1. Please put your listening folder on the counter.
January 24, 2017
Please put your listening folder on the counter.

2. Musical Humor Why couldn't the string quartet find their composer?
He was Haydn.
There are so many jokes about this composer. I could make you a Liszt.
Why didn't Handel go shopping?
Because he was Baroque.

3. Musical Humor How do you fix a broken brass instrument?
With a tuba glue.
How can you tell if there are singers at your door?
They can't find the key and don't know when to come in.

4. Musical Humor How does a soprano sing a scale?
Do, Re, Mi, Me, Me, Me, Me ME!
What's the definition of perfect pitch?
When you throw a banjo in the trash and it lands on an accordion.

5. Musical Humor How many sopranos does it take to change a light bulb.
One. She just holds on and the world revolves around her.

6. Musical Humor
A percussionist, tired from being ridiculed by other musicians, decides to change instruments. He walks into a music shop and says, "I'll take that red trumpet over there, and that accordion." After a second, the shop assistant says, "OK, you can have the fire extinguisher but the radiator stays."

7. Use Your Uniqueness ------- Unpack Your Bag Read Your Life Backward
God packed you
ON purpose FOR a purpose
Use Your Uniqueness Unpack Your Bag
Read Your Life Backward
Study Your S.T.O.R.Y.
Don’t Consult Your Greed

8. Use Your Uniqueness To Make a Big Deal Out of God
God packed you
ON purpose FOR a purpose
Use Your Uniqueness To Make a Big Deal Out of God
Take Big Risks for God

9. Thursday
BIG quiz over all the key words for the three virtuoso composers
Bring your earbuds to class. You will need your earbuds for part of the class on Thursday.
Follow instructions on website for video to watch.
This is my “I have to get you ready for high school” semester. You will be asked to take more responsibility for your work and your assignments. You will not be given as much grace or mercy. You have to start showing me that you are capable of becoming high schoolers in 4 months.

10. Franz Liszt

11. Franz Liszt
Composition:
Hungarian Rhapsody #2

12. “The Lion of the Keyboard”

13. Key Words for Liszt Esterhazy Salieri Czerny Paris Conservatory
Father’s death
Paganini and Chopin
Priest
Conservatory of Music in Budapest
Pneumonia

14. Frederic Francois Chopin

15. Frederic Francois Chopin
Compositions:
Polonaises
Minute Waltz

16. “The Poet of the Piano”

17. Key Words for Chopin Poland Warsaw Lyceum Russo-Polish War Paris
George Sand
Polonaises
Tuberculosis
His death and burial

18. Niccolo Paganini

19. Niccolo Paganini

20. Niccolo Paganini

21. Niccolo Paganini

22. Niccolo Paganini

23. Niccolo Paganini

24. Niccolo Paganini

25. Niccolo Paganini

26. Niccolo Paganini

27. Niccolo Paganini
Composition:
24 Caprices for Solo Violin

28. Published on Oct 23, 2012
First performance in the world played live in one concert (without interval)!
Paganini's 24 Caprices performed by Nikolay Madoyan.

29. “The Devil Himself”

30. Key Words for Paganini Italy “The Devil Himself” 24 Caprices
Broken violin strings
Gambling

31. The Romantic Period

32. The Romantic Period 1825-1900 Music of deep feeling
Music that told stories
Music that gave performers a chance for exciting playing

33. Virtuosity The Romantic Period 1825-1900
Music that gave performers a chance for exciting playing
Virtuosity

34. The Romantic Period 1825-1900 Virtuosity Chopin, Liszt, Paganini
Music that gave performers a chance for exciting playing
Virtuosity
Chopin, Liszt, Paganini

35. The Romantic Period
Music of deep feeling
Nationalism

36. NATIONALISTIC MUSIC Characteristics Things that make music nationalistic
National anthems
Folk songs
Folk stories/folk heroes
Geographical places
Historical events/people
Folk instruments