write a detailed comparison of any two selections found on the StudySpace website or the CD’s accompanying the course textbook( Forney, Kristine and Joseph Machlis. The Enjoyment of Music: Essential Listening Edition, 2nd Edition. Norton, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-393-91255-5)

The music study should be in 12-point type, 2 pages long, and should follow MLA format for the title block, references, text, etc.

Each study should be written in full sentences and must cover the following areas:

Identify: (1) the full titles of the pieces; (2) the composers’ full names, birth and death dates, and nationalities; (3) the years when the pieces were written and where they fall within the composers’ lifetimes.

Compare: Compare the two pieces using these criteria: instrumentation, form, harmony, tempo, meter, texture, style period, text (if any), absolute or programmatic meaning, and sacred or secular orientation.

Evaluate: Discuss what you perceive to be the strengths or weaknesses in each piece from an aesthetic point of view. This will involve subjective judgment on your part, but please use examples to support your opinions.

Music Study Grading Rubric

Identification of both pieces of music: (25%)

a. title (4)
b. composer name (4)
c. birth and death dates (4)
d. nationality (4)
e. year pieces were written (4)
f. when within composer’s lifetime (5)

Comparison: (50%)

a. instrumentation (5)
b. form (10)

c. tonality, harmony (5)
d. tempo and meter (5)
e. texture (5)
f. style period (5)
g. text (if any) (5)
h. absolute or programmatic meaning (5)
i. sacred or secular orientation (5)

Aesthetic Evaluation and Mechanics: (25%)

a. your opinion of strengths and weaknesses of each piece (5)
b. your reasons, with examples (5)
c. any other comments you would like to make about the music (5)

d. grammar, syntax, punctuation, depth (10)