Resonances - Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context

by Esther M. Morgan-Ellis with Contributing Authors

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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.

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Publisher
University of North Georgia
Subjects
Humanities, Music
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Contributions and Acknowledgments
  6. Licensing
  7. How to Use this Book
  8. Our Vision
  9. Notes to the Instructor
  10. Help make this book better!
  11. Unit 1: Music as a Field of Practice and Study
  12. Chapter 1: Music in Human Life
  13. 1.1: What is Music?
  14. 1.2: The Power of Music
  15. 1.3: Music and Human Development, Learning, and Wellness
  16. 1.4: Resources for Further Learning
  17. Chapter 2: The Elements of Music
  18. 2.1: The Dimensions of Sound
  19. 2.2: Music in the World
  20. 2.3: Resources for Further Learning
  21. Unit 2: Music for Storytelling
  22. Chapter 3: Music and Characterization
  23. 3.1: John Williams - Star Wars
  24. 3.2: Richard Wagner - The Valkyrie
  25. 3.3: Gustav Holst - The Planets
  26. 3.4: Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
  27. 3.5: Ragtime and Dixieland Jazz
  28. 3.6: Resources for Further Learning
  29. Chapter 4: Sung and Danced Drama
  30. 4.1: Introduction
  31. 4.2: Sung Drama
  32. 4.2.1: Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton
  33. 4.2.2: Claudio Monteverdi - Orpheus
  34. 4.2.3: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Magic Flute
  35. 4.2.4: Tian Han - The Tale of the White Snake
  36. 4.3: Danced Drama
  37. 4.3.1: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker
  38. 4.3.2: Javanese Traditional - The Love Dance of Klana Sewandana
  39. 4.4: Resources for Further Learning
  40. Chapter 5: Song
  41. 5.1: Song Cycles
  42. 5.1.1: Beyoncé - Lemonade
  43. 5.1.2: Franz Schubert - The Lovely Maid of the Mill
  44. 5.2: Ballads
  45. 5.2.1: “Pretty Polly”
  46. 5.2.2: Franz Schubert, “Elf King”
  47. 5.2.3: Bobbie Gentry, “Ode to Billie Joe”
  48. 5.3: Epic Recitation
  49. 5.3.1: Ancient Greece- The Iliad
  50. 5.3.2: West Africa- The Sunjata Story
  51. 5.4: Resources for Further Learning
  52. Chapter 6: Stories without Words
  53. 6.1: Introduction
  54. 6.2: Hector Berlioz - Fantastical Symphony
  55. 6.3: Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
  56. 6.4: Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, “Spring”
  57. 6.5: Chinese Solo Repertoire - Attack on All Sides and Spring River in the Flower Moon Night
  58. 6.6: Catherine Likhuta - Lesions
  59. 6.7: Anoushka Shankar - Raga Madhuvanti
  60. 6.8: Resources for Further Learning
  61. Unit 3: Music for Entertainment
  62. Chapter 7: Listening at Public Concerts
  63. 7.1: Introduction
  64. 7.2: A Concert by Ludwig van Beethoven
  65. 7.3: An Experiment in Modern Music
  66. 7.4: A Century of Progress
  67. 7.5: An Aquarian Exposition
  68. 7.6: Resources for Further Learning
  69. Chapter 8: Listening at Home and at Court
  70. 8.1: Introduction
  71. 8.2: The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  72. 8.3: Countess of Dia, “I Must Sing”
  73. 8.4: Tanburi Cemil Bey, “Samâi Shad Araban”
  74. 8.5: John Dowland, “Flow, My Tears”
  75. 8.6: Barbara Strozzi, My Tears
  76. 8.7: Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 33, No. 2 “The Joke”
  77. 8.8: Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G minor
  78. 8.9: Resources for Further Learning
  79. Unit 4: Music for Political Expression
  80. Chapter 9: National Identity
  81. 9.1: Introduction
  82. 9.2: National Anthems
  83. 9.3: United States of America- “The Star-Spangled Banner”
  84. 9.4: Germany- “The Song of the Germans”
  85. 9.5: South Africa- “National Anthem of South Africa”
  86. 9.6: Israel - “The Hope”
  87. 9.7: National Representation in Western Art Music
  88. 9.8: Contesting the Representation of Hungary
  89. 9.9: Contesting the Representation of the United States
  90. 9.10: National Representation in Style and Instrumentation
  91. 9.11: Steelband Music of Trinidad and Tobago
  92. 9.12: Resources for Further Learning
  93. Chapter 10: Support and Protest
  94. 10.1: Introduction
  95. 10.2: Music as Political Advocacy
  96. 10.3: Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
  97. 10.4: Music as Political Protest
  98. 10.5: Protest Songs
  99. 10.6: Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5
  100. 10.7: Resources for Further Learning
  101. Unit 5: Functional Music
  102. Chapter 11: Music for Spiritual Expression
  103. 11.1: Introduction
  104. 11.2: Hildegard of Bingen - “O Strength of Wisdom”
  105. 11.3: Giovanni da Palestrina - Pope Marcellus Mass
  106. 11.4: Johann Sebastian Bach - Fugue in G minor and Sleepers, Wake
  107. 11.5: John Newton - “Amazing Grace”
  108. 11.6: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
  109. 11.7: Resources for Further Learning
  110. Chapter 12: Music for Moving
  111. 12.1: Introduction
  112. 12.2: Music for Marching
  113. 12.3: John Philip Sousa - “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
  114. 12.4: Scottish Traditional - “Scotland the Brave”
  115. 12.5: Music for Dancing
  116. 12.6: Dance Music in the United States
  117. 12.7: Dance Music in Concert Settings
  118. 12.8: Resources for Further Learning
  119. Unit 6: Evaluating Music
  120. Chapter 13: What is Good Music?
  121. 13.1: What is Good Music?
  122. 13.2: The Pulitzer Prize
  123. 13.3: 1965 - Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring
  124. 13.4: 1965 - The Duke Ellington controversy
  125. 13.5: 2013 - Caroline Shaw, Partita for 8 Voices
  126. 13.6: 2018 - Kendrick Lamar, DAMN
  127. 13.7: Greatness and Genre
  128. 13.8: Alarm Will Sound
  129. 13.9: Yo-Yo Ma
  130. 13.10: Conclusion
  131. 13.11: Resources for Further Learning
  132. Appendices
  133. A: Instruments of the Orchestra
  134. A.1: The String Family
  135. A.2: The Woodwind Family
  136. A.3: The Brass Family
  137. A.4: The Percussion Family
  138. Western Art Music
  139. Back Matter
  140. Index
  141. Glossary
  142. Detailed Licensing