Listening essays. Please select:
Two works of music found in your Unit 8 folder
– Work: Prlude l’aprs-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the afternoon of a fawn) 1894
Composer: Claude Debussy (1860-1918)
Description: A perfect example of the new treatment of tonality, more sensuous, less linear direction than ever before.
Work: Black Angels (1970)
Composer: George Crumb (b. 1929)
Description: A dramatic, seminal work that depicts the unique and idiosyncratic direction of concert music in the late twentieth century.
Two songs found in your Unit 9 folder
-The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
One piece of music/song of your own choosing, which does not have
to come from these units, but from your own personal history or
preference
– Kehlani Love Language
Compose a summary of each work. Demonstrate what you have learned about music listening. Please include in your summaries, descriptions that include music elements such as: genre, texture, form, consonance, dissonance, themes, and other music elements learned throughout the semester. Again, I ask that these summaries be substantive and informative, as well as personal. Balance information learned this semester, with a sincere personal interest in your selections.
Book: Music: An Appreciation, Brief Edition 9th Edition by Roger Kamien
