WVU Music 271 Podcast
1) 4.27.07 (4.25.07 also in the feed)
Music 271: 4/27/07 (Last Day!) II: âModern Jazzâ or âBebopâ: A: Principal players: ⢠Tenor Sax: Charlie Parker ⢠Trumpet: John Gillespie (Dizzy Gillespie) ⢠Piano: Thelonious Monk ⢠Drums: Max Roach B...Show More
2) 4.25.07
Music 271: 4/25/07 I: The Blues: A: Form: ⢠Solo vocalist accompanied by a guitar, small jazz ensemble, Big Band, guitar based ensembles, etc. ⢠Sing the blues is to get rid of the blues ⢠Most of the...Show More
3) 4.23.07 (Friday's lecture, 4/20/07, is also in the feed)
Music 271: 4/23/07 II: Jazz: Overview of Style and History: (GB: p.81-82) ⢠Blends European and West African traditions ⢠Traceable to beginning of the 20th century ⢠2 periods: ⢠Jazz as a functional...Show More
4) 4.20.07
Music 271: 4/20/07 II: American Neo-Classicism concluded: Coplandâs Piano Variations and beyond: ⢠Copland, Elliot Carter were all Neo-Classic composers ⢠Rhythmic aspects of early jazz (ragtime) till...Show More
5) 4.18.07
Music 271: 4/18/07 I: Igor Stravinskyâs contributions to the formation of 20th-century art music: A: Second Stage Nationalist (to the beginning of WWI) 1. The influence of Debussy on his ballet scores...Show More
6) 4.16.07
Music 271: 4/16/07 I: SchĂśnbergâs twelve-tone composition or Serialism (c1923-1951): ⢠Logical use of all 12 pitches of the chromatic scale ⢠Suite fĂźr klavier: Presents prime row right at the beginni...Show More
7) 4.9.07
Music 271: 4/9/07 II: Claude Debussy (1862-1918): â Stravinsky â French Composers (Poulenc) A: Education: ⢠Paris Conservatory ⢠Captivated by music of Wagner B: Changing attitude concerning Richard W...Show More
8) 4.13.07
Sorry for the delays this week! This week has been absolutely crazy, and getting this podcast out has taken a back burner to many other things. Please look in the feed for the other lectures from this...Show More
9) 4.11.07
Music 271: 4/11/07 II: Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Evolving approach to musical composition: tonality and form: ⢠Short and simple motives, developed in a harmonically ambiguous environment ⢠20th cen...Show More
10) 4.2.07
Music 271: 4/2/07 II: The post-Romantic Period and the turn towards the 20th century: the generation of 1860: ⢠Hard to differentiate the Nationalistic composition and composer ⢠Beginnings of another...Show More