Pick a piece of art music that has special significance to you. The piece may speak to you because you like the composer, and/or the style and emotional impact of the piece, but I want you to feel that you have a personal connection to the piece. Compare your piece to another piece by a different composer in a different time period.

Pick a piece of art music that has special significance to you. The piece may speak to you because you like the composer, and/or the style and emotional impact of the piece, but I want you to feel that you have a personal connection to the piece. Compare your piece to another piece by a different composer in a different time period. For example, if you pick the first movement of Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven, you will need to pick a comparison piece that is by any other composer in any other time period.
1.) The Element of Music
Rhythm
Melody
Harmony
Dynamics
Timbre
Form
2.) Social/Political Message (if any)
3.) Emotional Impact
4.) Historical Information re: Composition

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