "I live alone in my own heaven, in my love, in my song." She finishes by saying "Schöner gehts nicht", meaning "It could not be more beautiful." Jessye Norman was a brilliant musician and performer and loved the music she performed so beautifully!) Vivaldi: Winter (L’Inverno), Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Movement 3, from The Four Seasons https://youtu.be/ScYPvYM2OUk Handel: “Piangero la sorte mia” (Aria), from Giulio Cesare https://youtu.be/uNEstLXJIeQ
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Handel: “Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted” (Aria), from Messiah https://youtu.be/vCLUhVkCoPE Handel: “Hallelujah” (Chorus) from Messiah https://youtu.be/C3TUWU_yg4s
Classical Period
Mozart: Symphony #40 in G minor, Movement 1 https://youtu.be/BJPmYURJk4c Mozart: Piano Concerto #23 in A Major, K. 488, Movement 1 https://youtu.be/LuesOjh038Q https://youtu.be/yNOnsskjd9k
Mozart: Leporello’s “Catalogue Aria” “Madamina” (Aria), from Act I, scene 5, Don Giovanni https://youtu.be/qgC3GGxF1E0 Mozart: “Dies irae” from Requiem https://youtu.be/1Tb9HmlPuVI Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major (Surprise), Movement 2 (Andante) https://youtu.be/VOLy6JxEDLw
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op 57 ("Appassionata”), Movement 1 https://youtu.be/EEptNFzLpjk Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, Movement 1 https://youtu.be/I7AQeN-x_Xs https://youtu.be/yWP2XzWCEVs
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GROUP B: Choose one work from this group Romantic Period
Schubert: Erlkonig https://youtu.be/C3nxyS8wf8E https://youtu.be/JS91p-vmSf0
Chopin: Polonaise in A flat Major (“Heroic”), Op. 53 https://youtu.be/fW0Y3M4EJ4M Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 64, Movement 1 https://youtu.be/vzbC39utkTw Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Movement 4: March to the Scaffold https://youtu.be/VXHrHQ5ZEHo
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy https://youtu.be/f6qZUCi7ToQ Bizet: Carmen, Habañera https://youtu.be/K2snTkaD64U Verdi: La donna e mobile, from Rigoletto https://youtu.be/oMhB_jticKE https://youtu.be/-UAgETVR-lE (Sung in English)
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act 3 https://youtu.be/P73Z6291Pt8 (Instrumental Version)
20th Century and Beyond
Debussy: Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the “Afternoon of a Faune”) https://youtu.be/Y9iDOt2WbjY Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring): Introduction and Omens of Spring https://youtu.be/mfczUgr1qu4 (Orchestral version) https://youtu.be/rhXX4KzztdA (Music with dance performance)
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Schoenberg: Mondestrunken (Moondrunk), from Pierrot lunaire https://youtu.be/b_6JCGB2kxI (from the beginning until timecode 1:34) Still: Afro-American Symphony, Movement 3 https://youtu.be/R7ZOAVraaRU Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue https://youtu.be/cH2PH0auTUU Copland: Simple Gifts (Section 7), from Appalachian Spring https://youtu.be/HvP70LhZYSE Ginastera: Estancia Suite, Op. 8a, Movement 4 (Final Dance: Malambo) https://youtu.be/y36xmzYpujc Cage: Sonata No. 2, from Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano https://youtu.be/xObkMpQqUyU Piazzolla: Libertango https://youtu.be/GnyAgOWhMnk Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine https://youtu.be/5LoUm_r7It8 Whitacre: Lux Aurumque (Light and Gold) https://youtu.be/D7o7BrlbaDs https://youtu.be/sWIGb1Ljfbs
Music for Stage and Screen
Bernstein: “America”, from West Side Story https://youtu.be/_e2igZexpMs Bernstein: “Tonight”, from West Side Story https://youtu.be/MyUV3hIL-G0