Music Appreciation

GEOLOGY MUSIC AND 20TH CENTURY MUSIC

Monday:

1 Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite – “In the Hall of Mountain King” (Geology Music)

2. Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (Geology Music)

3. Varese: Ionisation (20th Century Music)

4. Listening Activity

a. Construct a modern percussion section categorizing instruments as

drum, metal, wood, and miscellaneous

b. List as many percussion instruments as you can that you identify in “Ionisation”

Tuesday:

1. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite (Geology Music and 20th Century Music)

a. “Sunrise”

b. “Painted Desert”

c. “On the Trail”

d. “Sunset”

e. “Cloudburst”

2. Listening activity: Draw a scene or several scenes of Grand Canyon Suite music

Wednesday: No Class; Trip to the Water Park:

Thursday:

1. Holst: The Planets – “Mars”

2. Varese: Poeme Electronique

3. Listening Activity

a. Write a story or indicate what you experience as you listen to Poeme Electronique

Friday: Pop Music in the 1970’s

Early Easy Listening; Soft Rock

1) B. J. Thomas: “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” (’70)

2) The Carpenters: “Close to You” (’70)

“ We’ve Only Just Begun (‘70)

“ For All We Know (’71)

“Rainy Days and Mondays” (‘71)

“Top of the World” (’73)

3) Partridge Family: “I Think I Love You” (’70)

4) Sammy Davis, Jr.: “Candy Man” (’72)

Reflective; Introspective Music

1) Simon and Garfunkel: “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (’70)

“Kodachrome” (’73)

2) James Taylor: “You’ve Got a Friend” (’71)

3) Neil Diamond: “Song Sung Blue” (’72)

“Sweet Caroline”

4) Cat Stevens: “Morning Has Broken” (’72)

Country

1) Johnny Cash: “I Can See Clearly Now” (’72)

2) John Denver: “Take Me Home, Country Road” (’71)

“Sunshine on My Shoulder” (’74)

“Thank God, I’m a Country Boy” (’75)

3) Dolly Parton

Rock and Roll Nostalgia

1) Ricky Nelson

2) Sha Na Na: “Yakety Yak”

“Jailhouse Rock”

Spiritualism

1) Godspell

2) Jesus Christ, Superstar

1960’s Electrified Sound

1) Led Zeppelin: “Whole Lotta Love”

2.) Fleetwood Mac: “Don’t Stop” (’77)

Weird, Theatrical Effects and Costumes

1) Alice Cooper

2) Kiss

Serious Musicianship; Classicism

1) Rod Steward: “Maggie May” (’71)

2) Stevie Wonder: “You are the Sunshine of my Life” (’73)

“Sir Duke” (’78)

3) Billy Joel: “Just the Way You Are” (’78)

4) Emerson, Lake and Palmer: “Fanfare for the Common Man”

“Hut of Baba Yaga/Great Gate of Kiev”

(Note: Compare these versions with the original versions by Aaron Copland and

Modest Moussorgsky.)

Disco

1) Van McCoy: “The Hustle” (’75)

2) Taste of Honey: “Boogie Oogie Oogie (’78)

3) Bee Gees: “Stayin’ Alive” (’78)

Saturday Night Fever

4) Village People: “YMCA” (“79)

5) Sister Sledge: “We Are Family” (‘79)

Easy Listening

1) Barbara Streisand: “The Way We Were” (’74)

2. Barry Manilow: “Mandy” (’75)

“I Write the Songs” (’76)

“Can’t Smile Without You” (’78)

3) Debbie Boone: “You Light Up My Life” (’77)

4) Shaun Cassidy: “Da Doo Ron Ron” (’77)

Black Artists

1) Diana Ross: “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

2) The Jackson Five: “ABC” (’70)

“I’ll Be There” (’70)

“The Love you Save” (’70)

“I Want You Back” (’70)

3) Isaac Hayes: “Theme from Shaft” (’71)

Saturday: Test; Feedback Session