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Journal – Does it matter where we live?.
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Journal – Does it matter where we live? How can places we live impact our social life, work habits, relationship to nature, personality, values, etc.? Would you be a different person if you grew up in a rural area with few people around compared to a large populated city? Do our surroundings help shape the person we become? Explain. Also, have you given up someone or something to move somewhere else?
“A wagner matinee” Vocabulary: • Excruciatingly • Myriad • Sordid • Tentatively • Trepidation
“A wagner matinee” • By Willa Cather • Read & discuss biography page 692 • Read story pages 694-702 • Have paper ready for musical interludes – write down your thoughts & feelings with each song & consider the main character’s thoughts & feelings also
Richard wagner European composer Born in Germany 1813 Died in Italy 1883 Operas Tristan and Isolde, Ring Cycle, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser
Musical interludes • Robert Schumann “Joyous Farmer” p. 697 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKmpQjjQOBA • Carl Maria von Weber “Euryanthe” p. 698 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLHQwXIxGM • Giacomo Meyerbeer “Huguenots” p. 698 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6D4Inc031Y • Richard Wagner “The Flying Dutchman” p. 698 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GohmtsWhmoE
A wagner matinee Rameses p. 699 Monet Impressionist painting p. 699 http://travel.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979097957
music interludes • Wagner’s “Tannhauser” Overture p. 699 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTM7E4-DN0o • Mozart operas and Verdi melodies mentioned p. 700 • Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde” p. 700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF4zN-Okonc • Wagner’s “Prize Song” p. 700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_BNFHbNm6Y • Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” p. 702 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7tewlEED6g
finale • Wagner “Ring” p. 702 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HujjNQPv2U • Wagner Siegfried’s funeral march p. 702 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uka8ykFDw2U
Literary analysis • Make Inferences p. 703 #5 • Contrast Settings p. 703 #7 • Make Judgments p. 703 #8 • Biographical Context p. 703 #9 – Examine the IMAGERY and FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE used to describe the people and scenes of Nebraska. How might Cather’s relatives be offended by the description? • Explore Metaphor: In lines 223-227, Cather compares music in the concert hall to flowing water. Identify key words and phrases in the metaphor and the qualities they convey.