Greetings in hope!
Feel free to listen to / watch the video playlist below to fulfill the c. 300-500 word Notes requirement -- or, as a second option, you can research the content of the playlists on Wikipedia, YouTube, etc., and provide your own interpretation of the material!
Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2. Hovhaness to Berio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3QopGwr80g&list=PLtV-SdP8TZcci9Ll1MgpdChLtcPoTQIvf
re latter option (and you can mix-n-max), including...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indeterminacy_(music)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conlon_Nancarrow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Piazzolla
The constinuent parts o' videos...
Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2a. Hovhaness to Cage)
Alan Hovhaness, Robert Johnson, Jan Koetsier, Gian Carlo Menotti, John Cage
https://youtu.be/t3QopGwr80g
Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2b. Cage)
John Cage
https://youtu.be/MN-QNdc5Ut4
Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2c. Cage to Britten)
John Cage, Conlon Nancarrow, Benjamin Britten
https://youtu.be/lkSFYugn0Xw
Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2d. Britten to Bernstein)
Benjamin Britten, Witold Lutoslawski, Willie Dixon, Carlos Surinach, Alberto Ginastera,
Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Leonard Bernstein
https://youtu.be/xPlLr--bQl0
Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2e. Bernstein to Arnold)
Leonard Bernstein, George Rochberg, Bobby Troup, Alexander Courage, Malcolm Arnold
https://youtu.be/2acYaT_6dBM
Mark Alburger - Music c. 1940-1960 (2f. Piazzolla to Berio)
Astor Piazzolla, Nelson Riddle, Elmer Bernstein, Neal Hefti, Iannis Xenakis, Gyorgy Ligeti
Paul Desmond, Maurice Jarre, Henry Mancini, Leonard Rosenman, Luciano Berio
https://youtu.be/IXtPQAa-PGk
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[John Cage, overjoyed about being featured on Quiz 11 (Music c. 1940-1960) -- take-home worksheet, due back as an attached pdf or jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com (or my school email), by 6pm, Friday, ... which is, of course, also turn-in time for Notes (c. 300-500 words) on Lecture-Playlist or Wikipedia / YouTube original in-your-own-words research]
Write your own 4-Note Passage (Prime), followed by its Retrograde (Backwards),
Inversion (Upside-Down), and Retrograd-Inversion (Backwards Upside-Down)
Example:
Prime: DEAG
Retrograde: GADE (the above backwards)
Inversion: DCGA (start with first note of Prime,
inverting intervals... D to E is a 2nd up, in Prime
so, D to C is a 2nd down, in Inversion, etc.
Retrograde-Inversion: AGCD (backwards of the Inversion)
Instrumentation of Three Styles of Jazz (Oldest to Most Recent - c. 1920 - 1950)
Dixieland Swing Bebop
(New-Orleans Style) (Big Band) (Bop)
[Horns] [1-2] Clarinet(s) [4-5] Saxophones Saxophone
[1-2] Trumpet(s) [4-5] Trumpets Trumpet
Trombone [4-5] Trombones Trombone
Rhythm Banjo Guitar Guitar
Piano Piano Piano
Bass [Tuba] Bass Bass
Drums Drums Drums
Listening
Virginia (Joe Garland, 1903-1977) - In the Mood (1938, Eastern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPXwkWVEIIw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Garland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Mood
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_band
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller_Orchestra
Armenia / Georgia (Aram Khachaturian, 1903-1978) - Gayane (1942): Sabre Dance (Western Asia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL357YnFr2DIp_roU8aoVc71B8t5oOJNKW&v=mUQHGpxrz-8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aram_Khachaturian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayane_(ballet)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_Dance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Armenia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Georgia_(country)
Hungary (Miklos Rozsa, 1907-1995) - Ben Hur (1959): Rowing of the Galley Slaves (Eastern Europe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYrmcQoovmI
(with condensed Score and Film!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikl%C3%B3s_R%C3%B3zsa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_(1959_film)#Musical_score
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_score
California (John Cage, 1912-1992) - Sonatas and Interludes (1948): Sonata V (Western America)
https://youtu.be/MN-QNdc5Ut4
(@ 6:47, with Score!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonatas_and_Interludes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepared_piano
Argentina (Alberto Ginastera, 1916-1983) - Harp Concerto, Op. 25 (1956):
I. Allegro guisto (Southern America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3CJk32SOMU
(with Score!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Ginastera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp_Concerto_(Ginastera)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Argentina
Ghana / Nigeria (1920) - Highlife Music (Nyakrom Brass Band, 1974) /
Highlife Improvisation (1972, Western Africa)
https://youtu.be/kstBJ2_fQ24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJJMdihXbZw
(Live Performance, 2010!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Ghana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlife
