View the following videos and write a SFHRMTX analysis which compares and contrasts two (you can put these side-by-side or simply write two analyses, one following the next). How is musical language changing after Wagner? Is the orchestra treated differently? How are “national” characteristics infused within these selections? Provide a bit of historical background on each composer and work, and talk a bit about the significance of each one.
Videos
France
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Links to an external site.)
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Bohemia
The Berlin Philharmonic performs ones of Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances
Antonin Dvorák – Slavonic Dance op 72, Nr. 2, Berliner Philharmoniker, Silvesterkonzert 2018 (Links to an external site.)
Antonin Dvorák – Slavonic Dance op 72, Nr. 2, Berliner Philharmoniker, Silvesterkonzert 2018
England
The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis HQ (Links to an external site.)
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis HQ
Spain
The Boston Pops and Los Angeles Guitar Quartet perform a selection from Manuel de Falla’s ballet, El amor brujo
LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET-BOSTON POPS – DE FALLA’S EL AMOR BRUJO PT. 3/3 (Links to an external site.)
LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET-BOSTON POPS – DE FALLA’S EL AMOR BRUJO PT. 3/3
Russia
Joffrey Ballet performs Stravinsky’sRite of Spring (excerpt, begin at 2:42)
Joffrey Ballet 1987 Rite of Spring (1 of 3) (Links to an external site.)
Joffrey Ballet 1987 Rite of Spring (1 of 3)
U.S.A
Eureka Ensemble plays Amy Beach
Amy Beach, Gaelic Symphony in E Minor – III. Lento con molta espressione (Links to an external site.)
Amy Beach, Gaelic Symphony in E Minor – III. Lento con molta espressione
U.S.A.
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers play Scott Joplin’s opera!
Treemonisha: Overture (Scott Joplin) (Links to an external site.)
Treemonisha: Overture (Scott Joplin)
Brazil
Douglas Lora et al play Ernesto Nazareth’s “Brejeiro”
Centrum Choro 2011-“Brejeiro” by Ernesto Nazareth (Links to an external site.)
Centrum Choro 2011-“Brejeiro” by Ernesto Nazareth
Mexico
Vadim Repin plays “Estrellita”
Vadim Repin – Estrellita (M. Ponce) (Links to an external site.)
Vadim Repin – Estrellita (M. Ponce)
Submission Details
Remember to follow the “Listening Example” SFHRMTX downloadtemplate. Save your SFHRMTX analysis as a Word-type document and upload to this assignment item.
