Music assignment - SUBMIT BACK WITHIN NEXT 6 hours

 

This discussion asks you to reflect on the values of Western Art Music and, subsequently, how these values manifest in the Western Art Music canon.

1. Nicholas Cook writes, Not surprisingly…many of the ideas most deeply embedded in our thinking about music today can be traced back to the ferment of ideas that surrounded the reception of Beethoven’s music." In 200-250 words, how has Beethoven's music and his mythology influenced our musical values  - and the values at the core of Western Art Music? (Please incorporate and bold at least two quotations from Cook, Back to Beethoven to help enhance your argument.) 
2. In 200-250 words, what is the Western Art Music Canon? What is one piece that is a crucial part of the Western art music canon, and what are three ways this piece exemplifies the values you identified in number one? (Please incorporate and bold at least two quotations from Linda Shaver-Gleason, "You Can't Change the Canon...Or Can You? (Links to an external site.)" to help enhance your argument.)