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// So many of the composers we usually learn about in school are men -- but that's only telling half the story of who writes the music we love. //
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This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.
Listen to episode one hereSo many of the composers we usually learn about in school are men -- but that's only telling half the story of who writes the music we love.
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National Standards Incorporated:
Analyzing the elements of music (including form) of musical works, relating them to style, mood, and context, and describe how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer, and/or listener
Understanding the relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life
Understanding how music is informed by the structure, the use of musical elements, and context (such as social and cultural)
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Additional resources:
The Story of Music (BBC)
History of Women in Music
The Birth of Jazz
Scat Singing Explained and Example
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Featured music:
Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, Incidental Music, No. 9 Wedding March (Boston Symphony, Seiji Ozawa)
Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quarter in E-Flat Major: IV. Allegro molto vivace (Quatuor Ebene)
Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (Chicago Symphony)
Ethel Smythe: The March of Women (Chorus and Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle)
Duke Ellington: Cottontail
Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington: Cottontail
Pete Seeger: Freight Train
Elizabeth Cotten: Freight Train
The Chicks: March, March
Beyonce: Brown Skin Girl
Annie Lennox & Aretha Franklin: Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves
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