...Please?
One thing that really irks me is when people do things half-assedly (pardon the language, it really gets me angry). Most of the most egregious (in my mind at least) is when people listen to pieces of music halfway through. Like, take for example my last post, in which I basically slobbered over Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata for a few minutes. Most people don't even know that the piece has anything apart from the first movement. Another big one, Beethoven's 5'th Symphony. Most people know the characteristic 4 notes that start off the piece (BA-BA-BA-BUM), but that's all they know. I really wish today's society were a little more appreciative of music. In part, I believe some of these new "compilation" discs are to blame. Yes, I do think that the first movement of the 5'th Symphony is great; about that there's no argument. However, Beethoven wrote the whole piece, not just one movement to it. It's meant to be listened to in it's entirety. Much the same thing has happened to many composers. Please do them a favor, and listen to the whole thing. (that's just the first part, please listen to all parts, lol.)
See my comment on the earlier post. I want you to be using this blog to dig deeper into the issues of the class and/or your project. You have some autonomy in how you define a 21C Challenge, but I'm not seeing that here. This would be great for a classical music blog, but that's not what we're up to here.
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