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Task 1
Complete 1.06 Musical Structure. Submit your completed work to the 1.06 Musical Structure Dropbox.
Task 2
Open 1.06 Applying Musical Form. Look at the list of musical selections that demonstrate repetition, variation and contrast below. Pick one musical selection from each category and listen to it. After you listen to the three selections, you will compare their use of repetition, variation and contrast by answering the questions on the Task document. Be sure to answer in complete sentences and use specific examples and evidence from each musical selection. Submit your completed work to the 1.06 Applying Musical Form Dropbox.
Repetition:
- "Lieder, Op. 49 - 4. Wiegenlied [Solo piano]," composed by Johannes Brahms, performed by Markus Staab. Commonly known as "Brahms' Lullaby."
Work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.
- "Second Suite for Military Band, Op. 28 no. 2-1 March, Allegro," composed by Gustav Holst, performed by the USAF Heritage of America Band.
Work has been released into the public domain.
- "Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39 – March no. 1 in D major (band arr.)," composed by Sir Edward Elgar, performed by the Eastern Wind Symphony.
Work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.
Variation:
- "Symphony no. 94 in G 'Surprise', H. I:94 – II [Second Movement]," composed by Franz Joseph Haydn.
Work has been released into the public domain.
- "Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581 – Allegreto con variazioni," composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Work courtesy of Umesh Shankar.
- "12 Variations on a French Nursery Theme K 265/300e," composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Stefano Ligoratti.
Work is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Contrast:
- "Manhattan Beach March," composed by John Phillip Sousa, performed by the United States Marine Band.
Work has been released into the public domain.
- "March for Military Band, WoO 24," composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by the United States Marine Band.
Work has been released into the public domain.
- "Night on Bald Mountain (reduced noise version)," composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra.
Work has been released into the public domain.
