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watch this and wite a report about it.
Early Music Concert #1: Jordi Savall
La Europa Musical hacia 1600-1650
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs8mi6Gd1pk&feature=related
Please, do not use wikipedia in any case. Plus, make sure not to copy any sentance from the internet.
And please read this carefully. It is the descriptions and requirements of the assignment.
Concert Report Guidelines
One way to approach a concert report is as an opportunity to describe music you have heard to someone who was unable to attend the concert. In order to be clear, you must use your growing musical vocabulary with precision: learn the meanings of the words introduced in your textbook; listen carefully to all selections on the program taking notes so that you can use those impressions when you write your report.
Choose a distinctive file name for your report.
• One possibility: Use your initials to personalize the file name.
• Use Microsoft Word (a .doc or .docx file) for your papers. I have had difficulties opening papers in other formats, especially Works documents.
Concert Report Length: Your reports should be between 800 and 1000 words. If you find you have more to say, you may go over the limit without penalty. However, I will observe the 800-word minimum. Papers that do not meet this minimum requirement usually do not contain much in the way of analysis. Reports not meeting the 800-word minimum will be marked down accordingly.
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Please type your name, MUS 101, and Winter 2012 in the upper left-hand corner of your paper.
These reports are formal papers.
• Provide a title that reflects the concert you attended/viewed.
• Share your observations and opinions about the pieces. But, provide concrete examples to illustrate what you mean, and support your opinion with analysis. You will have practiced doing this on the Discussion Board for nearly five weeks before you write your first report. Although it can be very interesting all by itself, unsupported opinion tells me nothing about your understanding of the music, which is the main objective in having you write concert reports.
• Avoid calling all of your responses to the music “feelings.” See your “Successful Participation” guide for more.
• Sometimes less is more. “The composer wrote a sad emotion type of piece.” This is a wordy, awkward formulation from an actual paper. All the student needed to say was that the composer wrote a sad piece. Then, of course, s/he would have needed to describe the ways the composer made the music sound sad. “This piece is by Bach” is a weak and wordy substitute for the succinct and tidy “Bach wrote.”
• Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word choice should all contribute to the clarity of your prose. In other words, they count. PROOFREAD your papers! You cannot imagine how many silly errors you can avoid simply by reading carefully through your work before you submit it.
Citations:
• If you make reference to anyone else’s ideas either from program notes or another source (you textbook, and article, an internet resource) you must provide a reference. You must acknowledge any idea that is not your own.
• Put the author’s name and page number in parentheses after the sentence in which you use their idea. I should be able to look through your report and determine which ideas are yours and for which you are indebted to someone else.
• I should be able to look through your report and determine how much is your own thought and how much you have taken from source material (books, articles, websites). Although you consult other people’s work for these reports so that you can provide background information, the majority of what you write must be your own ideas, reflections, and insights.
• You will also need to add a “Sources Cited” section or page at the end of your paper.
Begin with an Introduction
Your paper should have an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Instead of launching immediately into a description of the first piece on your program, set the scene with an introductory paragraph. This introduction, not more than a paragraph, should include
• The concert’s title or theme
• The names and dates of the composers and compositions on the program
• The performers’ names: conductor, soloist(s), ensemble, if available
Make sure you differentiate between the composer (the person who wrote the music) and the conductor (the person who leads the orchestra or other musical ensemble). Students frequently confuse these two functions.
Normally, we refer to composers by last name only, except in the following cases:
• You are mentioning him or her for the first time (example: Antonio Vivaldi). Subsequent references are usually by last name only (example: Vivaldi).
• Composers have the same last names (example: Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck Schumann)
Hint: If you misspell a composer’s name, it looks bad…really bad. Take the time to proofread for errors that can make your paper look like a rush job.
Your introduction can also include a short description of the venue(s): concert hall, recital hall, opera house, outdoor theater, private residence (castle), church or cathedral. Setting the scene enables your reader to travel with you through this listening experience.
However, in the body of the paper, focus on the music itself. This means writing analyses similar to those in your weekly posts only in more extended versions. Use the “Successful Participation” guide for ideas. After all, writing a concert report is like writing extended posts. You may mention the quality of performance, your responses, and/or the audience’s reactions, but, just as in your discussion posts, the music should take center stage. You practice describing music every week in our discussions. These reports should demonstrate that your growing knowledge of music and ability to use musical vocabulary correctly.
