******There are 4 parts to this Assignment****Each Part is Separate**** PART 1: Music Class Discussion Board (use at least 90 words for this part) Music, Patronage, and the Rise of the Middle Class In this module, we are discussing political events and sociological factors that led to the rise of the middle class. As a result, composers and musicians changed the means by which they supported themselves. Musical tastes and fashion also changed. For example, the middle class consciously attended public concerts and operas, and provided their children with music lessons to fit them for society. For this week’s topic, please discuss your answers to the following questions. 1. Have you had music lessons? 2. How many “classical music” concerts and/or operas have you attended in the past year? 3. Are concerts and music lessons something in which we (as a society) still actively participate? If not, should they be? ****Please answer each question is that order and label them 1,2 & 3 ****** PART 2: Music Class Listening Assignment #4 (use at least 110 words for this part) Preparing for Listening Assignment #4 Read through the description and instructions for the assignment below. Purpose The purpose of Listening Journal assignments is twofold: first, to develop your critical and analytical listening skills, and second, to develop your ability to express your musical critiques and analyses in writing. This assignment will help you develop the following skills: – Aurally identifying instruments, instrument families, and various performance ensembles. – Aurally identifying formal designs in music. – Correctly employing musical terminology in writing. This assignment will help you develop the following knowledge: – Familiarity with musical compositions by style period, composer, and title. – Understanding the various performance and stylistic features of the music of this era. – Understanding the differences and similarities among individual characteristics of the representative composers of this era. Task In this module, we are listening to and discussing a number of musical works. This assignment narrows that list down and asks you to listen deeper to six selections (listed below), each highlighting key aspects of music in the Baroque era. All selections below are listed by their number on the Course Playlist. 1. Listen closely to the track at least twice. (3-5 times would be better!) Make notes of anything that stands out or is of interest to you while you listen. Remember that the text includes a Listening Guide for each track (I have provided a listening guide where there is not one available in the text). These are available for your reference! 2. After listening, create a Word document (.doc or .docx). In a few sentences (no longer than one paragraph each), answer the questions/prompts provided for each. 3. Include your own observations. Use terminology and concepts learned in class. Selections: #17 – Haydn, String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20 No. 4 – First Movement ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeHKZKtAMM8 ) – What is the instrumentation used in this piece? – What is the form of this movement? How can you tell? #18 – Haydn, Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major – Third Movement ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5drYSu_xORw ) – What is the form of this movement? – What is historically significant about the use of the trumpet in this concerto? #19 – Mozart, Deh, vieni alla finestra from Don Giovanni ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PupISYVIfHs ) – What type of operatic song is this? (Review the types of solo songs in opera.) #20 – Mozart, Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466 – First Movement ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W44aZnSW1TU ) – The pianist plays alone for about 2 minutes at the end of the movement (10:35-12:30). What is this section called? – What is the purpose of this section? How does the purpose affect the performance? #21 – Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 – Second Movement ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSksyvuwSCI ) – What is the form of this movement? How can you tell? #22 – Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 – Fourth Movement ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACoev7wpU80 ) – What is the form of this movement? How can you tell? Criteria Strive for specificity in your writing. The enjoyment of music is subjective, but the questions and prompts for each selection are about objective, observable facts. In other words, there is room for your opinions of the music in your writing, but I am really looking to see your understanding about what you hear. Example Note that in the example given below, the answers are given in complete sentences and in paragraph form. Questions/prompts from the assignment are not restated. The paragraph includes musical terminology, correctly employed. Beethoven, String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4 – Fourth Movement* In the final movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 4 is in rondo form. The movement begins with a lively melody in a minor key, played in the violin I part. This melody is Theme A. The recurrence of this theme after each contrasting section defines the form. The first contrasting section, a lyrical Theme B, is played in the second violin part. After a return of the A theme, all instruments play together in a third contrasting section, Theme C. The piece concludes with Themes A, B, and A. The overall rondo form can be labeled ABACABA.
