The 4th movement of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony,

Listen to this excerpt of the 4th movement of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZVdVuskkKUIt depicts a storm in a German forest. Now, using your Italian terms from Hoffer, label the dynamics at the following points: 1.-at the beginning...

Music Album Review: Rock and Roll Era& Beyond

Choose one of the albums listed below and write an album review. The review consists of three parts: Part 1: Do research into the Album. Who is the artist? What is the name of the album? What year was the album recorded? What record label? Who was the producer? Who...

Pop song piracy: Disobidient music distribution since 1929

Chapter 1: Tim Pan Alley’s Near-Perfect Distribution SystemChapter 2: Bootlegging Song SheetsChapter 3: The Content and Uses of Song Sheetscomplete a short writing concerning the topics covered by the readings, Writings are to be no less than 300 words, and no...

Defining Hip Hop

Part 1: Read the following different pairs of definitions of “hip hop” from various sources (some definitions are intentionally provocative). What is hip hop? “Hip Hop is still fundamentally an art form that traffics in hyperbole, parody, kitsch, dramatic...

Bach’s Little Fugue in G minor

Compare and contrast fundamental aspects of Bach’s Little Fugue in G minor and Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Required Textbook Readings (Music, An Appreciation, by Roger Kamien) –From Part I: Elements Chapter 1: Pitch, Dynamics and Tone...

Music Research paper

The Musical Research Paper has a formal, professional tone, and is intended to help students develop an original and thoughtful composition that isaccurate in research and analysis, well organized in structure, and clear in comprehension. The main objective of the...