Focusing on the music starts with properly identifying genre and form. If you are writing about a sonata – or a symphony or concerto that uses sonata form – you have a ready-made structure for your paper. Describe the themes the composer introduces in the exposition and how he or she plays with them during the development. When they come back in the recapitulation are they the same, or does the composer change them, add to them, or otherwise develop the material further? (See Chapter 13 for more details.)
Each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence.
• Your topic sentence could center on how you responded to the piece. If you use this approach, spend the rest of the paragraph explaining what musical devices the composer used that made you respond that way.
• Your topic sentence might provide an overview of the piece or movement of the piece. In other words, you might mention that the movement is in sonata form or a theme and variations or a rondo. From there, you mention how the composer has used that form. In some cases, he or she will have altered it.
• Hint: As we move forward through the course material, the musical forms expand. These larger forms contain the “action” of the piece and will provide you with a structure not only for aural understanding but also for writing about the music.
Use standard paragraph structure.
• A paragraph is at least three sentences long.
• If you are writing about a multi-movement work, please discuss each movement. If the work has more than four movements, you might have to pick and choose representative sections to illustrate your points about the overall work.
• Note: paragraphs that last a page or more generally contain more than one main idea. Revise this behemoth so that it is manageable for your reader.
Cover ALL the pieces on the concert.
• You are responsible for describing each and every piece on the programs you choose for your reports. A concert rarely contains only one piece of music. (An exception would be the E-Concert featuring Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.) Look over the program booklet you receive at your live concert or your E-Concert line-up carefully. For example, a “Baroque Era” E-Concert might contain two or more pieces.
• If you omit pieces from the program, your report will be marked down accordingly. For example, if you only write about one Brandenburg Concerto instead of both, the start value for your report automatically becomes 10 points instead of 20.
• For those of you using E-concerts, please note that I do check every link before the term starts. They should work. If they do not, please email me. However, a broken link or malfunctioning video is not an excuse to turn in a partial report. (I have had students attempt this.) If your chosen link does not work, find another. You have a lot of options.
• Take care not to confuse the Italian word “concerto,” which is a specific genre we study in this course, with the English word “concert,” which refers to the event itself.
You may have opportunities to attend live concerts. Here in Corvallis, OSU provides students with an impressive number of live concerts each term – although these are admittedly fewer in number during the summer. Admission to most of these concerts is FREE with OSU Student ID. You must send me the name and/or content of the concert you intend to use for your report in advance of actual concert attendance in order to receive approval. I will not accept concert reports based on unapproved concerts.
Live Concerts That I Do Not Accept
I will not give approval for Broadway shows like the “Lion King” or musical theater works like “Phantom of the Opera.” Vernacular music concerts (rock, jazz, rap, country, etc.) will not work for concert reports either largely because the sameness of form. Vernacular concerts are filled with songs, and most students end up writing about the lyrics rather than the music. One way to get an idea of what is acceptable is to look through the E-concerts I provide.
The E-Concert Option:
• You will find the E-concerts by clicking the blue Concert Report on the left side of your screen.
• I originally devised the E-concerts for students in remote areas who either did not have access to live concerts or who would have to pay premium prices for tickets. If you do choose to write one or more of your concert reports using these E-concerts, you will find that some the options coordinate with the eras of music history you are studying in the class. It can be convenient – especially for the first report – to write about music from eras we have covered. However, I don’t want to scare you away from the other offerings.
• Browse the E-concerts. Sample each one whether or not you plan to use any of them for your reports. Your CD’s and DVD give you only tiny bits of what is available to you. And, we are more fortunate than ever in the convenience of having single links to entire concerts. I have tried to find plenty of options that don’t fragment the pieces.
• If you choose to view an E-concert, you will need to do a little background research on the pieces. You would receive a program booklet at a live concert, which would contain information about the pieces on that concert. These notes provide audience members with historical and biographical background information on the composers and pieces to be performed in addition to some musical analysis. You will need to look up your own material for the E-concerts in order to better understand the music they contain and prepare you to write about them.
