~Mention musical examples and composers that you select on which to base your ideas.

Describe “Impressionism” as an artistic and musical style. 

~Mention musical examples and composers that you select on which to base your ideas.

2. Refer to Chapter 49 – Listening Guide 41:

-After listening to Debussy’s Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun” (Prelude a “L’apres-midi d’un faune”) identify what best describes its rhythm/meter, expression, and performing forces.

3. List and describe five (5) musical elements innovative and characteristic of:

Early 20th Century music ~ Modernism

Refer to Chapter 52 – Listening Guide 44:

-After listening to Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No.18, identify what best describes its melody, rhythm/meter, and harmony.

4. Expressionism:

• What do you consider “Expressionistic” about Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck?

• What musical elements did Stravinsky use in the Rite of Spring to produce such a shocking reaction from some people in the audience?

5. Nationalism, Modernism, and Realism in the Americas:

• Describe each of these musical styles:

o Nationalism

o Modernism

o Realism

• Choose one (1) composer for each of these unique musical styles.  Explain how each composer represents the corresponding style.

6. Refer to Chapter 60 – Listening Guide 54:

-After listening to Revueltas’ ”Noche de jaranas” from La Noche de los Mayas identify what best describes its melody, harmony, and performing forces.

7. ~Based on your readings and own research, describe the role of women in music from the turn of the century and throughout the 20th century.

~Refer to Part 6 – Chapter 54 of the textbook:

• Lili Boulanger (1893 – 1918)

• Post-Impressionism and the Prix de Rome

~“Women’s suffrage” – 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1920)

~Research, list and describe three (3) female musicians who are significant to the time.

8. ~List three (3) musical characteristics common to all jazz styles and describe in a brief paragraph these commonalities.

~List and describe three (3) African-American and three (3) European musical characteristics present in jazz music.

WSR:

~Research three (3) Websites related to any of the topics and/or concepts that you found interesting and that we have covered in Lesson 5.

~For proper credit, provide the URL and then compose a brief description and summary of the information you learn from each Website.