GENERAL STUDIES SYLLABUS FALL SEMESTER 2015 ------------------------------------------------- COURSE NAME | MUS 1101 - Music Appreciation | CLASS MEETINGS | North Metro Campus (NMC): 20867: M – W: 12:00 – 1:15, Rm: 109. 20868: M – W: 1:30 – 2:45, Rm: 109. Marietta Campus (MC): 20945: T – TH: 3:00 – 4:15, Rm: B160. 20836: T – TH: 10:30 – 11:45, Rm:
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Alan Miller Instruction Alex Powell Music Appreciation 29 April 2012 Duke Ellington (1899-1974) Edwin Kennedy Ellington was born on April 29, 1899 in Washington D.C. He was a son of a butler who had occasionally worked at the White House. He was a major figure in our history of jazz music, his career spanned more than half a century. He started playing the piano in the jazz band, during that time he composed thousands of songs for the stage, screen and contemporary songbooks
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Regena Thomas Professor: Heavner Music 101 Appreciation 1 30 June 2011 John Cage John Cage was an American composer born in Los Angeles on September 5, 1912. As a child he took piano lessons and then studied composition with American composer Adolph Weiss. Cage studied for a short time at Pamona College, and later at UCLA with classical composer Arthur Schoenberg. There he realized that the music he wanted to make was different from the music of his time. Cage dropped out of college in his
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Of course, his rebellious action then gravely hurt Isabel, her folks and most importantly, his brother not out of humiliation but of frustration in understanding his thoughts, attitudes and character. For Sonny, music was his way of expression, communication and redemption. In the past, his brother thought it was something not serious and which does not promise a good living. Sonny was consistent with such dream while his main frustration then in Harlem was “to
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Music is a form that transcends time and space. It is through music we are able to recognize our backgrounds, our interests, our values, and so much more. My personal impact from music is as different as anyone else’s. But it is all of our ties to music, from big to small that gives us commonality yet defines our individuality. My travels, hardships, and successes have molded my cultural identity, my musical identity, and my class goals. My family is from the Philippines and I was the first to be
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I. INTRODUCTION I went to a concert held at Carnegie Hall in New York, New York, on Sunday, February 14, 2016. The concert was performed by The Cleveland Orchestra. It was an all-Mozart program conducted by Mitsuko Uchida. The concert performed 3 pieces of Mozart’s work: Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 34 and Piano Concerto No. 25. I chose to focus on the last piece played in the concert Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503. II. BACKGROUND OF COMPOSITION The
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the core theme-Identity. Seen most exclusively between Herr Mozart and Salieri, clashing identities formed feuds, which resulted in tragedy- Salieri, a gifted musician in his own right, wants nothing more than to praise God to exalt him with his music. But instead God choses Mozart- An insulant impenitent child to be his musical regent on earth. Salieri feels he has no choice not to only turn his back on God, but to actually punish God by killing Mozart, an act accomplished by driving the
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Humanities - comes from the Latin word humanuos which means human, culture and refined. * The study of humanities include the appreciation of the arts w/c can strengthens our values about life and reality. 3 Basic assumptions in the study of humanities 1. Art is created by all people at all times because it is liked and enjoyed a great work of art is never out of date. 2. Art Involves experience ( actual doing of something) 3. Art is not nature and nature is not an art. Art is made
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Kayla Demel Art Appreciation 103 Online 04/1915 Comparison of Wendell Castle’s Cavalcade and Harry Bertoia’s Sounding Sculpture Comparison of Wendell Castle’s Cavalcade and Harry Bertoia’s Sounding Sculpture The artwork Cavalcade by Wendell Castle compared with Harry Bertoia’s sounding sculpture were designed for different purposes but both use elements of art to emphasis the meanings of each. I found these sculptures at the Wichita Art Museum. I selected these two because I found sculptures
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elementary schools does not give enough attention to the basics of music because it has already been revealed in the literature that generalist teachers who are teaching in the foundations of human learning is not fully equipped. There is a need for in-service training programs in teaching music specifically on the foundation of music, the rhythmic skills, for it will serve as a stepping stone for our pupils to cope with the necessary music skills in the 21st Century. Framework of the Study
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