Choose a piece of Western classical music written during the Common-Practice-Period (1650-1900), or a specific pop, jazz, or folk music selection, which exhibits Functional Harmony, and present a full analysis of the music. A detailed Rubric for this assignment will be presented and developed through class discussion, and you will develop your own rubric in collaboration with the instructor, citing specific analytical techniques suitable to the music you choose. You will submit an ABSTRACT with your EXAM.
*Be prepared to discuss your project in class! Begin by obtaining the score (if one exists) and multiple recordings. Make “lead-sheets” on your own, and listening charts.
Analysis FORMAT Guidelines
--“Prep” studies should include books, scores, web-sites, recordings, etc.
--minimum duration of “subject”: single movement of a larger work or 2'-3' excerpts
--PAPER: EQUIVALENT of 5-7 pages, double-spaced, 12pt font, with illustrations (background information, Four Parameters analysis, line-graph, Roman numeral analysis/harmonic reduction. May use digital-only multimedia formats, web-sites, etc.)
--We will discuss the details of your analysis in class, and you can bring in your “recent” observations any time.
--You are invited to present live or recorded segments of your chosen excerpt in class for group listening/commentary and brain-storming anytime.
***At the EXAM--For 5 Grade Points each, I will collect your 1. COMPOSITION first draft/sketches/studies (these can also be uploaded beginning NOW) 2. ABSTRACT of your ANALYSIS paper (one page, succinct)
Analysis Paper Topics
Bach--Little Fugue in G minor (and Stokowski orchestration)
Bach--Art of the Fugue, i and ii
Haydn--#94 Surprise Symphony, ii
Mozart--Requiem, Lacrymosa
Mozart--piano sonata{?, movement?, measure numbers?}
Beethoven--Fur Elise
Schubert--Doepellganger
Chopin--Nocturne, Op.1 B-fllat minor
Debussy--Claire de Lune (two students)
Dvorak--#9, ii
Britten--Cuckoo
Shostakovich--#8, ii
Armstrong--West End Blues
Charmichael--{?}
"The rain of Kindo"
"Bloodstream" by Stateless
Vangelis
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