Thursday, November 25, 2021

November 26 -- Thankful to Be Driving Onward


The circle is complete! -- final Lecture-Playlist of a through-line since Prehistoric times (OK, we still have the Review Lecture-Playlists next week, but still...) -- notes on same (as well as all work o' week -- as needed -- definitely 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!

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Today's Lecture-Playlist (well, actually next Tuesdays!)...

Mark Alburger - 21st-Century Music (2. Hartley to Ross)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bj8Vndr84k&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcfAkbXvPRGTfYh3IWiqo_68

which is...

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 (21st-Century Music)


[Michael Cooke, wondering if he will be featured on 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 (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 (paragraph of five or more sentences)



Listening


Michael Cooke - Music for Humans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1SSWqEOMwY

http://www.michaelkcooke.com/bio.html


Thomas Ades - Totentanz (Death Dance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G8ySgSayK8
(@4:15 - interview w/ composer re work, previous to this...)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totentanz_(Adès)


Mason Bates - The B-Sides: V. Warehouse Medicine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZ1HhvZPlg

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B-Sides_(composition)


Steven Price - Gravity: Debris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFJdAAXaMRU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Price_(composer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity:_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack


Mehdi Hosseini - The Baluch: I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7IvipUYrm8

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

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


Lady Gaga - Poker Face

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_Face_(Lady_Gaga_song)