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Select a piece of music and research it in depth. You will first find all of the essential background material for the piece by researching the piece. You may use the internet for your research. Do not just rely on your prior knowledge about the piece or what you “think” about the piece. Then, you will write about your own reactions to the piece as you listen to it.
Title:
Composer:
Performer(s):
Hint: The composer and performer(s) are usually different people.
1. What year was the piece written? What period of music history was this (primitive, ancient, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, twentieth century, modern)?
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Title:
Composer:
Performer(s):
Hint: The composer and performer(s) are usually different people.
1. What year was the piece written? What period of music history was this (primitive, ancient, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, twentieth century, modern)?
Answer:
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Title: The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Performer(s): Premiere — Ballets Russes (choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky), conducted by Pierre Monteux. (Notable later performer/recording: Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, 1960.)
1. What year was the piece written? What period of music history was this?
Answer: The Rite of Spring was composed mainly between 1911 and 1913 and premiered on 29 May 1913. It belongs to the early 20th-century/Modern period (often described specifically as early modernism or associated with primitivism in its aesthetic).
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Performer(s): Premiere — Ballets Russes (choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky), conducted by Pierre Monteux. (Notable later performer/recording: Igor Stravinsky conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, 1960.)
1. What year was the piece written? What period of music history was this?
Answer: The Rite of Spring was composed mainly between 1911 and 1913 and premiered on 29 May 1913. It belongs to the early 20th-century/Modern period (often described specifically as early modernism or associated with primitivism in its aesthetic).