1900-1945 Listening Journals

Another batch of listening journals is up for your enjoyment, this time all from the time period of 1900-1945. One of the students approached her piece as though it were a part of Disney's Fantasia, so in that spirit, here is another early twentieth century work as imagined by the artists at Disney:

As usual, you can find links to the listening journals on the right hand side of the blog.

1900-1945 Listening Journals Available

Just in time for Spring Break, the listening journals for music from 1900-1945 have been posted. With this unit, we've entered into music that many are either unfamiliar with or perhaps a bit nervous about. In fact, this video sums up many people's reactions to this music.

Music in the early 20th century certainly was full of brash experimentation, but it produced music as strange and as beautiful as any ever produced. You can find out about some of that music by digging into the blogroll at the right. Enjoy!

1900-1945 Listening Journals

During Spring Break, diligent music history students spent time writing thought-provoking blog postings instead of relaxing and vacationing. Alright, perhaps they did not spend the entire week listening to music and responding to it in writing, but they certainly put much time and attention into these postings which are among the most provocative they have written. Be certain to go to their blogs, read their thoughts, and join in our conversation about music that often gets overlooked but deserves a second glance.

Music from 1900-1945 Listening Journals Now Up

In the early 20th century, many composers reacted against Romanticism in their compositions. They looked for ways to advance music while not replicating what had come before. This set of listening journals shows that listeners today react just as strongly to those reactions as the original composers reacted to Romanticism. Reactionary reactions? Persuasive reading in any event:

Derek Jenkins: William Walton's Facade and Alexander von Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony

Edgar Palacios: Mexican Orchestral Music and works by Carlos Chavez

Jacque Conover: Lucille Field singing songs by American women composers and William Walton's Facade

Karen Anton: William Walton's Facade and Alexander von Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony

Katie Kalinowski: Zoltán Kodály's Psalmus Hungaricus and Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto

Kevin Sweet: Selections from Heitor Villa Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras and Vivaldiana by Gian Francesco Malipiero

Marcus Wiggins: Alexander von Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony and Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto

Mary Ann Lucas: Selected works of Marion Bauer and Vivaldiana by Gian Francesco Malipiero

Mike Herrera: Selected works of Marion Bauer and Vivaldiana by Gian Francesco Malipiero

Paul Shinn: The Hall Johnson Songbook and selected works of Marion Bauer

Peter Lawless: Mexican Orchestral Music and slected works of Marion Bauer

Richard Gibson: Selections from Heitor Villa Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras and Vivaldiana by Gian Francesco Malipiero

Tom Marks: Karol Szymanowski's King Roger