IB Music - Listening Assignment

WELCOME to

the HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC LISTENING ASSIGNMENTS

IB Music Students in grade 11 should listen to the NPR Radio - History of Western Music Series.

Listen to each of the five online audio presentation several times. After gaining an understanding of the significant points presented in the segment complete the following activities.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT

1.Complete a one page synopsis of the presentation.

2.Analyze each piece of music presented in the interview. Your answer should include but not be limited to the “essential musical elements”. (Form, Texture, Harmony, Rhythm, Pitch, and Dynamics)

TEACHER:

MR. BRAD JOHNSTON

johnstonb@yis.ac.jp

MIDDLE AGES - RENAISSANCE

Period Instruments - Lute

Woodwind Recorders

Renaissance Drum

NPR RADIO - Five Pivotal Moments in the History of Western Music

Part 1 - Early Music of the Church

Part 2 - The Class of 1685

Part 3 - Nationalism in Music

Part 4 - America Between the Wars

Part 5 - The 20th and 21st Centuries

Links to the Past

1. NPR Radio

2. Trio Medieval - Authentic Gregorian Chants with a modern twist

3. Norton’s Enjoyment of Music

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