This document provides an overview of lecture slides for a music appreciation course. It outlines the focus of the course as increasing knowledge about music to help students participate in and understand musical events. It discusses fundamental concepts like the musical process of creation, interpretation, and response. It also provides practical listening suggestions and etiquette for attending different types of live concerts, operas, and ballets. The slides are from a textbook on music appreciation and cover topics like the materials of music, different types of concerts, and preparing for musical performances.
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Sensory overload and attention-span deficit are realities of our students’ world. We need to help them slow down, focus and process. And Listening & Appreciation (L & A) are two of the most powerful tools available. They always were … but it seems they got lost or fell out of fashion.
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CONCERT CRITIQUE GUIDELINES
Questions for a Concert
What kinds of musical concerts are NOT acceptable for this paper?
High school or other children's performances/recitals, outdoor festival
performances, any type of pop, rock, rap, Latin, country, or reggae, for example,
are not appropriate for this paper. If you're not sure about your choice, ask me.
Print out and take with you so you can be thinking of the questions as you
watch the show.
1. Program Notes - most performances have a printed program with printed
notes. Read this before the performance begins and save it for reference
when you write your paper.
2. Head your paper with your first and last name, the name of the show and
where and when you saw it.
3. List the performers and/or the name of the group and the instruments
included in the concert. List all the pieces that were played (see program
notes for the concert), the name of the person who composed and/or
arranged each piece, and the date each work was completed (if possible).
Example:
The Turtle Island String Quartet includes Joe Bloe, first violin; Sarah Marah,
second violin; Topsy Turvy, viola; S. Popping, cello.
Their program:
Still so Cheerful by Sarah Marah, composed in 2001
Getting up Late by S. Popping, composed in 1998
Saturday Night by Berry Berry, composed in 2004
What to Write About:
1. Below are some things you can write about, but the most important is the
MUSIC. You don't have to write about every piece on the program. Do write
about how the sounds affected you, which voices, selections, or instruments
touched you most, what you learned of interest about the composer(s), the
performing group, and the compositions.
2. Ambience - Every gathering of people has a feeling tone, a mood: This is the
ambience. Notice the people as they come in, find their seats, see what kinds
of clothes they are wearing. Look around the theatre; notice the lighting in
the room, the stage area. If you have some particular feeling about how you
fit in, how you feel being a part of it you might make a comment in your
paper.
3. You will understand and appreciate a concert more, and write about it best
if you do a little research. It's easy to research on the Internet. Type in the
name of the group and a list of web sites will pop up. The same is true for
many composers. If the pieces were written in another century find out what
you can about the type of composition, something about the composer.
4. Music is the most illusive art form. Like the dance, music happens in
real-time: It's gone as soon as you hear it, and impressions are difficult to
recall. Program notes give you information that is helpful when you think
back on a performance. Program notes give you information about the
composers, the music, and in voice concerts you may have translations into
English of the words in a song.
5. Each composer had a concept, an idea, and chose specific instruments or
...
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3. Focus of the Course
• To increase your knowledge about music
• To help you use this knowledge when attending
musical events
• To equip you to answer questions and offer
opinions about music
• To encourage your active participation in the arts
• To help you become an intelligent consumer with
a voice in the availability of music in your
community
4. Music
Rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of
the soul…
Plato
Without music, life is a journey through a desert.
Pat Conroy
Without Elvis, none of us could have made it.
Buddy Holly
Country music is three chords and the truth.
Harlan Howard
The history of a people is found in its songs.
George Jellinek
5. Music Listening & You
2 fundamental facts about Music & Real Life
Music is important to the quality of
human life
People have created different types of
music for different purposes
7. The Musical Process: Composer’s
Ideas
• Influenced by time period in which composer lives
• Carried out through manipulation of music materials-
-rhythm, melody, texture, harmony
• Placed into a structured framework--musical form
• Written down using standard or non-standard
notation
8. The Musical Process: The
Performer’s Interpretation
• Influenced by
Performer’s
– Knowledge of musical
style
– Technical facility on
instrument
– Personal ideas, likes,
and preferences
9. The Musical Process: The
Listener’s Response
• Influenced by
– Knowledge of musical
styles
– Personal, preferences
– Previous experiences
with music, including
musical training
10. Art Music: Composed for
Performance in concert halls &
opera houses
Learning to Listen:
Hearing and Listening are not the same!!
The Musically Aware Listener
• Focuses on the music itself
• Understands and experiences the composer’s
creative choices
11. Listening for Aspects of Musical Works
• Nature of melodies
& themes
• Texture
• Nature of rhythm &
its patterns
• Changes in dynamics
levels
• Dominant timbres
• Use of forms and
other musical
practices
12. Develop different modes of listening
• Physical effects it
produces
• Emotional effects
• Music for music’s sake
(absolute music)
• Develop different
expectations about
different types of music
• Improve your musical
memory
• Become more sensitive to
musical sounds
14. Prelude 1: Listening to Music Today
• Typical places and
ways of listening
to music
• Understanding
music requires
active listening
15. Some Practical Suggestions
• Practice listening to
music
• Knowledge of musical
notation is not
necessary
• Use Listening Guides,
Resource CD, and
Glossary
• Attend live music
performances!
17. Different Types of Concerts
• Symphony Orchestra
• Chamber Music
Ensemble
• Chamber Orchestra
• Recital
• Broadway Musical
• Vocal Ensembles—
Secular & Sacred
– Large choirs
– Small groups
• Opera
18. To Find a Concert, Check Listings
• In the “weekend section” of local newspapers
• In the college newspaper
• On websites of local concert venues and
musical groups
• Be sure to ask for student discounts!
19. Preparing for A Concert
• Learn About the Music
– Find out what will be
played
– Listen to it ahead of
time--Library, Internet,
Classical Radio
• Learn About Musical
Styles
• Learn About
Composers’ Lives
• Learn About the
Artist(s), Orchestra, or
Choir Performing
20. What do I Need to Know?
• Arrive early
• Program(pg. 6)
• Keys/Tonality
• Dates
• Catalogue System
• Tempo/Expression
Terms(pg. 30-31)
22. Concert Etiquette
• Don’t make noise
• Follow program
• Applause: after complete works
• Performers: concert dress
• Encore: additional piece
23. Concert Etiquette
• Warm up/Lecture
• Concertmaster
• Tuning
• Entrances/Exits
• When to Applaud
24. Preparing for the Ballet and Opera
• Ballet
– Learn About the Music
– Read About the
Composer and the
Librettist
– Read the Story
– Learn About the Dancers
and the Company
• Opera
– Read the libretto
– If the libretto is based on
another source, study
the original story
– Learn About the
Composer
– Read about the Soloists
25. Some Important Information for
Opera Goers
• Supertitles--Text is flashed across a screen over the
stage
• Libretto--the actual text of the opera
• Metropolitan Opera Synopses
source for information about most operas; site
operated by NY Metropolitan Opera
26. Lecture Slides
THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC
ESSENTIAL LISTENING EDITION
http://wwnorton.com/web/enjoyess2
THIRD EDITION
by
Kristine Forney
Andrew Dell’Antonio
Joseph Machlis