Comparative Essay (part 2): Smetana – The Moldau (Vltava)

The comparative essay requires students to demonstrate the depth and breadth their sense of historical perspective regarding conditions (E.g. social, cultural, technological and musical) that influenced artists and the works that they produced. In the comparative essay students should demonstrate theoretical knowledge as well as experiential analysis that stems from spending considerable time listening to and analyzing the selected works. Your experiential (listening) awareness should focus on the music’s instrumentation, form, style, and the extent of contrasts evident in dynamics and articulations of sound.

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION

SMETANA BIOS

Wikipedia – Bedrich Smetana [Accessed: 10.05.11]

The Composers of Bohemia [Accessed: 11.05.11]

Naxos.com – Bedrich Smetana [Accessed: 11.05.11]

Britannica.com – Bedrich Smetana [Accessed: 11.05.11]

Tripod.com – Bedrich Smetana [Accessed: 11.05.11]

MA VLAST – THE MOLDAU (VLATVA)

Wikipedia – Má vlast [Accessed: 10.05.11]

Moldau Score [Accessed: 11.05.11]

Tripod.com – Ma Vlast [Accessed: 11.05.11]

Bedřich Smetana’s “My Country” – A Symphonic Poem to the Nation [Accessed: 22.05.11]

Classical Notes – Vltava (Moldau) [Accessed: 22.05.11]

The Moldau – Study Unit 4 Romantic Music [Accessed: 22.05.11]

MUSICAL NATIONALISM

Wikipedia – Musical Nationalism [Accessed: 11.05.11]

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL NATIONALISM

The Long 19th Century [Accessed: 22.05.11]

ROMANTICISM

The Romantic Era [Accessed: 22.05.11]

VIDEO LINKS

[Accessed: 10.05.11] 

[Accessed: 11.05.11] 

Comparative Essay (part 1): Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor

The comparative essay requires students to demonstrate the depth and breadth their sense of historical perspective regarding conditions (E.g. social, cultural, technological and musical) that influenced artists and the works that they produced. In the comparative essay students should demonstrate theoretical knowledge as well as experiential analysis that stems from spending considerable time listening to and analyzing the selected works. Your experiential (listening) awareness should focus on the music’s instrumentation, form, style, and the extent of contrasts evident in dynamics and articulations of sound.

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION

MOZART BIOS

Wikipedia – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [Accessed: 28.04.11]

8 Notes – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [Accessed: 01.05.11]

Award of the Papal Equestrian Oder [Accessed: 01.05.11]

The Mozart Project [Accessed: 09.05.11]

The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [Accessed: 09.05.11]

The Mostly Mozart Guide to Mozart [Accessed: 19.05.11]

MOZART AND MONEY

Mozart’s Apartment on the Alsergrund [Accessed: 01.05.11]

Scholar Has Theory on Mozart the Debtor [Accessed: 01.05.11]

MOZART AND THE MYSTERY OF HIS DEATH

After Mozart’s Death an Endless Coda [Accessed: 01.05.11]

What Really Killed Mozart? Maybe Strep [Accessed: 01.05.11]

MOZART AND THE CLASSICAL ERA

Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert: Vienna’s Big Four [Accessed: 01.05.11]

SYMPHONY NO. 40 in G Minor

Wikipedia – Symphony No. 40 (Mozart) [Accesed: 28.04.11]

The Effects of Structural Interventions [Accessed: 19.05.11]

The Last Three Symphonies [Accessed: 19.05.11]

W.A. Mozart Symphony no. 40 [Accessed: 20.05.11]

MOZART SCORES

Mutopia Project [Accessed: 09.05.11]

VIDEO LINKS

[Accessed: 01.05.11] 

[Accessed: 01.05.11]