Music history

Stravinsky’s Octet for Winds and Schoenberg’s Suite for Piano can both be considered examples of neoclassicism, even while they show differences. Identify a total of 5 points of comparison, whether from similarity or difference.We studied works by four composers in...

Why harmony and hierarchy

Description Why “harmony and hierarchy?” Watch the youtube video of Pianist Glen Gould performing Bach’s D minor piano concerto movement number one and three. Write a two-three paper, tell me your thoughts about the performance and any other information that relates...

Slingshot Hip Hop movie analysis

The aim of these papers is to demonstrate an understanding of the themes discussed in class along with critical analysis of how the films we watch reflect complex ethical, social, cultural, and political realities. If you miss class when we watch a film for one of the...

Titus Andronicus

Music is an integral part of theatrical production, even among plays not designated as musical theater. Music (much like lighting) sets the tone and tenor of a given scene, enhancing the themes and motifs prevalent to the work. For the purpose of the assignment, you...

Live jazz event

Description Choose any live jazz event It is impossible to cover into detail all of those elements during the listening of the live performance, but try to cover some of the following elements: instrumentation, rhythm, melody, timbre, texture, harmony, and form, as...

Concerts Across Time

Choose two excerpts of a concert, one of a pop or rock concert from modern times and one of a performance of Baroque music. (The Baroque performance would by necessity be a performance of Baroque music performed in modern times.) Each excerpt should be approximately...