• Beware of the spellings you will find on YouTube. When it comes to art music in particular you will encounter people who write in a variety of languages and some who simply confuse the spelling. Your book is a great resource for correct spellings.
• Be sure to click YouTube’s “show more” feature in case the person who provided the video has also provided basic information about piece titles, performers, and productions (in the case of operas). In many cases, the piece or movement title will appear on the screen when it starts so that you know what you are listening to.
• I know I stated this above, but I’ll state it again: For those of you using E-concerts, please note that I do check every link before the term starts. They should work. If they do not, please email me. However, a broken link or malfunctioning video is not an excuse to turn in a partial report. (Unfortunately, I have had students attempt this.) If your chosen link does not work, find another. You have a lot of options.
• If you choose to write a concert report on an opera, please note that your focus still should be on the music, not the plot. I know the storylines. I am familiar with the characters. You will need to listen carefully to the way the composer writes not only the solo arias but also the other ensemble: duets, trios, quartets, choruses, and, of course, the orchestral portions. NOTE: Viewing an entire opera can be a thrilling, enriching experience. It also means a large time investment. You must plan ahead.
Citing Sources:
Whether you attend a live concert or use the E-concert option, you MUST cite any source you use including online sources. Failure to do so is called plagiarism (failure to give credit to other people’s ideas whether you intend to or not) and will result in a 0 on the assignment. (See the “Citation” section below.)
• View each of your E-concerts as if you were in the concert hall. Do not view them piece-meal the first time through. I have selected programs that are equivalent in content and length to what you would find in the concert or recital hall. Most have a first part (half) and a second half that would be separated by an intermission. However, the E-Concert format gives you the advantage of listening to your concert again or in sections. People who attend live concerts will often listen to recordings of the pieces they will hear before they attend the concert – like reading a play before you go – so they can understand and enjoy the music more fully when they do hear it live.
• If you do choose to view an E-concert, do not write that it would have been more impressive to hear the music live. This observation is a throwaway line. It tells me nothing. Of course, it would be better to hear the music live. However, I have provided this option as a convenience for those students for whom attending live concerts would be a logistical and/or financial burden.
Concert Report Grades
The numerical grade for a Concert Report does not correspond to a standard letter grade. Each piece of music on your report is worth a percentage of the total score. For example, if your concert has three pieces on it, each piece will count as a third of the total number of possible points. If you leave out a piece, your start value drops with it. If you do not turn in a required Concert Report, you risk incurring a stiff penalty in addition to the points you decided not to earn. These deductions can make the difference between passing and failing the course.
I provide feedback on your Concert Reports
In addition to your numerical score, I comment, sometimes extensively, on your first Concert Report in particular in the hope that these comments will help you to achieve an even higher number of points on your second (and optional third) report(s). If I find fundamental problems on the second report, especially issues that I addressed here, in the “Successful Participation” guide, or in those comments, it indicates to me that you are not making reasonable progress in the course. Concert Reports provide me with a better sense of your progress than the quizzes and even the exams because they often disclose whether a student is taking instruction or attempting to get credits without learning the material. Use the comments I make to improve your score. Remember: Your final grade for the course will reflect the quality of your work. These Concert Reports are significant indicators of your progress in the course. Approach them accordingly.
Submit your Concert Reports by clicking the blue Concert Report button and submitting the appropriate report (Concert Report 1, Concert Report 2, etc.) as directed.
• Do not wait until the last minute to submit your Concert Report. If you have difficulties with report submission, I might not be available to help you sort out the problem before the deadline.
• If something goes wrong during the submission process, email me. I will need to clear your first attempt before you can resubmit your report. However, do NOT send Concert Reports via email. I will not accept them.
• One way to avoid a major difficulty is to copy and paste your report into the “User’s Comments” section in addition to attaching it. This provides added protection against formatting and other submission problems.
Final Thoughts
Students frequently ask me what I am looking for in these reports. First and foremost, I
look for reports that are written well. Poor or hasty writing can obscure any idea no matter how brilliant. Inform yourself through background reading, listen carefully and thoughtfully to the pieces on your program, share those ideas in a well-ordered and coherent manner, and you should achieve a strong score.
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