Topic: Music school assignment

Music Appreciation Listening Logs Name: Section: Date: Log Number:5 Directions: Answer the following questions regarding music examples about The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach (Baroque Music). Answer each question as best you can. The questions should be completed using complete sentences. Example #1 – Antonio Vivaldi Song Title: “Spring” from “The Four Seasons” Type of Piece: Concerto Source: http://safeyoutube.net/w/xip (You can listen to the entire concerto here: http://safeyoutube.net/w/ljp) STUDY– 1. Look in the course at 4.05: Baroque Period Composers, Part 1, Vivaldi page 2. According to this section, why is the concerto “The Four Seasons” considered program music? 2. According to this section, what is a concerto? 3. Look in the course at 4.05: Baroque Period Composers, Part 1, Vivaldi page 3. - How does Vivaldi translate this poem to music? (You can share a few ideas from pages 4-6) 4. Look in the course at 4.05: Baroque Period Composers, Part 1, Vivaldi page 8. According to this section, what are terraced dynamics, and how did Vivaldi use them in the concerto? 5. Look in the course at 4.05: Baroque Period Composers, Part 1, Vivaldi page 9. According to this section, what is ornamentation, and how did Vivaldi use it in the concerto? LISTEN – 6. What instruments do you hear? (Name as many as you are able, if you are listening to an orchestra –list the most prominent instruments that you recognize.) 7. What emotions are conveyed in the piece? How does it make you feel? Does Vivaldi do a good job interpreting the essence of “Spring”? Why/Why not? MAKE CONNECTIONS – 8. Do you know any modern music that is either based on nature (or the seasons), or is a musical representation of a poem? (If you can’t think of a musical connection, try to find a poem that you could share that would be interesting if turned into music.) Example #2 – Johann Sebastian Bach Song Title: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring Type of Piece: Church Music (from a Cantata) Source: http://safeyoutube.net/w/gjp (You can listen to the entire Cantata here: http://safeyoutube.net/w/jjp) Study – 1. Look in the course at 4.05: Baroque Period Composers, Part 1, Bach page 4. According to this section, what is a cantata? 2. According to this section, what were Bach’s responsibilities in Mullhausen? a. How many cantatas was Bach expected to produce? b. According to this section what instrument did Bach have remarkable skill at playing? LISTEN – 3. What instruments do you hear? (Name as many as you are able, if you are listening to an orchestra – please list the most prominent instruments that you recognize.) 4. What emotions are conveyed in the piece? How does it make you feel? MAKE CONNECTIONS – 5. This is music that Bach composed for the Church in his day. Compare and contrast this music to sacred music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, or with modern worship music. Example #3 – George Frederic Handel Song Title: Hornpipe (from Water Music) Type of Piece: Suite Source: http://safeyoutube.net/w/ojp (You can listen to the entire Suite here: http://safeyoutube.net/w/qjp) King George commissioned Handel to write the music for a boating party on the Thames. An ensemble of 50 musicians played on a barge on the river, while the king and his favorites listened from the royal barge. Hundreds of people in other boats listened alongside. 1. Describe the performance. 2. What is a Suite? 3. What emotions are conveyed in the piece? How does it make you feel? If you would have been the king (or queen), how would you have evaluated Handel’s work? 4. Can you imagine floating down the river on a boat listening to a concert? Have you seen other unique music/concert settings? Listening Log Grading Rubric: 36-40 = Excellent: All songs completed as directed. The form is entirely completed with full sentences displaying well composed responses utilizing appropriate musical vocabulary. The document is free of writing errors and demonstrates quality listening. 26-35 = Good: All songs completed. The form is entirely completed with full sentences displaying thoughtful responses utilizing appropriate musical vocabulary. The document contains minimal writing errors and demonstrates quality listening. 21-25 = Fair: All songs completed. The form is not entirely completed with a mixture of full and partial sentences displaying reasonably thoughtful responses utilizing some musical vocabulary. The document contains minimal writing errors and demonstrates careful listening. 1-20 = Poor: At least one song completed. The form is not entirely completed with a mixture of fragments or partial sentences displaying reasonably thoughtful responses utilizing less than adequate musical vocabulary. The document contains writing errors or demonstrates less than careful listening. 0 = No response. (As with other assignments, if submitted past the Sunday past the due date the highest score will be out of 90% “36pts.” – In this case, the formula applied will be basically “score” minus “four”.)