Music Appreciation Trimester 3 High School Assignment 4

Assignment: Listen to the following pieces and be prepared for a quiz on each piece. Be able to identify each piece, which movement it is, who wrote it.

Beethoven Symphony 6 "Pastoral" movement 1


Schumann Symphony 3 "Rhenish" movement 1


Berlioz Symphony "Fantastique" movement 2


Brahms Symphony 3 movement 3


Beethoven Symphony 5 movement 1

Junior High Trimester 3 Assignment 3

Listen to the following pieces by Antonin Dvorak and be able to identify them in a quiz next class.

Due: April 19

Symphony no. 8 "New World" movement 1


Slavonic Dance no. 8


Humoresque


String Serenade in E Major

High School Trimester 3 Assignment 3

Assignment:

a)Listen to one new piece on the Listening List and write 5 complete sentences on what moods the piece evokes, what instruments are used and when the piece was written.

b)Please listen to the following links and be prepared to identify the name of each piece, the opera it is taken from, and its composer.

Due: April 18

"The Barber of Seville (Figaro's Aria)" by Rossini



"The Marriage of Figaro (aria: La Donna e Mobile) by Mozart



"Das Reingold (Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla) by Wagner Please note: this is an example of Wagnerian leitmotif. Here the orchestra has the particular
leitmotif.


"Lakme (aria: the Flower Duet)" by Leo Delibes Please note: This opera takes place in India.



"Die Valkyrie(The Flight of the Valkyries)" by Wagner Please note: the Valkyries are Amazon-like warrior women who are sent by the gods after battles to take the fallen.