| From: Barry Bounous Subject: Re: 20th century music To: VOCALIST <vocalist> Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
WaDiJeDo-at-aol.com wrote: > > hi listers, > I need help! i am looking to do a paper on 20 century music, and since i am a > singer i think i would like to do it on vocal music, maybe an opera. But
I really need to do the best > possible work ever. So that there is no question about my grading. Also if > anyone can direct me to any sites that explain the difference between 20th & > 19th century music.
1) Do it on Alban Berg's Wozzek. It will impress the heck out of him 2) If you are uncertain as to the differences between 19th and 20th century music, then this is the first issue to address. You need to have a pretty clear understanding of the musical evolution from 18th to 19th to 20th century (basically knowing attributes of Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Late Romantic, Expressionism, and Serialism) before you write on 20th century materials.
Good luck. It is not as hard as it sounds. Start with the Oxford and Harvard dictionaries of music, then move on to Groves. -- Dr. Barry Bounous Brigham Young University School of Music bounousb-at-itsnet.com
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