Listening Closely to the (Perhaps) Unfamiliar
Listening Closely to the (Perhaps) Unfamiliar
It has been said that music is what emotion sounds like. Although some listeners have a vocabulary that allows them to interpret musics technique, we already share a common language to describe the emotional effect of music. Listen carefully to Tchaikovskys 1812 Overture (6.1.9). Identify the emotional effects it is trying to produce and, using terms from basic elements of music or from your own store of language, describe as best you can the emotional impact of this piece and how it creates that impact.