Music Appreciation Report: Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, Giovanni Daelli

Essay Instructions:

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Music Appreciation is a survey course designed to familiarize students with the basic mediums and vocabulary of Western art and popular music. The course will present an overview of musical style periods and will include both instrumental and vocal genres.

The course will incorporate several modes of instruction including lecture, discussion, visual presentations and graded listening.

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

The Enjoyment of Music, Forney and Machlis (Shorter Version), 12th Edition (W.W. Norton, 2007) W/TOTAL ACCESS STREAMING MUSIC (text is NOT required)

In lieu of purchasing a textbook for this course, students must attend FOUR (4) concerts approved by the Auburn University Music Department. The cost to attend these concerts is approximately $40 -$50 total

Access to internet, YouTube

SLO and COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course fulfills requirements for the following general education goal and Student Learning Outcome (SLO):

General Education Goal #7: Aesthetic Appreciation and Engagement

1SLO 11: Students will understand and appreciate the arts and aesthetics as ways of knowing and engaging with the world.

Measure 1: Develop and articulate criteria for aesthetic judgement.

Measure 2: Understand how various art forms and /or works of art both reflect and inform society at large historically and/or the present.

Measure 3: Be able to study, create or participate in some forms of artistic expression as a means of understanding the creative process.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Students will demonstrate knowledge of the common elements of music (rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre, texture, tempo, dynamics and form) and how they all interrelate in music (SLO11, measures 1 and 3)

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship of music to the other arts (SLO 11, measures 2 and 3)

Students will demonstrate knowledge of the historical development of Western music from Gregorian chant to present day (SLO 11, measures 2 and 3)

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the wealth and variety of music from around the world and its impact on Western music (SLO 11, measure 2 and 3)

Students will demonstrate the ability to articulate aesthetic judgement (SLO 11, measure 1)

CLASS ACTIVITIES

Class Lecture

Reading, viewing, and listening assignments

Concert attendance and written reports (see template for reports)

Written examinations (including listening component) on all tests

The following sites provide valuable information regarding concert etiquette, and examples of how to write a review:

http://www(dot)huffingtonpost(dot)com/lisa-mirza-grotts/concert-etiquette_b_5767566.html (Link to the external website）

http://www(dot)potsdam(dot)edu/academics/Crane/MusicTheory/Musical-Terms-and-Concepts.cfm (Link to the external website）

Essay Sample Content Preview:

Name Instructor Course Date Report When playing the oboe the instrument players make decisions on fingering as this affects their output and amateurs can use low range fingering without much difficulties. The music pieces performed were the Nnneteenth century oboe focusing on the concertante by Émile Paladilhe Concertino, op. 110 by Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, there was intermission and was followed by performances on Scènes Écossaises, Op.138 by Benjamin Godard and Fantasy on themes from Giuseppe Verdi's “Rigoletto” by Giovanni Daelli. Dr. Kristin letterman was the oboist while Dr. Jeremy Samolesky was the pianist. The music of the oboe with piano concertante by Emile Paladilhe and is in the Romantic style music. To begin with the oboe Concocurs works focus on various chords that signals the oboe cadenza. The song slows down to the andante tempo that is very moderate, and the second section is the allegro non troppo. Paladilhe had training in wind instruments and the music can be adapted for celebrations especially festivals and parades. Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda’s concertino has three movements, the Allegro con fuoco, Romanze (Adagio) and Vivace. The music begins on a fast and cheerful tempo, then there is slow expression and the third movement is lively and faster than the first movement. While Kalliwoda meant the song for the oboe a small orchestra can be added to improve performance and delivery. The global key of the movement is F major and there are three movements, and while the instrumentation is oboe the song is also appropriate for an orchestra. Kalliwoda is one of the few composers who included high range for oboes, where the players can play the low and high ranges depending on their ability to use high note fingerings. This makes the concertino, unique since experienced oboists are best placed to play the oboe unlike other works with low range. In Benjamin Godard’s Scènes Écossaises, Op.138 there is three sections or movements the Lègende Pastorale, Serenade a Mabel and Marche des highlanders. The main instrumentation like in the other pieces is the oboe the music is in the romance style. Godard’s compositions and those by Émile Paladilhe were common in Fran...

Updated on January 26, 2024

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