Music – Week 6

1. Music – Week 6 Humanities – G 125 Rasmussen College Paige Shreeve Welle

2. Objectives for tonight: • Listen to something out of the ordinary! • Learn about different styles of music • Understand that music is good for your health – mental and physical! • Love Phantom of the Opera like I do 

3. Music Quiz • Music Questionnaire: • 1. On average, how many hours per day do you listen to music you enjoy? How about per week? • How often do you listen to music without doing any other activity? • Do you ever listen to music to change the mood you are in? • Do you feel like music speaks to you personally? • Do you ever make your own music? • Would you rather pay for music you enjoy, or get music which you might not enjoy as much free? • Do you feel that music can be a force for change in the world?

4. Fun facts about Music • The only guy in ZZ Top who doesn’t have a beard is Frank Beard. • The first CD that was pressed in the U.S. was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”. • Before composing Beethoven dipped his head in cold water. • At age 4, Mozart composed a concerto for the clavier. • Termites will eat wood two times faster when listening to heavy metal. • When Madonna was 15 years old, she got grounded for the whole summer, for sneaking out to see David Bowie in concert. • Make music not war: Monaco’s national orchestra is bigger that its army. • When Billy Crystal was a child, his babysitter was the legendary Billie Holiday. • At age 47, the Rolling Stones' bassist, Bill Wyman, began a relationship with 13-year old Mandy Smith, with her mother's blessing. Six years later, they were married, but the marriage only lasted a year. Not long after, Bill's 30-year-old son Stephen married Mandy's mother, age 46. That made Stephen a stepfather to his former stepmother. If Bill and Mandy had remained married, Stephen would have been his father's father-in-law and his own grandpa. • Most toilets flush in E flat.

5. What does the research say? • “Music is the best Medicine” • “Think Tank” • “Time to Make a Song and Dance with the Kids” • “That Would Make Music the Best Medicine” • Go to website for articles

6. Musical Varieties • Classical • Folk songs • Spirituals • Ragtime • Jazz • Blues • Rock • Hip Hop

7. Classical Music • The Transformative Power of Classical Music • Classical Music 101: Fast, Frenetic, Chase Scene Music • How many do you recognize?

8. Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827 Beethoven short bio Beethoven’s 7th Symphony Beethoven’s 9th Symphony—Ode to Joy (Flashmob style) Played at the fall of the Berlin Wall, conducted by Bernstein in 1990

9. Johann Sebastian Bach1685 - 1750 Bach short Biography “Air” by Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor in Aviator scene.

10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756 - 1791 Mozart short bio “Play Salieri. That’s a Challenge” (start at 3:27) The magic flute

11. The Paris Opera House Opera An art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (libretto = little book) with a musical score in a theatrical setting. Mozart had a huge influence on opera, bringing it back to popularity in the 1700s

12. William Tell Overture Listen to the song What have people done with it? Commercials start at 1:33 Comedy

13. Carmen by Song Used in commercials Doritos PepsiCocoa PuffsComcast

14. Commercials using Opera Rice Krispies J G Wentworth Pepsi (Michael J. Fox) Reeses Peanut butter cups Nissan

15. Ragtime1900ish Scott Joplin most famous Ragtime musician Maple Leaf Rag

16. Jazz“Jazz came to America 300 years ago in chains” Duke Ellington George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue Louis Armstrong Ella Fitzgerald “Puttin’ on the Ritz” Jazz = New Orleans

17. Blues Different from Jazz because of it’s sadder tone. “Blues is almost always about the empty aftermath of a once burning passion. Often associated with Memphis TN Bessie Smith – “Nobody Knows when You’re Down and Out” Etta James “At Last” Bessie Smith 1894 – 1937

18. Folk Music Bobby Gentry “Ode to Billie Joe” No expert musical accompaniment or trained voices Often tell stories, some with different versions. Commemorative songs are considered folk songs also. “Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie” – about the death of Buddy Holly and Richie Valens. “We will Rock You” by Queen” Brother Where art Thou? – “I am a Man of Constant Sorrow”

19. Marian Anderson – told she couldn’t sing at Lincoln Memorial—corrected by Eleanor Roosevelt • “Ohio” by Crosby Stills and Nash – Kent State University Shooting • “Fortunate Son” by CCR Music of protest

20. Across the Universe • “Roxanne” by The Police • Moulin Rouge “El Tango de Roxanne” Music in Movies

21. The Phantom of the Opera • In 30 minutes or less

22. The Story: • Phantom of the Opera: • Christine’s father dies, leaving her destitute and living in the opera house under the protection of the dressmaker • The Phantom lives in the opera house secretly in the depths beneath the house. He hears Christine sing and “forces” the owners to let her star in productions. • Raoul is Christine’s childhood sweetheart who wants to marry her and take her away. • When Christine first hears the phantom, she thinks it is her father who promised her he would send her an “angel of music”

23. Who will Christine choose? • 1. “The Phantom of the Opera” (Scene 9) • 2. “Music of the Night” (Scene 10) • 3. “All I ask of You” (Scene 18-19) • 4. “Wishing you were here again” (Scene 24) • 5. “Point of No Return” (Scene 32)

24. Are you ready to listen to music that might be a little out of your comfort zone? • I hope so !!!!