Wednesday, November 24, 2021

November 24 - Cookin'


Another cornocopia! -- final Lecture-Playlist of a through-line since Pre c. 3500 B.C.E times (OK, we still have the Review Lecture-Playlists next week, but still...) -- notes on same (as well as all work o' week, including Quiz 14... information for final Quiz below second picture of this blog entry... OK, we still have the Exam in 2 weeks, but still...) due (as usual, attached pdf / jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com) 6pm, next Friday, December 3.  Meanwhile, Happy Thanksgiving!

Today's Lecture-Playlist...

Mark Alburger - Music c. 2000-2020 (2. Hartley to Ross)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bj8Vndr84k&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcfAkbXvPRGTfYh3IWiqo_68

Feel free to research topics on your own as an alternative.
Here are some other links that are of relevance...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_instrument


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Iran


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s_in_music

The videos a breaking dance of...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2a. Hartley to Richter)
Hal Hartley, James MacMillan, Bono, Harry Gregson-Williams, Max Richter
https://youtu.be/9bj8Vndr84k
(N.B. Harry Gregson-Williams The Martian blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2b. Wurman to Clark)
Alex Wurman, Kurt Cobain, Steven Clark
https://youtu.be/wrpLDJfIZ14
(N.B. Video only viewable in U.S.A. and 3 other countries,
due to inclusion of Alex Wurman March of the Penguins)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2c. Tilmann to Cooke)
Denhard Tilmann, Thom Yorke, Sean Combs, Michael Cooke
https://youtu.be/OsBjXtMgjso

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2d. Cooke to Iglesias)
Michael Cooke, Queen Latifah, Thomas Ades, Enrique Iglesias
https://youtu.be/jHQ4cJ9iCYk

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2e. Bates to West)
Mason Bates, Stephen Price, Kanye West
https://youtu.be/0gHWYA-Q3iE
(N.B. Stephen Price Gravity blocked)

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2f. Hosseini to Ross)
Mehdi Hosseini, Feeona Lee Jones, Lady Gaga, Ryan Ross
https://youtu.be/fhJMvcVmCIc
(N.B. Lady Gaga Poker Face blocked;
Video only viewable in U.S.A. and a few other countries,
due to inclusion of Ryan Ross I Write Sins Not Tragedies)

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Information for Quiz 14 (Music c. 2000-2020)


[Ominous Listenings for Quiz 14 (21st-Century Music) -- worksheet due 6pm, Friday, December 3 -- attached pdf(s) / jpg(s) to mus21stc@gmail.com -- thanks!]


Write Four Bars of Music reflecting the World at present
(make it interesting and/or beautiful and/or fun and/or dangerous)




Write a Short Essay on a Favorite Piece of Music (composer/performer and name of piece)

What makes it great?  Use our typical vocabulary --
re Rhythm, Pitch, Dynamics, Timbre, Texture, Harmony, Form, Context



Listening


England (Brian Eno, b. 1948) - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981):
Qu'ran (Western Europe / Northern Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezGQX6RmmgY
[N.B. this is a controversial piece -- you may substitute another selection of your choice]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eno

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_(album)



Norway (Mari Boine, b. 1956) - Goaskinviellja
(Eagle Brother, 2009, Northern Europe, Sami Shaman Music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kprl0CECykA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Boine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Norway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_music


California (Mark Alburger, b. 1957) - Camino Real, Op. 110 (2004):
Block 2 (Western America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li6MgReutBE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Alburger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_Real_(play)

http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2003/02/camino-real-op-10.html


China (Tan Dun, b. 1957) - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000):
Farewell (Eastern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0CELgEyIAw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Dun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon_(soundtrack)


Russia (Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, b. 1960) - Mountain Voice
(2015, Northern Asia, Tuvan Throat Singing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxeXxK-yC1I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaigal-ool_Khovalyg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_the_Tuva_Republic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvan_throat_singing


Ethiopia (Hachalu Hundessa, 1986-2020) - Maalan Jira
(What Existence Is Mine, 2015, Eastern Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3he6CGF3E

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Ethiopia