Music Critique Guidelines
1. Read Ch 12 “Style and Function of Music in Society” especially about the classification of music: Cultivated versus Vernacular
2. Read Ch 14 “Putting Music into Words” which gives you ideas on how to write about music.
3. Choose 1 cultivated performance and 1 vernacular performance from the list below. If any video has been removed from YouTube, please search for a replacement and email the URL link. Make sure that the replacement is a full-length LIVE concert with approximately 15 songs – preferably HD quality. If there’s a music group not on this list that you would like to use, email it to me for consideration.
CULTIVATED OPTIONS: Choral (Requiem by Mozart) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa4o_nutl14
Choral (contemporary – Eric Whitacre) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JaiSGAZfW4
chamber music – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZWKUszkbXU
violin concerto (Mozart) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuk2q_41W_A
piano concerto (Chopin) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt54VEfStX0
symphony (Beethoven) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOjHhS5MtvA
symphony (Shostakovich) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSJwP5dvzPg
piano recital : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx4oKJfIxT8
violin concerto (Tchaikovsky): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbJZeNlrYKg&t=1717s
ballet (Swan Lake): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJoB7y6Ncs&feature=youtu.be&list=RD9rJoB7y6Ncs
violin concertos (Vivaldi – 4 Seasons) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzE-kVadtNw
opera/musical – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo8CmwIKiDw
VERNACULAR OPTIONS: Gospel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNDRlRoVXmg
Big band – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVh6yeCTKm4
Jazz combo (Chick Corea) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klZDJmV6MVg
American folk piano – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=717v1CS_zJo
Beatles – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brwmLjD-3Hw
Rap (80’s) RunDMC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHlrrHvPt78
Rock – progressive/Alternative (Pearl Jam) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmeZ3kOgIOE
Metallica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TjDcibhdEE
Metallica S & M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is2ZrBkZE0o
celtic (Solas) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frE2nyYll0k
Rap – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9KRG5KYYa8
Country – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoKVZxxTF0E
Allman Brothers Band – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuRYl1oWTCk
Inspiration – Hillsong United: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1IQ54bj8ok
Coldplay – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e42x6z1I9t4
Ray Charles – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQ1Uf8R0wI
Imagine Dragons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39A6EO7oPWo
Lady Gaga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DHPuMu1Qug
Billie Eilish https://youtu.be/lpKE6yBw2Os 4. View each performance and take notes on what you see, hear, and experience. Use Ch 14 “Putting Music into Words” as a guide. Gather as much detail on the music as possible, especially connecting specific timings (3’44” – Using 3’44” only as an example on how to quote a timing from a video: 3′ = 3 minutes, 44 = 44 seconds