Breeze slideshow on Debussy

See "Materials - Week 05 - Links - Breeze." Read, listen, compare to Watkins, be prepared for "drop the laser" mock-exam on Tuesday.

For mock exam, remember that, for any mystery piece from our listening, you would be expected to use SHMRG evidence to make conclusions about the following, in descending order of priority. These are a "baseline" of conclusions you should be able to draw from any score or audio example, and exactly parallel the kinds of conclusions you are expected to derive on Master's and Doctoral exams.

1. (most important) Time period of composition, as precisely as possible. In the 20th century, this means within 5 years earlier or later of actual date.

2. (next most important) Type, form, or structure of composition--and detailed description if the piece does not conform to specific traditional forms.

3. (3rd most important) National or stylistic school to which the composition belongs: German, French, Nationalist, Expressionist, Primitivist, etc.

4. (least important) Possible ID(s) of composers who fit the above three parameters.

NOTE: specific title of composition is NOT the priority, and knowing the title of the composition will not substitute for the above insights.

Please review, at the very least, the works of Webern, Debussy, and Ravel discussed in the past three class sessions.

Remember to please read the discussion of Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle with our seminar discussion of the overlaps between "expressionism," "exoticism," and "color theory" in mind.

No seminar meeting Thursday Feb. 15.

See also the next set of Discussion Questions.,