http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:35:29 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:35:29 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85836 This site engages the learner using enticing questions and interactive objects to allow creating and experimenting with sounds. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=255256 This activity aims to familiarize students with Expressionism and encourages interconnections between music and the visual arts. It includes pop-ups of representative paintings, and it is recommended that this activity be enhanced with audio of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=255253 This activity aims to familiarize students with Impressionism and encourages interconnections between music and the visual arts. It includes pop-ups of representative paintings, and it is recommended that this activity be enhanced with audio of Claude Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun."  http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83126 Lots of tips, techniques and suggestions for selecting instruments, reeds and making the transition to english horn. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83124 - Explore key passages and themes for each piece of music- View documentaries on the life of the composer and the historical context in which it was written- Learn about the musical concepts that are exemplified by each piece of music- Listen to and watch interviews with the conductor, composer, and key staff members- Experiment with your own musical arrangements- Take a quiz to check your comprehension http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=541422 Curso rápido para tocar el violín sin conocer nada de lenguaje musical. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=255282 Using as an example "Lascia ch’io pianga" from Handel’s opera Rinaldo (1711), this activity aims to familiarize the students with the form of aria da capo typically found in Baroque opera seria.    http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=661474 A new-media collaboration between the Hinkle Charitable Foundation, Northern Arizona University, the University of Oregon, the Oregon Bach Festival, Ivory Classic and Linn Records. The site contains:• Matthew Halls (harpsichord) and David Korevaar (piano) performances of the Goldberg Variations, courtesy of Linn Records and Ivory Classics respectively.• Jeffrey Hall (synthesizer) performance of Bach's fourteen canon addendum to the Goldberg Variations.• A photo-facsimile of the first edition (1741) of the Goldberg Variations courtesy of Yo Tomita at Queen's University, Belfast. This copy was once owned by Nicolaus Forkel, Bach's first biographer• Bach's personal monogram as a color-filled teaching tool highlighting the styles, practices, genres, forms, and structure of the Goldberg, as well as brief descriptions of each variation.• Over 60 cuepoints, linked to the score, with commentary on each variation by Matthew Halls and David Korevaar.• Six essays on the structure and meaning of the Goldberg Variations by Tim Smith http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=585799 A new-media collaboration between the Hinkle Charitable Foundation, Northern Arizona University, the University of Oregon, the Oregon Bach Festival, and Hänssler Classic. The site contains:• Helmuth Rilling conducting the Gächinger Kantorei and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart in their 1999 recording of the Mass in B Minor, courtesy of Hänssler Classic.• A digital reproduction of Insel Verlag's 1924 photo-facsimile of Bach's autograph manuscript of the Mass integrated with the Rilling audio, courtesy of Suhrkamp Insel Verlag and Yo Tomita at Queen's University, Belfast.• Gordon Paine's translation (commissioned for this project) of Helmuth Rilling's 200-page book, Johann Sebastian Bach's B-Minor Mass. The book contains 156 musical examples from the Mass and the Cantatas, each integrated with score and audio, courtesy of Hänssler Classic.• Three and one-half hours of video of lecture-concerts from the Oregon Bach Festival's Discovery Series of 2010, where Helmuth Rilling introduces and explains, with live performance examples, the five parts of the Mass.• Bach's personal monogram as a color-filled teaching tool highlighting the compositional timeline, styles, practices, genres, forms, and performances forces of the Mass, as well as brief descriptions of each movement.• Over 200 cuepoints of topical discussions linked to the score, including 110 on-point video examples from the Discovery Series.• Ten (and more to be added) articles and book chapters contributed by leading Bach scholars commenting on the Bach's legacy and the Mass in B Minor. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=255258 Although premiered only six years after Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique represents a revolutionary departure from Beethoven's symphonic style, but at the same time it follows on Beethoven's symphonic legacy. This interactive activity encourages students to think critically of the similarities and differences between Beethoven’s and Berlioz’s symphonic styles.