This assignment is designed to assess your progress in the following module goal:
- Analyze musical elements that are intended to represent extra-musical events.
Please refer to the syllabus for more details regarding the program, area, and course goals.
- Choose one of the following pieces of program music from the Romantic Era (1820 – 1900) and listen to it.
- Paul Dukas, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4yH4B9deok&ab_channel=RussianPhilharmonic-MoscowCitySymphony (Links to an external site.)
- Camille Saint-Saëns, Danse macabre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71fZhMXlGT4&ab_channel=DrGrDo (Links to an external site.)
- Bedřich Smetana, “Die Moldau” from Má vlast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kqu2mk-Kw&ab_channel=zevnikov (Links to an external site.)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxj8vSS2ELU&ab_channel=Jose (Links to an external site.
- No credit will be given for only using basic terms such as “melody,” “harmony,” or “tone.” Your use of vocabulary should also be used in such a way as to leave no doubt in the instructor’s mind that you fully understand the terms by including detailed descriptions of what you are hearing.
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