Q Read ALL of Music chapter nine and the online material & lecture for Music. As you read the online material, LISTEN to the video clips of each of the music selections. Both reading AND listening is important in this session. Books are divided by chapters. Plays are divided by acts. Symphonies are divided by "movements." The symphony discussed in our text and online, Eroica, is divided into four movements. Carefully read the description of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony found on pages 242 - 247 in your text. To LISTEN to the video clips of the four movements in our online lecture, go to "Lecture 8 /Music Titles." Scroll down to "Symphony" to listen to the four movements from Eroica: • Part I - Movement 1: Allegro con brio (yearning) • Part II - Movement 2: Marcia funebre: Adagio assai (sorrow) • Part III - Movement 3: Scherzo: Allegro vivace (joy) • Part IV - Movement 4: Finale: Allegro molto (triumph) Listen well to the video clips of the four movements of the symphony in the music lecture, keeping in mind the basic progression of moods or feelings revealed by the four movements: 1) yearning, 2) sorrow, 3) joy, and 4) triumph. You may listen to Eroica in our lecture, as well as here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=beethoven+eroica+symphony+ Considering the discussion of the subject matter of music, found on pages 229 through 234 in your text, determine which one of the four movements evokes the strongest feelings in you as you listen. Choose one movement to discuss as you answer the following numbered questions below (1-4.) Number your discussion answers 1, 2, 3, and 4. 1. Which one of the four movements did you choose? Why? 2. What types of emotions were evoked as you listened? 3. What are some of the unique characteristics of this movement that specifically revealed feelings/emotions? 4. Did you experience a range of emotions or feelings while listening to this movement, or were your feelings consistent throughout? Describe your feelings and how this change, or lack of change, relate to the structure of the movement?
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