Music 408 B
Topics for final paper
Common to all projects:
- Background details when the work was it composed, any special
circumstances
- Text/libretto
- Overall structure: movements, sections, arias, etc.
- Tonal plan for the entire work
- Use of special devices: fugue, Classic or Baroque forms, etc.
- Musical forces - orchestration, vocal writing, use of soloists
and choir
- Identify special/unusual moments
- Detailed analysis of a significant fragment - this is the core of
your presentation.
- Comparison of different recordings
Additional points
For the Missa Solemnis:
- Meaning of the Catholic Mass (Eucharist)
- Main sections and their order (similar to discussing libretto)
For Mass and Oratorio:
- Musical tradition, refer to previous examples
For Don Giovanni:
- Examples from literature (Don Juan)
- Use of musical quotations
These are by no means the only possible topics of discussionm just
suggestions - be creative.
Please listen to all the works
listed
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