HMU111H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: New York Philharmonic
1 Apr 2016
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2-fold ideas: cultivated vs. vernacular musical traditions (hitchcock) 3-fold ideas: transcendence, accessibility and continuity (crawford) Cultivated consciously created american music with effort, faintly exotic, appreciated for its edification (moral, spiritual, aesthetic value gospel, classical music) Vernacular native, grown into as one grows in one"s vernacular tongue (happy. Birthday originated in cultivated then became vernacular, pop music) Landscape accounting for regional variations with reference to topographical differences from one region to another (nashville, texas) Rubbaboo music brought from other parts of the world are adapted and blended in. Iwo jima raising american flag after incident. New york city re-enactment of raising flag. Musical responses: music in the post-9/11 world, american myths in post-9/11 music. Concert raising money for those affected by 9/11. Music filmed in studios in l. a, new york, london. Actors doing readings followed by musical performances: neil young and celine dion. Written by john adams for the new york philharmonic. 25 minutes, single mvmt for orchestra, chorus, children"s chorus.
