Ritual Melodies

Choose three 20th century selections and compare

Wozzeck, Excerpt from Act III, by Berg
Ritual Melodies by Harvey Sextet by Reich
General William Booth Enters Into Heaven by Ives
Pavanne by Gabriel Fauré, arr. Ogerman (Bill Evans)
Concerto Grosso 1985 by Zwilich
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Britten

Choose three of these seven listening selections above and compare their compositional techniques. Why do they sound so different from each other and yet are still from the same time period? Of the three you discuss, which do you like the most? Why?

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