Music Appreciation Short Essay
Wozzeck, Excerpt from Act III by Alban BergRitual Melodies by Jonathan HarveySextet by Steve ReichGeneral William Booth Enters Into Heaven by Charles IvesPavanne by Gabriel Fauré, arr. Ogerman (Bill Evans)Concerto Grosso 1985 by Ellen Taaffe ZwilichThe Young Person’s Guide to Orchestra by Benjamin BrittenChoose three of these seven listening selections above and compare their compositional techniques. Why do they sound so different from each other and yet are still from the same time period? Of the three you discuss, which do you like the most? Why?