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MMSMA.9 - Understanding music in relation to history and culture
a. Identify and explain a particular music example’s historical and
Classical Era
(1750-1820)
Music should be polished and gallant and express emotions in a refined and elegant way
In groups of 3, research and create a presentation (talk show, skit, etc, >2 mins) about the composer you are assigned. Include at least 1 song they wrote (play it and provide info in some way)
Norway Sweden
Russia
Ludwig van Beethoven Antonio Salieri
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Joseph Haydn
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Niccolo Paganini
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck
Carl Maria von Weber Gioachino Rossini
Russia
Today we will read music,
sing,
analyze songs related to culture,
write music,
and perform.
- In the 1900s, the Communist Party became prominent
- During Soviet Era, music scrutinized; supposed to be conservative and keep with Soviet ideals, not challenge them
- Stravinsky pushed the limits with Rite of Spring
- Ballet and orchestra
- About early civilization; pre-Soviet; girl sacrifice dances herself to death; riot broke out at premiere in Paris
37:30
Germany
Brandenburg
- One of East Germany's main states
- Became Kingdom of Prussia 1701
- Brandenburg Concertos - 1721, Bach
- Terraced dynamics: volume levels shift from soft to loud based on solo or tutti
- Divided after World
War II until end of Cold
War (Berlin Wall)
- German Unity Day
- Languages: German,
English, French, Danish, Turkish, Polish, Russian, and many more (23)
- Largest music market in Europe
- Reeperbahn=where Beatles performed
- Food: Pork, beef, sausage, many international dishes
- Football (soccer)
- "The Land of Poets and Thinkers"
- Nibelungenlied
Pink Floyd vs.
Marius Müller-Westernhagen
Invent a song title for these artworks that capture an important aspect.
Compare/contrast
Eroica Symphony: Choose an ATR
Nibelungenlied
Connect/Extend/Challenge
Beginning. Middle. End.
- epic poem
- Siegfried captures treasure: sword, ring, and invisibility cloak
- Siegfried dragon slayer
- The ring is stolen and thrown into a river
- People kill in order to find the ring, but it is never found
How can you connect this to something you know? How can you extend this to create new ideas? What do you wonder?
If this piece were the beginning/middle/end of a story, what would be the story? (Write a narrative)
Eroica Symphony
Beethoven's 5th (1808):
Piano/Forte Musical Chairs
Originally written for Napoleon Bonaparte
Beethoven: "Is he then, too, nothing more than an ordinary human being? Now he too will trample on the rights of man and indulge only his ambition. He will exalt himself above all others and become a tyrant!"
MMSMA.9 - Understanding music in relation to history and culture
MMSMA.6 - Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
In groups- 3 or less
Romantic Era: Wagner's Ring Cycle
Today's EQ:
1. Write a short story with recurring characters and moods
2. Write music (melody to sing, rhythm on instruments, or both) to be leitmotifs in your story
3. Present to class (One group member read; other group members perform leitmotifs)
- Wagner (1813-1883): many operas and symphonies, Gesamtkunstwerk
- "Total Work of Art"
- music, dance, poetry, visual arts, stage united
- The Ring Cycle (1874): Based on Nibelungenlied
- Leitmotifs
- Music that represents a character or mood in the opera- a recurring theme
2:53-3:30, 4:05-4:30
Mendelssohn
Russia: The "Mighty Five"
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Ireland
Belarus
UK
- Wrote music for solo piano, chamber, orchestra, and more
- Wrote "Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream" (play written by Shakespeare)
- Next generation of composers; led from "Classical" to "Romantic" music
- German composer and pianist
- Composed during the French Revolution
- Began losing hearing by late 20s; became totally deaf by 45
- continued composing; most famous works
- Five Russian composers that wrote Nationalist music: Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Balakirev, Cui
- Wanted to defy classical conventions
Poland
MMSMA.9 - Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Beginning, Middle, End:
If this piece of music were a story, what happens at the beginning? Middle? End? Write your own story based on what is happening in the music.
Germany
How can I analyze musical piece and connect them to what I already know to help me gain an understanding of Germany’s history/culture?
- Capital Vienna
- Folk music instruments: Accordion, fiddle, clarinet, harp, guitar, brass bands
- Bordered by Germany
- 1900s nationalism
- Arnold Schoenberg considered "degenerate music", emigrated to US in 1934
- Atonality
Joseph Haydn: Father of the Symphony
Musical Chairs: Surprise Symphony (1791)-
sit when forte, walk when piano
Create Your Own 12 Tone Piece
Warm Up:
Create 5 Creative Questions about the artwork/music
Choose which numbers you want, and assign rhythms to each. Then, draw it on the staff by following the guide. Choose at least 4 numbers. Then I will play your song on piano.
12 Tone Technique- 1921
Der Mondfleck ("The Moonfleck")- 1912
- Assigned each of the tones on the piano a number; each note given equal importance
- Played each number in a random order, without repeating numbers
With a snowy fleck of shining moonlight
On the shoulder of his black silk frock-coat
So walks out Pierrot this languid evening.
Seeking everywhere for love’s adventure.
But what! something wrong with his appearance?
He looks round and round and then he finds it—
Just a snowy fleck of shining moonlight
On the shoulder of his black silk frock-coat.
Wait now (thinks he) ’tis a piece of plaster,
Wipes and wipes, yet cannot make it vanish.
So he goes on poisoned with his fancy,
Rubs and rubs until the early morning
Just a snowy fleck of shining moonlight.
MMSMA.6 - Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Ukraine
Austria
MMSMA.6 - Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
France
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MMSMA.9 - Understanding music in relation to history and culture
- Piano/violin child prodigy, along with sister Nannerl
- Wrote first piece at age 5, first symphony age 8
- Employed in Salsburg and Vienna, died in Vienna at age 35
- Composed 600+ works
- Opera comique (Marriage of Figaro), Opera seria (Don Giovanni)
- Composed at age 35: Magic Flute, Lacrimosa
1. Create a character based on the music: Person or animal? Young or old? Male or female? What does it look like? What is its name?
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
2. Create a story for your character: Is it night or day? Is your character outside or inside? What is your character doing? Are there any other characters in the scene?
MMSMA.5 - Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
- Predominant religion Catholicism
- Music from Middle Ages and before often "sacred", not "secular"
MMSMA.6 - Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Project: Create your own opera
- From 16th century, culture=cultivation of mind; intellect, knowledge, learning, creativity, and acceptable ways of behaving
- The Enlightenment- Romantic Music flourished (glorified the past, emphasized emotions): Debussy, Chopin, Saint-Saens
- Many artists from France (The Louvre)
- King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette ruled until the French Revolution
The Sunken Cathedral (1910):
Beginning, Middle, End
If this artwork were a story, what would be the beginning? Middle? End?
Romania
Kuc-kuck Kuc-kuck ruft aus dem Wald! Lass-et und sing-en,
Tan-zen und spring-en! Fruh-ling, Fruh-ling, wird es nun bald!
Cuckoo, cuckoo, calls from the forest, he makes us sing,
Dance, and jump! Spring, spring, will soon be here!
Chopin's Nocturne (1830)
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals (1886)
- Born in Poland, but moved to France
- Created Nocturnes ("night pieces") for piano
- Also wrote Polish Mazurkas (nationalism) and waltzes
If this were an animal, what animal would it be? What would it be doing?
Pick an animal and dance or act it out.
Write your own lyrics: you pick the subject
Spain
Greece