Both African Americans and white supremacists circulated postcards of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. To whom would African Americans send the postcard, and why? Contemplate the photo while listening to and watching Billie Holiday sing Strange Fruit. (Watch the video below.) How do the lyrics and tempo of Holiday’s song evoke the brutality of lynching?

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Unit 4 Discussion: Strange Fruit

WARNING: This discussion contains graphic imagery. You do not have to click on the link below to view the photo if graphic images are too unsettling for you. You can informatively answer the questions below WITHOUT viewing every primary source document.

On August 6, 1930, police arrested three young black men – James Cameron, Thomas Shipp, and Abram Smith –for the alleged armed robbery and murder of a white man and the rape of a white woman in Marion, Indiana. The next day, on August 7, a mob of approximately 10,000 whites broke into the jail, took all three men, and lynched Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in the town center. (Sixteen year-old James Cameron escaped.) Men, women, and children attended the lynching, which local photographer Lawrence Beitler captured on film. White supremacists turned Beitler’s photograph into a postcard, which they subsequently printed, selling thousands of prints. Beitler’s photo traveled far and wide, reaching Abel Meeropol, a Jewish high school teacher in New York City, who was so disturbed by the image that he wrote a poem called Strange Fruit. A few years later, celebrated African American jazz singer, Billie Holiday, brought Meerpol’s poem to life in song.

QUESTIONS:
1. Both African Americans and white supremacists circulated postcards of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. To whom would African Americans send the postcard, and why?

2. Examine the photo, and then make three (3) observations about what you see. Analyze the expressions and gestures of the individuals in the crowd, how the individuals interact with each other, the juxtaposition of the lifeless young men in the background with the lively crowd in the foreground, and the overall atmosphere of the photo.

3. Contemplate the photo while listening to and watching Billie Holiday sing Strange Fruit. (Watch the video below.) How do the lyrics and tempo of Holiday’s song evoke the brutality of lynching?

Analyze the chromatic harmonies of the Liszt B minor Sonata until page 15, can go more or less depending on . Use the Neo-Riemannian theory and/or Linear Intervallic Patterns. Look out for chromatic mediants. Roman numeral analysis may be difficult. Can use either the Tonnetz, Weitzmann Regions, or the Cube Dance for more visual explanation.

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Liszt Sonata in B minor

Analyze the chromatic harmonies of the Liszt B minor Sonata until page 15, can go more or less depending on . Use the Neo-Riemannian theory and/or Linear Intervallic Patterns. Look out for chromatic mediants. Roman numeral analysis may be difficult. Can use either the Tonnetz, Weitzmann Regions, or the Cube Dance for more visual explanation.

Score:

Helpful Links:

Neo-Riemannian Triadic Progressions

Think about which video resonates with you. Why do you like it? What about the texture or instruments appeal to you

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Module 1 Discussion “What music is, or what is music?”

Overview & Guidelines

Your discussion post will be a minimum of 200 words identifying the example, and then explaining what about the piece personally connects or interests you.

How people view, listen, and perceive music can be different between people. Our backgrounds, surroundings, locations, and experiences will all impact our perspective! For this discussion, pick one of the musical examples from the video page.

Avoid the lecture based videos and think about which video resonates with you. Why do you like it? What about the texture or instruments appeal to you. You may embed a follow up video or instrument clip if it helps reinforce your thoughts.

 

Resources to explore:

https://quizlet.com/259016896/world-music-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/291699086/world-music-flash-cards/ (Links to an external site.)

https://ethnocloud.com/world-music/discover/m=song/order=30/type=lounge/

State the performances you chose to review, along with any relevant information about why you chose those selections. Summarize the overall impact of the concert experience.

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Concert Review Outline.

Construct an outline for your essay. This should be about one full page in length. MLA style.

The first paragraph will state the performances you chose to review, along with any relevant information about why you chose those selections.

The middle paragraphs should contain details about specific songs or qualities of the performance. Each middle paragraph will have a topic sentence, and the preceding sentences in that paragraph will provide details about that topic sentence. Since you are reviewing five performances, A good way to structure the essay would be one paragraph for each performance. But, if you have a lot to say about a particular performance, you might end up writing two paragraphs about a particular performance.

The final paragraph should summarize the overall impact of the concert experience. The final paragraph is the best place to state overall opinion or conjecture.

Describe if they following COVID guidelines to attend and do your concert report on. Describe the style of the music, instrumentation, singing, what songs, audience…be like a music critic and talk about the performance.

