Prelude 1, pgs. 4-7 ADA compatible

1. Lecture Slides
THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC
ESSENTIAL LISTENING
EDITION
THIRD EDITION
by
Kristine Forney
Andrew Dell’Antonio
Joseph Machlis

2. Introduction to Fine Arts:Music
Music Belongs to Everyone

3. Focus of the Course
• To increase your knowledge about music
• To help you use this knowledge when attending
musical events
• To equip you to answer questions and offer
opinions about music
• To encourage your active participation in the arts
• To help you become an intelligent consumer with
a voice in the availability of music in your
community

4. Music
Rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of
the soul…
Plato
Without music, life is a journey through a desert.
Pat Conroy
Without Elvis, none of us could have made it.
Buddy Holly
Country music is three chords and the truth.
Harlan Howard
The history of a people is found in its songs.
George Jellinek

5. Music Listening & You
2 fundamental facts about Music & Real Life
Music is important to the quality of
human life
People have created different types of
music for different purposes

6. The Musical Process
CREATION
Musical ideas
Forms (framework)
Musical notation
INTERPRETATION
medium
RESPONSE
Listener-audience

7. The Musical Process: Composer’s
Ideas
• Influenced by time period in which composer lives
• Carried out through manipulation of music materials-
-rhythm, melody, texture, harmony
• Placed into a structured framework--musical form
• Written down using standard or non-standard
notation

8. The Musical Process: The
Performer’s Interpretation
• Influenced by
Performer’s
– Knowledge of musical
style
– Technical facility on
instrument
– Personal ideas, likes,
and preferences

9. The Musical Process: The
Listener’s Response
• Influenced by
– Knowledge of musical
styles
– Personal, preferences
– Previous experiences
with music, including
musical training

10. Art Music: Composed for
Performance in concert halls &
opera houses
Learning to Listen:
Hearing and Listening are not the same!!
The Musically Aware Listener
• Focuses on the music itself
• Understands and experiences the composer’s
creative choices

11. Develop different modes of listening
• Physical effects it
produces
• Emotional effects
• Music for music’s sake
(absolute music)
• Develop different
expectations about
different types of music
• Improve your musical
memory
• Become more sensitive to
musical sounds

12. Listening for Aspects of Musical Works
• Nature of melodies
& themes
• Texture
• Nature of rhythm &
its patterns
• Changes in dynamics
levels
• Dominant timbres
• Use of forms and
other musical
practices

13. Some Practical Suggestions
• Practice listening to
music
• Knowledge of musical
notation is not
necessary
• Use Listening Guides,
Resource CD, and
Glossary
• Attend live music
performances!

14. Attending Concerts
• Recordings vs. live
concerts
• Art music vs. popular
music

15. Different Types of Concerts
• Symphony Orchestra
• Chamber Music
Ensemble
• Chamber Orchestra
• Recital
• Broadway Musical
• Vocal Ensembles—
Secular & Sacred
– Large choirs
– Small groups
• Opera

16. To Find a Concert, Check Listings
• In the “weekend section” of local newspapers
• On websites of local concert venues and
musical groups
• Social Media
• Be sure to ask for student discounts!

17. Preparing for A Concert
• Learn About the Music
– Find out what will be
played
– Listen to it ahead of
time--Library, Internet,
Classical Radio
• Learn About Musical
Styles
• Learn About
Composers’ Lives
• Learn About the
Artist(s), Orchestra, or
Choir Performing

18. Concert Etiquette
• Warm up/Lecture
• Concertmaster
• Tuning
• Entrances/Exits
• When to Applaud/Don’t Make
Noise!
• Follow program
• Applause: after complete works
• Performers: concert dress
• Encore: additional piece

19. What do I Need to Know?
• Arrive early
• Program(pg. 6)
• Keys/Tonality
• Dates
• Catalogue System
• Tempo/Expression
Terms(pg. 30-31)

20. The Concert Program

21. Preparing for the Ballet and Opera
• Ballet
– Learn About the Music
– Read About the
Composer and the
Librettist
– Read the Story
– Learn About the Dancers
and the Company
• Opera
– Read the libretto
– If the libretto is based on
another source, study
the original story
– Learn About the
Composer
– Read about the Soloists

22. Some Important Information for
Opera Goers
• Supertitles--Text is flashed across a screen over the
stage
• Libretto--the actual text of the opera
• Metropolitan Opera Synopses
source for information about most operas; site
operated by NY Metropolitan Opera

23. Lecture Slides
THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC
ESSENTIAL LISTENING EDITION
http://wwnorton.com/web/enjoyess2
THIRD EDITION
by
Kristine Forney
Andrew Dell’Antonio
Joseph Machlis