Thursday, December 9, 2021

December 9 - Fare Thee Well!


[Igor Stravinsky, not the least concerned about Exam, Part II... Take-home, due -- as Part I, and any the Review Lecture Notes as relevant (from Week 15) -- 6pm, Friday, December 10, to mus21stc@gmail.com]

It's been a pleasure teaching you all semester, Music Appreciation -- here's wishing the best in all future endeavors!


Write Any Scale (Other than a Major or Minor) and Identify

Write Four Chords (But Not on C) and Identify

Write the Instruments of a Large Orchestra, in Score Order


Again, please describe at least 5 aspects of the below selections -- including

Timbre / Tone-Color (Instruments / Voices)
Form
Style


Listening


Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms: I

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

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


Darius Milhaud - La Creation du Monde (The Creation of the World): Fugato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqXq0es4wc (@ 5:00)
(Bernstein -- with beard! -- conducting)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_cr%C3%A9ation_du_monde


Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story: Cool

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_(West_Side_Story_song)


John Williams - Star Wars: Main Title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTiRrlgbYIM
(Composer conducting!)

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

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


Mark Alburger - Camino Real: Block 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP8AZZYpjIY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_Real_(play)
(the Tennessee Williams source of the libretto)


Fazil Say - Universe Symphony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFvZ5onSX3I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faz%C4%B1l_Say

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_%22Universe%22