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Music Concert report

Describe if they following COVID guidelines to attend and do your concert report on.  Describe the style of the music, instrumentation, singing, what songs, audience…be like a music critic and talk about the performance.

Asian concert here is the link;

Watch the performances, take notes and attempt to recognize tonalities, time signatures, and form. Record any observations or questions about the performance style, expression, and timbre of the artists.

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Concert Review Brainstorming/Notes On a Jazz Concert

The first essay will be a concert review. Pick a concert and write about it. Must be a Jazz Concert. Subjective and Objective observations. Approximately one to two pages of notes.

This assignment is to complete the first step of our essay writing process.

Watch the performances and take notes. Attempt to recognize tonalities, time signatures, and form. Also, record any observations or questions about the performance style, expression, and timbre of the artists. Notice how the music makes you feel and consider how the objective qualities of the music are affecting your emotions. Record any observations about the interaction between the performers and the audience, the atmosphere, and the general mood of the audience.

 

Discuss specific examples illustrating engagement with effective peer feedback. Evaluate the extent to which engaging in peer feedback has impacted on personal performance, in relation to specific examples.

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Professional Development

Critically reflective evaluation of the programme of professional development you undertook whilst participating on this module. (from the beginning of the study year in October until now) Show an informed approach to planning and undertaking their own professional development. Substantiate their evaluation of their professional development with a discussion of well-chosen evidence and (2) an appropriate explanatory framework.

Discuss specific examples illustrating engagement with effective peer feedback.

Evaluate the extent to which engaging in peer feedback has impacted on personal performance, in relation to specific examples.

Provide a clear description and a critical analysis of one or two relevant academic papers. Critique the article(s) you choose by, in part, drawing upon other relevant literature, such as academic books and academic journal articles and, if relevant, non-academic books and quality journalism.

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Mass music

The presentation requires you to provide a clear description and a critical analysis of ONE or TWO relevant academic papers. As mentioned, you have been provided with a wide choice of papers (grouped into themes). You are expected to critique the article(s) you choose by, in part, drawing upon other relevant literature, such as academic books and academic journal articles and, if relevant, non-academic books and quality journalism.

. What can you say about the performers involved? What words that we’ve used in class seem appropriate for the discussion? What instruments do you see playing prominent roles? What is the name for the large group that is performing? What can you say about the conductor? How does the audience respond? How does the work begin?

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Music 11 – Youtube Video/Concert Report Assignment

Watch the first 20:05 of the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCl2z3ToBZ4

Here is the title of the work you will see and the featured performers.

  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Opus 35)
  • Composed by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
  • I. Allegro moderato (Moderately fast)
  • Performed by Angélica Olivo, violinist
  • Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
  • Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar Sala Simón Bolívar
  • Caracas, Venezuela. 07/02/2014

Tchaikovsky was a 19th-century Russian composer. His emotionally-charged musical compositions are particularly grand expressions of the Romantic style.

Note that the first 20 minutes of the video will show you only the first movement of this concerto. To see the complete concerto, you would need to watch the next two movements.
These are shown in the last 16:45 of the video. After you have watched the video at least once, please write a review of the performance. Your review should be a carefully written essay of 1 to 1-and-a-half pages. Do not make your essay any longer than that. You will be marked on spelling, grammar, and the correct usage of musical terminology.

Make careful, insightful observations about the music and about the performance. You may comment on the musical work, the soloist, the conductor, the orchestra, the general atmosphere, or any other aspect of the performance. Also, you may, if you wish, learn something about the composer and/or the musical work and include that in your review. You should certainly say something about what a concerto is, and how the traditions and ideas of the Romantic period are expressed in this particular concerto by Tchaikovsky.

In your review, you might also discuss the period in which the work was composed, the genre, and the demands of the genre. What can you say about the performers involved? What words that we’ve used in class seem appropriate for the discussion? What instruments do you see playing prominent roles? What is the name for the large group that is performing? What can you say about the conductor? How does the audience respond? How does the work begin?

Does the musical material repeat? What word would you use to describe the technique of the soloist? Does the violinist have an extended solo? What is the word for that solo, when does it occur, and how would you best describe it?

Do not feel that you have to answer all the questions posed above! But please remember this: If you were a film critic writing a review of a movie for a newspaper, you would need to
include, at the very least, the title of the movie, the names of the actors, the name of the director, an assessment of the success or failure of the movie, and something about how the movie might relate to other films. Please try to do a similar job, in musical terms of course, in this assignment.

