Assignment:
For this project, you'll continue your study of composers throughout the major periods of music. Your textbook covers the most well-renowned composers of each period, but there were many others who changed the landscape and added a significant number of other well-known works that your textbook doesn't cover. You'll now be tasked with researching some of these composers to see how they influenced their respective genres.
ASSIGNMENT
Composers
For this project, you'll answer ten questions about composers from seven of the periods you studied throughout your course. You must select one composer from each of the following periods to research:
1. Medieval and Renaissance Periods
Francesco Landini
Thomas Weelkes
TielmanSusato
2. The Baroque Era
Johann Pachelbel
Barbara Strozzi
Arcangelo Corelli
3. The Classical Era
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Marianne Martinez
William Billings
4. The Romantic Era
Louis Moreau Gottschalk n
Arthur Sullivan n
Modest Mussorgsky
5. The Early Twentieth Century
Manuel de Falla
Charles Griffes
Francis Poulenc
6. American Innovations in the Arts n
Danny Elfman n
W.C. Handy n
ZezConfrey
7. Twentieth Century Internationalism n
Tan Dun
Tania Leon
li Akbar Khan
Once you've selected the seven composers you'd like to research, you'll need to research the answers to the following ten questions:
1. What are the years of the composer's birth, and, where applicable, death?
2. Where was the composer born? Where did he/she compose (if different than birthplace)?
3. What musical training did the composer receive, if any?
4. Does/did the composer play any instruments? If so, what instrument(s) is the composer most well-known for playing?
5. Which genre(s) did the composer contribute to? If he or she contributed to multiple genres, where did he or she make the greatest impact?
6. Who were the composer's influences or teachers?
7. In what ways is the composer's work characteristic of his or her time period?
8. What are some of the composer's most famous works?
9. What challenges, if any, did the composer face that may have affected his or her work?
10. What is innovative about the composer's work?
You'll then write an essay containing the answers to these questions for each composer you've chosen. The essay must be between 1,000 to 1,200 words. You will need to find at least one source, from the Internet, a library, or elsewhere for information for this assignment. Be sure to use reputable sources when searching for information on your selected composers.