Music to Hear on Here: December 2011

Thursday, December 15, 2011

And then something completely different....

http://youtu.be/iY91hVZqhHY

What a Wonderful World--May you sing and feel this once......Have a great winter break.

http://youtu.be/E2VCwBzGdPM

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Grant's Song...One version at least, Cornell's Billie Jean

Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin - Grace

Professor Naddaff,

Thank you so much for a fantastic semester. I really loved your class. You'll be missed next semester, best of luck in all your endeavors!

Monday, December 12, 2011

Oay Lahy E!

please, enjoy.

a traditional recording from Madagascar, 1931.

Oh, um...

Try doing nothing but letting this sound hit your ears for the next eleven minutes.

Thanks for the semester.

Pan's Labyrinth Lullaby

That indescribable emotion that can never be captured with words.

Thank you all for a wonderful (and very entertaining) semester.

The Sea is Calm- Coco Rosie

Final Project- Jessica Adams

Thank you for a great semester, Professor Naddaff!

At the close of our Semester's day. . .

The semester is near enough over. Cue the call to rest:

The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

Sunday, December 11, 2011

LAST ONE BABY!!! WOO HOO!!

ill miss you guys and to you Professor Naddaff...Ramona...

<3

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (live)

It is important to take a moment to sit back and enjoy the music, especially during the hectic times...like finals week. Over the past semester I have battled with a personal physical attack, illness of loved ones, a serious breakup, and some deep psychological issues which is why this song spoke to me. I feel so much like the "Crazy Diamond". I see a new year and a new beginning on the horizon...it is time to "Shine On"! I enjoyed sharing this blog with all of you. Thank you for your offerings and insights every week...I am grateful for you!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Final Essay Music Selection "Clair de Lune" by Debussy

I thought it would be cute to post my song selection considering there's going to be a lunar eclipse this morning.

Glad to have been able to share a space and conversate with all of you this semester. I've really never encountered such an articulate and simultaneously rowdy set of individuals in many moons. For those finishing up, happy writing!

-Elaine

Course Description

"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." Martin Mull (or Elvis Costello)

Thinking about the meaning and value, intellectual, affective and neurological experiences, and aesthetics of music has occupied an important position in modern and contemporary philosophical writings. Central to the philosophy of music is a questioning of what music is insofar as it is an art form and practice, akin to but different from other arts, such as drama, literature, painting, sculpture, to name but a few examples. Claims have been made, in fact, that music’s effect, when performed and listened to, surpasses those of the other arts because of its abstact purity, of its universality, and of its singular capacity to express, represent and incite emotions. This course will explore such issues in 19th-20th century philosophy. We will begin with introductory readings of what composes the field and discipline of the philosophy of music. We will read—among other philosophers, novelists, critics and musicologists—Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Barthes and Adorno’s writings on music. Finally, we will have the occasion to read about and listen to specific musicians, both high and low, and explore the contexts of their work, concentrating on the historical and political dimensions of the practice, performance and art of making music.

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