When and where did the concert take place? How long did it last? • How many pieces were performed? What were they called, and how many movements were in each? Who composed each piece? Who were the performers (name of the ensemble and/or names of the soloists)? What types of instruments were played and/or what types of voice parts were featured? Was there any special purpose to the concert? If so, explain.

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1. Describe the concert environment: appearance of the hall, performers, & audience.
2. Make general music observations: number and types of instruments used.
3. Include specific musical observations:
4. Date of the compositions, historical period, and/or information about the composer(s).
(Minimal amount in your own words—Plagiarism will result in a failing grade).
5. You may also want to include:
• The composition (music & performance) you liked best.
• The composition (music & performance) you liked the least.
6. Provide general reactions to the concert.

Format:
• Papers are to be typed in 12-point non-bold type using Times Roman font, with a one-inch margin on both sides as well as on top and bottom
• Double-space between lines to allow room for comments. Do not use paragraph headings – work all information into sentence form. Do not put extra spaces between paragraphs or major sections; rather, use appropriate wording to establish a significant change in emphasis.
• Refer to attached “Concert Report Guidelines” for additional guidance. Additional Concert Report Guidance and Suggestions Listening to live performances is an essential part of learning to appreciate and understand music. Here are some general guidelines to help you listen, think, and write about a concert.

Basic Information to Include
• When and where did the concert take place? How long did it last?
• How many pieces were performed? What were they called, and how many movements were in each? Who composed each piece?
• Who were the performers (name of the ensemble and/or names of the soloists)?
• If there was a conductor, what was his or her name?
• What types of instruments were played and/or what types of voice parts were featured?
• Was there any special purpose to the concert? If so, explain.

General Questions to Keep in Mind
• What was your general reaction to the concert? How did the performance sound to you?
• Was the music performed well?
o Were the musicians rhythmically “together”?
o Were they playing/singing in tune?
o Did any instruments or voices stick out?
o How would you rate the musicians’ technical ability and the energy of their performance?
o Did they seem well prepared for the concert?

• Which composition did you like best? Why? (For instance, what specifically did you like about the piece itself or the way it was performed?)
• Which composition did you like least? Why?
• Did any of the compositions trigger an emotional response from you? What were your specific feelings or thoughts in response to the music?
• Is this type of concert experience new to you? If so, how do you think that might have influenced your perceptions of what you heard and observed?
• What makes a performance an artistic event?

Specific Points to Consider
You may want to focus your discussion and analysis of the concert on one or more of the following points.
• Describe what you heard and observed using the following musical terms, elements, and concepts discussed in class.
o Genre (symphony, concerto, string quartet, etc.)
o Stylistic period (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, etc.)
o Mood (emotion conveyed by the music and performers)
o Pitch To what extent does pitch vary throughout the piece? How do changes in pitch reflect changes in mood?
o Rhythm (beat, accent, tempo, meter, syncopation) How were the elements of rhythm used to create special or interesting musical effects?
o Dynamics (level of sound) Identify changes in dynamics and discuss the effects these changes create.
o Tone color (bright, brassy, warm, ringing, hollow, etc.)
o Mode (major, minor)
o Harmony/melody Discuss the balance (or lack of it) between the melody and its “accompaniment.” Did you hear consonance, dissonance, or a combination of both?
o Motives/themes Identify and note where individual motives and themes are first introduced and subsequently reappear in each piece.
o Texture (monophony, homophony, polyphony, etc.)
o Form (sonata form, A B A, theme and variations, etc.)

• Using the musical terminology and concepts covered in class, discuss the most interesting musical elements or features of the pieces that were performed.
• Compare the pieces from this performance with other compositions you have studied in class, noting similarities and differences. (Note: In selecting a composition from class, you may want to look for a piece by the same composer, from the same style period, or of the same genre as the piece or pieces from the performance.)
• How does this concert compare to other performances you attended previously?
• Describe the behavior of the performers and the audience. What, if any, interaction occurred between the two? What kinds of behavioral expectations do performers and audiences bring to the concert? How are these expectations satisfied or frustrated? Do a final paper over the https://livefromorchestrahall.vhx.tv/2017-18-season/season:2/videos/ludwig van-beethoven-symphony-no-3-op-55-eroica  Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 (Eroica) make sure to cite the link