Students will write a five-page essay on repertoire chosen from the list below. The essays will include background information on the work as well as a personal response to the work, written in the first person. The focus should be on the cultural context as well as musical style.
Ravel — Violin Sonata; Piano Trio; Piano Concerto in G Major Gershwin — Porgy and Bess; An American in Paris Bartok — The Miraculous Mandarin Berg — Lulu Stravinsky — The Rakes Progress; Pulcinella; Symphony of Psalms Copland — Symphony No. 3; Our Town Benjamin Britten — Any Opera (besides Turn of the Screw)
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