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Prompt for Blog 9
For this blog, I want you to consider the music and dance of the Mevlevi, part of the mystical Sufi tradition of Islam, in relation to any of the spiritual/religious music that we discussed last week: Buddhist chant; gospel music (Amazing Grace); Western art music in the Christian church; or music in the synagogue (Salomon […]
Prompt for Blog 8
As we discussed in class, gender roles and gender expectations often play a role in the creation of a piece of music or how people respond to it. Carmen’s aria, for example, broke all the rules for how a woman should behave in front of a man she’s just met, which excited audiences through controversy. […]
Prompt for Blog 7
Our theme this week was “Music and Ethnicity,” where ethnicity was defined as “a group of people bound by shared culture, including social customs, values and beliefs, and perhaps common language, religion, and ancestry.” Considering your own background, do a little research and tell us about a genre of music associated with your ethnicity. (Remember […]
Prompt for Blog 6
In class this week, we explored how the social context of a piece of music can shift over time. The music’s meaning and uses can be completely different from when it was first created to now, since changes occur in audience, occasion, location, and style. Select one piece of music that we studied on Monday […]
Prompt for Blog 5
During class on Wednesday, we discussed several different concert traditions: the jazz club, the chamber music recital, and the symphony orchestra concert. You can see performance videos for each setting, along with a concert of classical Hindustani music in the class slides shared below. Referring to these slides, your notes from class, and/or the textbook […]
Prompt for Blog 4
Pick one of the following film clips: Opening Scene from Get Out (2017) Ride of the Valkyries/Helicopter Attack from Apocalypse Now (1979) 1.21 Gigawatts from Back to the Future (1985) If you aren’t already aware of the story for the scene you picked, look it up online; in a few sentences, tell us what’s going […]
Prompt for Blog 3
Select a piece of musical technology such as a musical format, an instrument, a mode of instruction, software, etc. This can be anything related to music that fits our definition of technology: “Knowledge, techniques, and tools that help humans (or animals!) achieve certain goals.” Referring to your textbook along with any online sources you find […]
Prompt for Blog 2
Pick a song or a piece of music that you’re familiar with. Give us some background information on the artist, genre, and your relationship to the piece of music. Next, choose two of the musical elements we discussed in class: one from Monday (melody, rhythm, or harmony) and one from Wednesday (timbre, texture, or form). […]
Prompt for Blog 1
Select one of the six historical periods of Western Art music described in Chapter 1 that sounds the most interesting to you (Medieval; Renaissance; Baroque; Classical; Romantic; or Twentieth Century). Some questions to answer after reading the textbook’s description of the period: What about this period excites you? Are there any historical events within the […]
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Thanks for creating a Commons account and joining our course site. I’m excited to read your thoughts about music in each of your blogs throughout the semester. Please comment below to briefly introduce yourself (name, year, major, and a musician/song/group/composer that you like). For example, here’s my introduction. Hi everyone! My name is Samuel Teeple […]
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