Music Appreciation

  Choose three 20th century selections and compare (includes listening) Wozzeck, Excerpt from Act III by Alban Berg Ritual Melodies by Jonathan Harvey Sextet by Steve Reich General William Booth Enters Into Heaven by Charles Ives Pavanne by Gabriel Faure, arr. Ogerman (Bill Evans) Concerto Grosso 1985 by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich The Young Person's Guide to Orchestra by Benjamin Britten Choose three of these seven listening selections above and compare their compositional techniques. Why do they sound so different from each other and yet are still from the same time period? Of the three you discuss, which do you like the most? Why? To establish your opinions, be sure you have read the 15-page Lecture from 1900 to 1960 and the 11-page Lecture on New Music from 1960 in the 20th Century. Use some of the Concert Report guidelines found here to help you describe your experience of these pieces. How helpful are these guidelines for recorded music? Don't forget to cite your outside research sources at the bottom of the paper for full credit. Use only university databases, online encyclopedia, etc. citation is in html format not mla.