Music of The Eighties

Video title: Into The 80s

Use this K12 history of music video to study and gain an understanding of music into the 1980's, the different types of music composers were writing, such as experimental, serialism, jazz based, aleatoric, electronic and minimalism. Learn why the public remained fascinated with music from the past rather than that of contemporary composers. Listen to excerpts from Gershwin, Cage, Copeland, Shostakovich, Rochberg, Ligeti and Reich.

 

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Music of The Eighties. Learning Objectives for this video:

  • Music of The Eighties. Learn about Music into the 80's. Learn how the individual expression and emotional quality of Beethoven-s works influenced the symphonic form.
  • Explore Wagner-s contributions to opera, Stravinsky-s far-reaching focus on rhythm, Copland-s vigorous synthesis of jazz and classical elements, and the experimental works of composers since the mid-twentieth century.
  • Learn why the public of the early twentieth century began to pay more attention to the music of the past than to the music being written by contemporary composers.
  • Listen to excerpts from compositions by Beethoven, Berlioz, Chopin, Copland, Debussy, Gershwin, Liszt, Mahler, Puccini, Schoenberg, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and Wagner.
  • Discover the many benefits of using online video for visual learning. Educational video for teaching the K-12 curriculum provides online learning for children and students of all ages and abilities. Using subtitled video - or video with closed captions - enables children to choose between watching, listening to, or reading each presentation whichever best suites their individual learning style. A wonderful option particularly for dyslexia and special needs education.

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