blue cathedral, excerpt. Jennifer Higdon

 

1)   Choose 3 musical elements (harmony, melody, texture, etc) Describe how you listened for these 

elements in your own words. Answer: What in the music increased your ability to analyze these 

musical elements?

2)   Answer: In what historical context was the piece composed (Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 

Classical, Modernist, etc.)? 

Why 

does the piece sound like this time period? That is, how do its 

musical characteristics mirror musical characteristics typical of the musical style of a time 

period?

3)   Answer: How can you relate the LG to music you listen to, today? Think about all of the contexts 

in which you listen to music.