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Music Appreciation Monday Mini-term
Welcome to Music Appreciation!
This page includes the syllabus which you can download at the bottom of the page.
You can also track your grades throughout the semester as I upload a new grade sheet after each assignment and test is graded. All attachments can be found at the bottom of the page.
Various Links to different Associations:
1. TheNew World Symphony
2. The Adrienne Arsht Center
3. The Frost School of Music at UM
4. Florida Grand Opera
5. TheNew Times
6. Broward Center for the Performing Arts
For extra help and information you can access the Internet Public Library. You can read the selections that correspond to the era in which we currently discussing. The following are links to the various essays which include listening examples and pictures:
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The Baroque Period 1600-1750
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Listen & Watch a group from Italy performing Vivaldi's Double Mandolin Concerto RV 558 with traditional scoring; strings & recorder
Listen to another version of Vivaldi's RV 558 by Bernstein scored for string,horns & harp
Listen to the Westminster Abbey Organ in London
Listen and watch the all boys choir of St. Thomas in Leipzig, Germany where Bach was once Kapellmeister. There are several videos here where they are performing excerpts from St. Matthew's Passion.
Here is a video of Bach's famous Toccata & Fugue in d minor. There is some great footage of the wonderful organ being used.
This is a modernized twist on Bach's Toccata & Fugue performed by Vanessa Mae on electric-acoustic violin.
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The Classical Era 1750-1820
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Child Prodigy from the US! Watch the video of Emily Bear HERE!
Click HERE to listen to and watch a musical medley that begins with Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
(A little Night Music)and includes Rondo alla Turca by Andre Rieu
Previously unknown melody composed by Mozart discovered in a library in Nantes, France.
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The Romantic Era 1820-1900
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Here you can listen & watch a banjo player from Palm Bay, Florida who set the world record for fastest banjo player. See how closely you feel Gottschalk was able to imitate the banjo on the piano. Performance of Gottschalk's The Banjo Listen and watch Andre Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra (JSO) performing the overture to the opera "Carmen".
Listen and watch video of a Strauss Medley (Johann Strauss) put together by Andre Rieu
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss
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Spotlight on Andre Rieu & World Music
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Hava Naguila (a traditional Jewish song)
Sirtaki (A Greek dance- with mandolin solos)
Andre & the Dubliners (Irish music)
Andre & DJ Otzi(Austria's favourite pop musician)
**Check out that 1667 Stradivarius violin he's playing!**
Andre Rieu webpage
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spring 09 MUL 1010 miniterm grade sheet.xls (Excel Worksheet - 17k)
posted by KFR Apr 30 2009, 11:49 AM EDT
grade sheet
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MUL 1010 syllabus Spring 2009 miniterm.doc (Word Document - 64k)
posted by KFR Feb 9 2009, 3:52 PM EST
syllabus
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Style Chart Example.doc (Word Document - 38k)
posted by KFR Sep 11 2008, 4:16 PM EDT
Sample Style Chart
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