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Resonances - Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context

Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context offers a fresh curriculum for the college-level music appreciation course. The musical examples are drawn from classical, popular, and folk traditions from around the globe. These examples are organized into thematic chapters, each of which explores a particular way in which human beings use music. Topics include storytelling, political expression, spirituality, dance, domestic entertainment, and more.

MusicHumanities
Author
Esther M. Morgan-Ellis with Contributing Authors
Publisher
University of North Georgia
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-SA
Language
EN
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Contents· 130 sections
  1. 01: Music as a Field of Practice and Study
  2. 01: Music in Human Life
  3. 1.01: What is music
  4. 1.02: The Power of Music
  5. 1.03: Music and Human Development Learning and Wellness
  6. 1.04: Resources for Further Learning
  7. 02: The Elements of Music
  8. 2.01: The Dimensions of Sound
  9. 2.02: Music in the World
  10. 2.03: Resources for Further Learning
  11. 02: Music for Storytelling
  12. 03: Music and Characterization
  13. 3.02: John Williams - Star Wars
  14. 3.03: Richard Wagner - The Valkyrie
  15. 3.04: Gustav Holst - The Planets
  16. 3.05: Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
  17. 3.06: Ragtime and Dixieland Jazz
  18. 3.07: Resources for Further Learning
  19. 04: Sung and Danced Drama
  20. 4.01: Introduction
  21. 4.02: Sung Drama
  22. 4.2.01: Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton
  23. 4.2.02: Claudio Monteverdi - Orpheus
  24. 4.2.03: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Magic Flute
  25. 4.2.04: Tian Han - The Tale of the White Snake
  26. 4.03: Danced Drama
  27. 4.3.01: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker
  28. 4.3.02: Javanese Traditional - The Love Dance of Klana Sewandana
  29. 4.04: Resources for Further Learning
  30. 05: Song
  31. 5.02: Song Cycles
  32. 5.2.01: Beyonce - Lemonade
  33. 5.2.02: Franz Schubert - The Lovely Maid of the Mill
  34. 5.03: Ballads
  35. 5.3.01: Pretty Polly
  36. 5.3.02: Franz Schubert Elf King
  37. 5.3.03: Bobbie Gentry Ode to Billie Joe
  38. 5.04: Epic Recitation
  39. 5.4.01: Ancient Greece- The Iliad
  40. 5.4.02: West Africa- The Sunjata Story
  41. 5.05: Resources for Further Learning
  42. 06: Stories without Words
  43. 6.01: Introduction
  44. 6.02: Hector Berlioz - Fantastical Symphony
  45. 6.03: Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
  46. 6.04: Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons Spring
  47. 6.05: Chinese Solo Repertoire Attack on All Sides and Spring River in the Flower Moon Night
  48. 6.06: Catherine Likhuta - Lesions
  49. 6.07: Anoushka Shankar - Raga Madhuvanti
  50. 6.08: Resources for Further Learning
  51. 03: Music for Entertainment
  52. 07: Listening at Public Concerts
  53. 7.01: Introduction
  54. 7.02: A Concert by Ludwig van Beethoven
  55. 7.03: An Experiment in Modern Music
  56. 7.04: A Century of Progress
  57. 7.05: An Aquarian Exposition
  58. 7.06: Resources for Further Learning
  59. 08: Listening at Home and at Court
  60. 8.01: Introduction
  61. 8.02: The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
  62. 8.03: Countess of Dia I Must Sing
  63. 8.04: Tanburi Cemil Bey Samai Shad Araban
  64. 8.05: John Dowland Flow My Tears
  65. 8.06: Barbara Strozzi My Tears
  66. 8.07: Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet Op. 33 No. 2 The Joke
  67. 8.08: Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G minor
  68. 8.09: Resources for Further Learning
  69. 04: Music for Political Expression
  70. 09: National Identity
  71. 9.01: Introduction
  72. 9.02: National Anthems
  73. 9.03: United States of America- The Star-Spangled Banner
  74. 9.04: Germany- The Song of the Germans
  75. 9.05: South Africa- National Anthem of South Africa
  76. 9.06: Israel- The Hope
  77. 9.07: National Representation in Western Art Music
  78. 9.08: Contesting the Representation of Hungary
  79. 9.09: Contesting the Representation of the United States
  80. 9.10: National Representation in Style and Instrumentation
  81. 9.11: Steelband Music of Trinidad and Tobago
  82. 9.12: Resources for Further Learning
  83. 10: Support and Protest
  84. 10.01: Introduction
  85. 10.02: Music as Political Advocacy
  86. 10.04: Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
  87. 10.05: Music as Political Protest
  88. 10.06: Protest Songs
  89. 10.07: Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5
  90. 10.08: Resources for Further Learning
  91. 05: Functional Music
  92. 11: Music for Spiritual Expression
  93. 11.01: Introduction
  94. 11.02: Hildegard of Bingen - O Strength of Wisdom
  95. 11.03: Giovanni da Palestrina - Pope Marcellus Mass
  96. 11.04: Johann Sebastian Bach - Fugue in G minor and Sleepers Wake
  97. 11.05: John Newton - Amazing Grace
  98. 11.06: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
  99. 11.07: Resources for Further Learning
  100. 12: Music for Moving
  101. 12.01: Introduction
  102. 12.02: Music for Marching
  103. 12.03: John Philip Sousa - The Stars and Stripes Forever
  104. 12.04: Scottish Traditional - Scotland the Brave
  105. 12.05: Music for Dancing
  106. 12.06: Dance Music in the United States
  107. 12.07: Dance Music in Concert Settings
  108. 12.08: Resources for Further Learning
  109. 06: Evaluating Music
  110. 13: What is Good Music
  111. 13.01: What is good music
  112. 13.02: The Pulitzer Prize
  113. 13.03: 1965 - Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
  114. 13.04: 1965 - The Duke Ellington controversy
  115. 13.05: 2013 - Caroline Shaw Partita for 8 Voices
  116. 13.06: 2018 - Kendrick Lamar DAMN
  117. 13.07: Greatness and Genre
  118. 13.08: Alarm Will Sound
  119. 13.09: Yo-Yo Ma
  120. 13.10: Conclusion
  121. 13.11: Resources for Further Learning
  122. 07: Ancillary Materials
  123. Powerpoint Presentations
  124. Appendices
  125. A: Instruments of the Orchestra
  126. A1: The String Family
  127. A2: The Woodwind Family
  128. A3: The Brass Family
  129. A4: The Percussion Family
  130. B: Western Art Music