(10) Hallelujah by Handel Winneba Youth Choir Africa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giY0VZHoRTs This is one of my favorite performances. In a World Music class book, the author of the chapter states that only “Africans of color” should sing their music. He claims that whites, because they have no history of being slaves, won’t sing the music correctly. The statement is divisive and ignorant, or perhaps, he has never studied history of the world. Maybe this is the only way he was able to be published by that textbook company. If the World Music author is to be believed, then how should we respond to the performance of Winneba Youth Choir musicians and singers performing music composed by dead, “white” composers from Europe?Do you believe the statement to be valid?
- (20) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giY0VZHoRTs One or two word answers will suffice: indicate the time stamps when answering: From timestamp 0:26 to 0:35 is the music polyrhythmic or homorhythmic? From 0:35-0:44 is rhythm homorhythmic or polyrhythmic? At 0:45 are voices singing in many parts or in octaves? At 1:03 are vocal textures singing in chorale (church hymn) style or polyphonic style?
- (10 pt.) Bach: Prelude, Cello suite #1. This example is a very traditional and the intended version by JS Bach. Yo-Yo Ma (considered the best cellist of our time) is performing the work.
You must copy and paste the link to search engine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prweT95Mo0 Enjoy the wonderful crescendo (getting louder in increments), from time stamp 2:14). The music is totally “Baroque” especially with the “unflagging” rhythms, rhythms that continue almost motorized. Choose two timestamp sections of at least 5 second’s in length and describe what you found musically intriguing. - (10. Pt.) Now listen to the Kevin Olusola beatbox version: Bach: Prelude, Cello Suite #1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8vp0TXrOs8 this is a two-part question: What would you say are the pros, not cons of the original and beat box performance? Which one did you prefer and why?
- (10 pt.) You have listened to Purcell’s aria, Dido, but wait until you hear Purcell’s vulgar (not profanity) yet humorous piece as Pox on You. Keep in mind it is written for an all men’s club 300 years ago. Keep in mind that the piece is often polyphonic and complex to sing. (Not like our once famous bar song, “Ninety-nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall”. All opinions are valid but just remember that some current music is laced with extremely vulgar profanity often played without regard to anyone on the street. So if Pox on You offends you then certainly the lyrics of some rap must be at least as offensive. The question is: what musical traits provide evidence that it is a piece from the Baroque, and what is your personal opinion of the piece? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN3wpR-l1pk&t=27s
- (20)Plagiarizing a Baroque composer: Pachelbel Canon in D, is the most often plagiarized piece in pop music. Listen to traditional version first then the plagiarized Maroon 5 version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknBXOSlFQs
Memories Maroon 5 on Pachelbel’s Canon in D
What did you learn from this that you did not know and do you believe that plagiarism is an unethical practice? - (10pt.)Hilary Hahn plays Paganini’s music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qOXw5ySxpQ Begins at 4:21- 4:41 what do you see and hear her doing?
Now from 5:20 – 5:30 what do you se and hear?
And lastly 10:36 to 10: 46 Use your words to describe what you see and hear. - (10 Pt.) One must use an ounce of imagination to realize that even if the style of music is a bit different, the concepts are the same. Then there is Damien Escobar Hip Hop violin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLX7V_eDT5U The violin improvisation could be from the Baroque or Classical periods of classical music.
How does the violin part relate to Paganini &Hilary Hahn’s performance? - (10 pt.) From all the examples of music at least three things that you learned or gained?
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