LAB
TEN
Due Date: Wed. Nov. 13; bring papers to
lecture or leave in section leader's mailbox by 5PM
Choose one topic and prepare a report of 2-3
pages in length of double-spaced type. Be sure to indicate which example
you have chosen in the heading of your paper and follow other expectations
for format and good writing.
Option One
Focus on Art Song.
Listen to the
selections in example 67 of your text. Then answer the following questions.
- What makes the art song a Romantic genre?
- How do these two examples connect to Romanticism?
- How does example 67a compare with 67b? Use the "Reflections" on page
264 to guide your discussion.
- Who else wrote art song in the nineteenth century? Were there any female composers of art song? Be certain to indicate what sources you used to answer this question.
Option Two
Instrumental Forms
Listen to examples 68, 69 and 70. Choose your favorite and respond to Willoughby suggested "Reflections" for the example you chose.
Option Three
Verdi Oper
a
Sit in on the video presentation of scene from Verdi's
Rigoletto on Wed. in Room 162.
Then answer the
following questions.
- How is opera different from a spoken play?
- How does Verdi's music make clear the nature of individual characters in the drama?