Writing Homework Help
UCLA Comparative Listening and Contemporary Extrapolation Response
Responses to each prompt should be 2 to 3 paragraphs in length. Please provide musical examples as needed to illustrate your point. (You can use time stamps if you’re speaking about a specific section of a piece).
In the vocal music of the Late Renaissance, early Baroque period, what were musical strategies to express the affective states represented in the sung texts.
In the Spanish Colonies of the Americas, how was music used to convert the indigenous population to Christianity? How were the colonized subjects represented in the Villancicos so-called “negrillas” of the Oaxaca Cathedral Songbook,?
Comparative listening:
Polyphony Vs. Monody
Listen to M. Casulana’s “Morir non puo il mio cuore” (My heart cannot die) and C. Monteverdi’s “Tu sei morta” (You are dead).
1) What are some striking (clearly audbile) differences with regards to:
- The musical texture.
- The vocal delivery (performance style)
2) How are the lyrics of the pieces expressed through music?
What was the guiding extra-musica discipline that contributed to the musical structure in the music of the baroque period? What was the purpose of such orientation?
Contemporary Extrapolation:
Music has been used in the past for political reasons, like the case of the Spanish colonizers, in order to serve a particular purpose. What are some ways you can think of in which music is used in our time to “influence” or “persuade” the listener in some way?
