American and Ethnic Music

PICK ONE EXAMPLE FROM OUR AMERICAN COMPOSERS — IVES, COPLAND, ANGER, AND REICH — AND STATE HOW IT REFLECTS AN “AMERICAN” SOUND?

THEN PICK ONE EXAMPLE FROM THE WORLD MUSIC EXAMPLES THAT YOU LIKED THE BEST AND STATE WHY. WHAT ASPECTS OF THAT CULTURAL EXPERIENCE WAS INTERESTING? [Note that Navajo (American Indian) music is part of the “global” or ethnic experience.]

American Classical

General William Booth Enters Into Heaven by Charles Ives [CD III, #12]
Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland [CD III, #16]
Street Stuff by Darol Anger [CD III, #14]
Sextet, III by Steve Reich [CD iii, #11]

Excerpts of Traditional World Music

Japan (Gagaku): Imperial Sho Koto Chant
India: Raga Kaphi
Indonesia, Bali: Gender Wajang (Gamelan Orchestra)
China: Hu-kin and Butterfly-harp
South Africa, Zululand: Flutes and Body Harp
Navajo, Nation American: Ribbon Dance

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