Second quiz done... last month of the semester. The Music Player has new music -- music from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. These pieces are featured in the Listening Guides in Parts 6, 7 and 8 of the textbook. Read the Listening Guide for each piece as you listen.
By the way, the Player contains five recordings that fall outside the required reading material. The pieces are the excerpts from Brahms, Verdi and Puccini and the Gillespie/Parker composition.
As we finish our look at music notation, here's the music for the three movements of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 15 in C. Traditionally, movements in a piece like this are referred to by their tempo markings and these three movements are marked Allegro, Andante and Rondo Allegretto. You should know what Allegro and Andante mean from your studies and here's what Allegretto means. Rondo does not refer to the tempo of the last movement, but rather the form of the movement. Here's what rondo means. (Note the example of the form of a rondo included in some of those definitions -- ABACADA -- a good example of repetition and contrast in music.)
More about Mozart and a short excerpt from the sonata where you can listen to the beginning of the first movement and follow along in the score.
We'll come back to Mozart and listen to more of his music later in the semester.
First quiz down... and we continue
At the start of the semester I asked if you knew why November 12, 1974 is an important day in the history of hip-hop? I found the answer in the October 10th issue of Newsday in an article titled, "30 Years of Hip-Hop". (It has to do with Kool DJ Herc, the Jamaica-born DJ credited with inventing hip-hop, playing records at a party in the Bronx.)
Here's more from Newsday's series on 30 Years of Hip-Hop. (Take a look -- some interesting reading, especially if you're a fan.)
Remember, we've changed the date of the first quiz to October 13. Take a look at the Review page for material you can use to prepare for the test.
Short week this week. Sometime during the next few days, take a look at some of the links on this page.
We'll start looking at Music Notaton next class as well as talk more about Intelligent Listening. If you want, take a look at those links in the From the Classroom section to get a preview, and maybe even try out the Note Tester too.
Question? November 12, 1974 has been declared the official birthday of Hip Hop. Who declared it and why that specific date? (I know who declared it but I can't find out why that date?)