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Music Appreciation, Dr. Peter LaRue

"Designed for the Betterment of 8:00 Scholars Everywhere"

General Notes
- each IMR is worth a possible twenty-five points
- for each you will use the Assignment Submission Page
- for each - you will only get full credit if the assignment is submitted on time
- the extend to which you answer the questions for each will be reflected in your points earned
- as indicated in other areas of ScholarNet - IMR2 is due before IMR1

Interesting Musician Report Number Two
"American Tradition"
[twenty-five points possible]
Due Date: Midnight Sunday, February 21st
Assignment Code: IMR#2

Assignment Submission Form

For IMR #2 please choose one from the following pool of American Musicians/Composers:

American Musicians/Composers

Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Irving Berlin,
William Billings, Buddy Bolden, Carter Family,
Aaron Copland, Tommy Dorsey, George Gershwin,
Patrick Gilmore, Phillip Glass, Benny Goodman,
W. C. Handy, Scott Joplin, Leadbelly Ledbetter,
Lowell Mason, King Oliver, J. P. Sousa,
Theodore Thomas, Paul Whiteman, Hank Williams [Sr.],
Henry Clay Works

a successful "Interesting Musician Report" will contain:

a. basic biographical material
b. important contributions which they made to music
c. important influences [earlier composers/musicians - styles, etc.]
d. important and noteworthy contributions, performances or compositions
e. any other information which you feel is important

also - although it does not need to be a formal "citing of sources" - please indicate where you found the information on a particular composer

Interesting Musician Report Number One
"European Tradition"
[twenty-five points possible]
Due Date: Midnight Sunday, March 28th
Assignment Code: IMR#1

For IMR #1 please choose one from the following pool of European Musicians/Composers:

European Musicians/Composers

J. S. Bach, J. Brahms, L. Beethoven,
H. Berlioz, W. Byrd, F. Chopin,
A. Dvorak, G. F. Handel, F. J. Haydn,
F. Liszt, F. Mendelssohn, W. A. Mozart,
M. Mussorgsky, P. Rameau, C. Rossini,
F. Schubert, R. Schumann, B. Smetana,
T. Tallis, P. Tchaikovsky, R. Wagner,
C. M. V. Weber

a successful "Interesting Musician Report" will contain:

a. basic biographical material
b. important contributions which they made to music
c. important influences [earlier composers/musicians - styles, etc.]
d. important and noteworthy contributions, performances or compositions
e. any other information which you feel is important

also - although it does not need to be a formal "citing of sources" - please indicate where you found the information on a particular composer