Saturday, November 11, 2006

assignment for monday, nov. 13:

ROUGH DRAFT OF FIRST PAPER FOR 2ND QUARTER DUE TUESDAY!!!

read pp. 25-31 in baraka

vocab: askance, vapid, facet, recrimination, schism, progeny, reconcile, circumlocution, obliquity, ellipsis

discussion questions:
how does baraka's argument on p. 25 about music theory fit in with cook's analysis of musicology? (especially the last line in paragraph 2 of p. 25)
what are the "Uncle Remus" tales? how have they been appropriated?
is baraka correct when he says on p. 29 ""Serious' western music, except for early religious music, has been strictly and "art" music."?
can a blues singer and a Wagnerian tenor be compared? (p. 30)
what does baraka mean by "refrence determines value"?
what is the significance of the quoted paragraph on p. 31 by Borneman?

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