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Use one of the search engines to find a topic related to music that you might want to study. Based on what you find, write a research proposal for your instructor.
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Go to the International Index of Music Periodicals at http://music.chadwyck.com/, and click on Search. In "Subject Categories," type in "Ethnic Music" and then click on Browse. You will be prompted to narrow your choice to a specific region of the world. Choose one, then click Go, narrow the publication dates from 1999 to the present, then click on Search. Browse the titles for articles written since 2000 on regional ethnic music, and develop a literature review about folk music in that region.
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Visit the University of Washington's Library Composer Index at http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/composers.html. Choose three similar composers from different eras, and following the guidelines in Chapter 1 of your text about writing biography and history, compose biographical sketches demonstrating these similarities.
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From the late nineteenth century onward, nationalist composers arose in several European countries and the U.S. Go to the Music History site at the Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/mushist/rom/nation.htm) and examine some nationalist composers from a particular country. Choose one composer, and explain how s/he used national dances, folk songs, history, and legends to develop his/her work.
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Browse the Music Heritage Network Instrument Encyclopaedia at http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/enclpdia.html to write up an organological study of an instrument. Connect to General Reference by following the Browse links. Choose a category of instrument (percussion, string, wind, or electronic), then select an instrument from the list. Read the general information, listen to the sound of the instrument using either RealAudio or AIFF format, then find one or more of the selected references to complete your organological study.
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Read Wayne Schneider's review of Michael Campbell's book on popular music, And the Beat Goes On: An Introduction to Popular Music in America, 1840 to Today at http://www.music.org/ProfActiv/Pubs/Reviews/Schneider36/Schneider36.html. Based on the review, would you use this book to write a paper about popular music? Explain out your reasons in an essay.
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What makes a good symphony hall? Read James Glanz's article "Art + Physics = Beautiful Music" at http://www.rensselaer.edu/dept/NewsComm/Renss_news/NYTjaffe.html. Search for other articles related to music venues and the physics of acoustics, and develop a set of guidelines for an architect to follow in designing a space for sound.
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Use a search engine to locate a schedule of musical performances that will be shown within the next three months. Read the section in Chapter 2 of you text, "Promoting Community Interest in Music," and write a review of the music that is popular in your community.
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