Music Assignment

This assignment requires you to write a detailed comparison of any two listening selections found in the textbook.* One of the listening selections you choose must be a piece that was not assigned in the class.

Your music study should cover the following, in full sentences:

• 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: Juxtapose the two pieces using these criteria:
  • instrumentation
  • form
  • harmony
  • tempo
  • meter
  • texture
  • style period
  • text (if any)
  • absolute or programmatic meaning
  • sacred or secular orientation
• Evaluate: What do 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.

Requirements:

• 250-500 words maximum (1-2 pages)
• APA Style, 12-point type

Example attached, please do it like a example pdf

Listening 1( Handel: Messiah, Nos. 18 and 44):

Listening 2( Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2):

https://youtu.be/4Tr0otuiQuU