[Alarming World Music possibilities for Exam, Part II... Take-home,
due -- as Part I, and both of the Review Lecture Notes (from Week 15, if
you have not turned in already) -- 6pm, Friday, December 10, to
mus21stc@gmail.com]... Also hope you can join us for the final Zoom
Get-Together 5pm later today, Wednesday, December 8!
Thanks for a great semester! Happy Holidays and feel free to stay in touch!
Best wishes for life, the universe, and everything!
Mark
Write Any Scale (Other than a Heptatonic [7-Note] Major or Minor) and Identify
Write Four Chords (But Not on C) and Identify
Write the Instrumentation of any Large World-Music Ensemble and Identify
Write the Instrumentation of any Small World-Music Ensemble and Identify
Again, please describe aspects of the below 6 selections -- including
Rhythm
Pitch
Dynamics
Timbre / Tone-Color (Instruments / Voices)
Texture
Harmony
Form
Context
Listening
[Music c. 1900-1920]
Indonesia (Bali) - Gamelan Gong Kebyar
(first performance in the style, 1915) (Eastern Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldPMifPbngc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Indonesia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Bali
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan_gong_kebyar
[Music c. 1920-1940]
France (Darius Milhaud, 1892-1974) -
La Creation du Monde (The Creation of the World), Op. 81 (1923): Fugato
(Northern Europe, w/ Western Africa and Eastern America influences)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqXq0es4wc (@ 5:00)
(Bernstein -- with beard! -- conducting)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWpAQ6AWMDA
(With Score!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_stream
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Milhaud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_cr%C3%A9ation_du_monde
[Music c. 1940-1960]
Argentina (Astor Piazzolla, 1921-1992) -
Tangazo, 1970 (Southern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTLeuYs69WI
(With Score!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Argentina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_tango
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Piazzolla
https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/711/tangazo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandoneon
[Music c. 1960-1980]
Ghana (b. c. 1945) -
Postal Works Cancelling Stamps at the University (1975) (Western Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXe0F5TRIhA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Ghana
https://parkarts.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/115813357/WorldsOfMusic.pdf
(Pages 67-70)
[Music c. 1980-2000]
California (Mark Alburger, b. 1957) -
Camino Real, Op. 110 (2003): Block 10
(Western America, w/ Western Europe influence)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP8AZZYpjIY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Alburger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_Real_(play)
(the Tennessee Williams source of the libretto)
http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2003/02/camino-real-op-10.html
[Music c. 2000-2020]
Turkey (Fazil Say, b. 1970) - Universe Symphony, Op. 43 (2012):
I. Expansion of the Universe (Western Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFvZ5onSX3I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Turkey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faz%C4%B1l_Say
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_%22Universe%22
