Write a brief essay defining "concept music" and provide an example
What will be an ideal response?
Music consisting merely of ideas for "pieces" the actual realization of which would either be impossible, ambiguous, or manifestly pointless.
The "pieces" often exist merely of instructions ("word-scores")
Pauline Oliveros's Sonic Meditations
"Take a walk at night. Walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears" and "Become performers by not performing."
La Monte Young's Composition 1960 No. 9
"consists of a straight line drawn on a piece of paper. It is to be performed and comes with no instructions."
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a. red-figure b. geometric c. black-figure d. niello
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A. For a better life B. To play music C. To escape a food shortage D. To get cooler weather
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a. astronomical studies b. impressive libraries c. ruthlessness and brutality d. ritual blood sacrifices
Pick a play and analyze the tone/mood, level of abstraction, and period and location that might affect a set and/or costume design.
What will be an ideal response?