Journal – Does it matter where we live?
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JOURNAL – DOES IT MATTER WHERE WE
LIVE?
How can places we live impact our social life, work habits, relationship to nature, personality, values, etc.? Would you be a different person if you grew up in a rural area with few people
around compared to a large populated city? Do our surroundings help shape the person we become? Explain. Also, have you given up someone or something to move somewhere
else?
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“A WAGNER MATINEE”
Vocabulary:ExcruciatinglyMyriadSordidTentativelyTrepidation
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“A WAGNER MATINEE”
By Willa Cather
Read & discuss biography page 692
Read story pages 694-702
Have paper ready for musical interludes – write down your thoughts & feelings with each song & consider the main character’s thoughts & feelings also
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RICHARD WAGNER
European composer
Born in Germany 1813
Died in Italy 1883
Operas Tristan and Isolde, Ring Cycle,
The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser
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NEBRASKA VS. BOSTON 1900
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MUSICAL INTERLUDES
Robert Schumann “Joyous Farmer” p. 697 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKmpQjjQOBA
Carl Maria von Weber “Euryanthe” p. 698 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLHQwXIxGM
Giacomo Meyerbeer “Huguenots” p. 698 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6D4Inc031Y
Richard Wagner “The Flying Dutchman” p. 698 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GohmtsWhmoE
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A WAGNER MATINEERameses p. 699 Monet Impressionist painting p. 699
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MUSIC INTERLUDESWagner’s “Tannhauser” Overture p. 699 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTM7E4-DN0o
Mozart operas and Verdi melodies mentioned p. 700
Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde” p. 700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF4zN-Okonc
Wagner’s “Prize Song” p. 700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_BNFHbNm6Y
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” p. 702 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7tewlEED6g
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FINALEWagner “Ring” p. 702 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HujjNQPv2U
Wagner Siegfried’s funeral march p. 702 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uka8ykFDw2U
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LITERARY ANALYSISMake Inferences p. 703 #5Contrast Settings p. 703 #7Make Judgments p. 703 #8Biographical Context p. 703 #9 – Examine the IMAGERY and FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE used to describe the people and scenes of Nebraska. How might Cather’s relatives be offended by the description?Explore Metaphor: In lines 223-227, Cather compares music in the concert hall to flowing water. Identify key words and phrases in the metaphor and the qualities they convey.