Post on 14-Jul-2015
HOLES AND GOALS:
MUSIC HISTORY
Linda Cruikshank
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What are the different time periods and what genres of music
would you expect in each?
Within those different genres of music, what are the different
forms that were associated with each?
Which composers were exemplars in each genre/time period?
ENDURING
UNDERSTANDINGS
Distinguish between different time periods, especially classical,
romantic, baroque, impressionist: orchestration is a key component,
tonality, and instrumentation are all important in distinguishing between
the time periods.
Knowing distinctive characteristics of different composers makes it
easier to distinguish their music.
On the same token, knowing the time period the piece is coming from,
the easier it is to decide who the composer is.
PRODUCTS
Music History Timeline: 1350-1900’s
• On 3x5 index cards I researched and found composers, their time period, and exemplar works
Practice Praxis II test
• Took a 100-question practice test, graded it, and then on the answers I got wrong I went through and wrote down the correct answer
Pandora Music Listening Quiz
• Put Pandora, Inc. classical radio station on shuffle and listened for two (2) one-hour periods, wrote down who I thought the composer was and why
Six haikus that involve the five time periods
• Loved this activity, making a very concise definition about each time period, actually kind of difficult
RESOURCES
Four resources helped me out the most:
www.wikipedia.org
www.pandora.com
Norton Anthology of the History of Western Music
Praxis II practice book and test
REFLECTIONS
I have been bad at history since fifth grade when I received my first
“C” . Things did not get better in undergrad. Luckily, through this
project, I was able to re-learn, somewhat, what I was taught in the past.
Unfortunately, I have a lot of information that I must continue to keep
learning because even though I have learned and reviewed, if I were to be
asked what specific terms were I would still struggle to find some
answers.
QUESTIONS
How can I keep my mind fresh in terms of remembering music
history once I’m out of the classroom again?
Is there something else I can do to remember things or should I
just keep on practicing and reading in the hopes of it all clicking at
some point?
NEXT STEPS…
Keep my index card timeline and use as a reference when needed
and pull it out every so often to practice.
Keep up with listening to classical music, something that I have
stopped in recent years.
If you have any ideas, feel free to let me know!