music 1a - introduction to music
dan mitchell | music department | creative arts division | de anza college |

Online Music Resources

Articles

Pearls Before Breakfast

Meditations on a Post-Literate Musical Future by John Halle. NewMusicBox.

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Concerts

www.medici.tv

How to Enjoy a Live Concert - "This pamphlet focuses on classical music, a tradition which originated before radio and recordings, back when all music was live music. It was played by live human beings for other live human beings, with everybody together in the same room. When heard in this way, classical music can have a special excitement. Hearing classical music in a concert can leave you feeling refreshed and energized. It can be fun. It can be romantic. It can be spiritual. It can also scare you to death."

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Online Performances

A movement from Copland's Clarinet Concerto

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Composers

John Adams

John Luther Adams (the "other John Adams")

John Cage

Aaron Copland

Bill Fontana

Philip Glass

• Glass Engine - "The IBM glass engine enables deep navigation of the music of Philip Glass. Personal interests, associations, and impulses guide the listener through an expanding selection of over sixty Glass works."

Lou Harrison

• NewMusicBox online interview - http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=lhfp00

Cheryl E. Leonard

Richard Lerman

Robert Morris

Pauline Oliveros

Steve Reich

• NewMusicBox online interview - http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=srfp00

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Conductors

Marin Alsop

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Music Dictionaries

Music Dictionary - http://members.tripod.com/~donlevi/dictionary.html - Somewhat incomplete, but more basic terms for beginners. (Brian Powell)

Music Dictionary - http://musicnet.chandra.ac.th/eng/mus_dic.htm - Incredibly complete, you'll spend a lot of time here finding something simple like "crescendo," but it's got a lot of info. (Brian Powell)

An Incomplete List of Musical Terms - http://www.contracosta.cc.ca.us/music/terms.html - Includes a lot of terms that we use in our music class. (Brian Powell)

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Music Reference

Internet Public Library Music Page - http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum20.60.00/

All Classical Guide - http://allclassical.com/

All Music Guide - http://www.allmusic.com/

The Lied and Arts Songs Text Page

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Learning Tools

Berklee Shares - http://www.berkleeshares.com/

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World Music

Bolivian Musical Instruments - a set of models shared by spring 2003 Music 1 student Clory Averenga.

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Periodicals

NewMusicBox

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Recorded Music

Renaissance Masses: 1440-1520 - mp3 recordings of rarely heard music.

Writing

Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker. (Seen at De Anza faculty member Rebecca Board's web site.)

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Thanks to Brian Powell for starting this page. Click on the discuss link to suggest more resources.