TSM – DP Music (Exploring music in context)
Word count – 2384
Section 1
Exploration of a diverse musical material
● Personal context: Progressive Rock (Pages 2-4)
o Music for dramatic impact, movement and entertainment
▪ Rush’s La Villa Strangiato
● Personal context: Progressive Rock (Pages 5-6)
o Music technology in the electronic and digital age
▪ Drake’s Hotline Bling
● Local context: Jazz (Pages 7-9)
o Music for dramatic impact, movement and entertainment
▪ Oscar Peterson’s The Canadian Suite
● Global context: Early Electronic music (Pages 10-11)
o Music technology in the electronic and digital age
▪ Pierre Schaeffer’s Etude’s de bruits
Section 2 (Pages 12-13)
Statement on the creating exercise with reference to the audio excerpt in upload 2
Section 3 (Pages 14-15)
Statement on the performed adaptation with reference to the audio excerpt in upload 2
Section 4 (Pages 16-19)
Bibliography & Track List
Music assessed student work
Exploring music in context example 1: Student work
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Section 1: Exploration of a diverse musical material
La Villa Strangiato by Rush
Context: Personal
Area of Inquiry: Music for dramatic impact, movement and entertainment
La Villa Strangiato (Rush,2010), is a programmatic work released in 1978 by the
Canadian progressive rock trio Rush consisting of Alex Lifeson(guitar), Geddy
Lee(vocals/keyboards/bass) and Neil Peart(drums). La Villa Strangiato is an
instrumental composition based on nightmares Lifeson experienced.