October 22 - Pushing Boundaries


Like magic!  Today's playlist immediately below, and Information for Quiz 9 apace!...
Music c. 1900-1920) just under the second picture...

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2. Ives to Stravinsky)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZsZjAqSY0M&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcc0fKR06hwkGfIh_GAnsMT_

Selected topics that may be of further interest...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Mahler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnomusicology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Kod%C3%A1ly


Details of Playlist follows...

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2a. Ives / Schoenberg)
Charles Ives, Arnold Schoenberg
https://youtu.be/GZsZjAqSY0M

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2b. Schoenberg)
Arnold Schoenberg
https://youtu.be/7FfSDlCBomo

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2c. Ravel / A. Mahler)
Maurice Ravel, Alma Mahler
https://youtu.be/ecIiv7w6w4w

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2d. Respighi / Bartok)
Ottorino Respighi, Bela Bartok
https://youtu.be/_2hoS1zLzfE

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2e. Bartok)
Bela Bartok
https://youtu.be/MzQ_U-cDB1g

Mark Alburger - Music 1900-1920 (2f. Bartok to Stravinsky)
Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, Igor Stravinsky
https://youtu.be/08LXoSTfgIY

Please take notes as you listen and watch -- and send same (c. 300-500 words, doesn't need to be fancy, any spellings / grammar OK, but do spell names of featured composers correctly!) as attached pdfs / jpgs to mus21stc@gmail.com (or my school email) by 6pm, Friday, October 23...

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Sway to Go with Quiz 9 (Music c. 1900-1920).  Take-Home Worksheet ("Aue Aue!") -- emailing you all a blank copy -- due as returned email pdf / jpg attachment by 6pm, Friday, October 23, to mus21stc@gmail.com.


C Whole-Tone Scale



Please write your own 12-Tone Row

Any re-ordering of an ascending (or descending) Chromatic Scale --
i.e. C C# D D# etc. in a new (mixed-up) order...


List 3 Mixed Chamber Ensembles in 3 Asian Music Cultures (East / South / West)

Japanese Trio
Shakuhachi (flute), Shamisen (Lute), Koto (Zither)

North Indian Classical Ensemble
Bansuri (Flute), Sarod (Lute), Sitar (Large Lute), Tambura (Drone Lute), Tabla (Drums), Saranji (Violin)

Arabic Music Ensemble
Ney (Flute), Qanun (Plucked Zither), Santur (Hammered Zither), Riq (Tambourine), Darbuka (Drum), Oud (Lute)



Listening


Please describe the following --
personally and thoroughly enough so that I know you've listened to each!


Missouri (Scott Joplin) - The Entertainer (Northern America / Western Africa)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aSve-KT0To
(with score!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entertainer_(rag)


England (Ralph Vaughan Williams) - Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo
(Western Europe / Eastern America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFzWCXqQriU

(@ 18:57 - there's even a link to clink under the YouTube description,
but also helpful commentary at beginning!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._6_(Vaughan_Williams)

(the write-up of the 3rd movement is OK, but commentary above perhaps better!)


France (Maurice Ravel) - Mother Goose: III. Empress of the Pagodas
(Northern Europe / Northern Asia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U7osEigQZM (@ 5:47)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ravel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_m%C3%A8re_l%27Oye


Mexico (Jalisco Mariachi) - The Boar (El Jabali, Western America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5EfCmREA7Y

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariachi


Tahiti - Chant (Paoa) and Ukelele (Aue Aue) Music (Eastern Asia / Pacific Islands)

https://youtu.be/8ic7DAN71R4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Tahiti

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukulele


Hungary (Bela Bartok) - The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19 (Eastern Europe / Northern Asia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCC7ddkQ6KU

(with score)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miraculous_Mandarin