Discipline: Music

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Learning Goal: I’m working on a music exercise and need the explanation and answer to help me learn. For where have all the flowers gone composed by Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson, do a small amount (c. 30 minutes) of reading/listening about the composer and/or songwriter, lyricist/poet (if applicable), and the piece. You may use […]

Answer the following prompt.Answer the following prompt.

Learning Goal: I’m working on a music writing question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn. Program Music “Program music” tries to evoke a topic, a story, an image, a person, event, etc… through instrumental music. All aspects of the musical features including form and melody are used to portray the “program” […]

Performance ResponsePerformance Response

Learning Goal: I’m working on a music writing question and need a sample draft to help me learn. Select a video from the approved list HERE and write a reflection on the music. Include the answers to the questions below, but be sure to write in the form of a review for a newspaper, website, […]

The History of JazzThe History of Jazz

Learning Goal: I’m working on a music writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn. Select one of the two topics below. Respond to the topic with a minimum of 400 words and no more than 500 words. Submit your answers in one document. 1. Trace the history of jazz from […]

Music QuestionMusic Question

Listen to the following piece of music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM2N8_H4me0 This is the first three sections of Black, Brown, and Beige, by the American composer Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, first performed at Carnegie Hall in 1943. These sections, entitled “Work Song,” “Come Sunday,” and “Light,” together make up the “Black” first movement portion of the composition. Write […]