Week 1: What were some of the "hotbed" areas of the beginning of the Jazz Age. Who were some of the Jazz Artists of the 1920s?
Week 2: What is Atonality? What makes it different from tonal music? What was the initial reaction to atonal music? Give an example.
Week 3: Why do you think Neo-Romanticism came to be? Was it a reaction to something? What were the neo-romantic composers trying to accomplish? Use a neo-romantic composer as an example.
Week 4: Who was the most prolific composer of 12-tone music? What are two different ways in which rows can be assembled? Do you think 12-tone music can have a melody? Why or why not?
Week 5: Please take time to reflect here on your ensemble work this semester. Which pieces/movements did you like? Why? What would you like to see on the next concert?
Week 1: What were some of the "hotbed" areas of the beginning of the Jazz Age. Who were some of the Jazz Artists of the 1920s?
ReplyDeleteWeek 2: What is Atonality? What makes it different from tonal music? What was the initial reaction to atonal music? Give an example.
Week 3: Why do you think Neo-Romanticism came to be? Was it a reaction to something? What were the neo-romantic composers trying to accomplish? Use a neo-romantic composer as an example.
Week 4: Who was the most prolific composer of 12-tone music? What are two different ways in which rows can be assembled? Do you think 12-tone music can have a melody? Why or why not?
Week 5: Please take time to reflect here on your ensemble work this semester. Which pieces/movements did you like? Why? What would you like to see on the next concert?