THE NATURE OF MUSIC

RESEARCH ON THE WEB – ESSAY: In your opinion, now that you are familiar with over 1,500 years of music, in what direction do you see music evolving in the future? Although this is an opinion assignment, you must reference all of your opinions to what you have learned in this course by including examples from each section you have studied.

Section List：

Part I “THE NATURE OF MUSIC”.

Part II. EARLY, MEDIEVAL, AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC.

Part III. BAROQUE MUSIC.

 Part IV. Classical Music

Part V. Romantic Music

PART VI. TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC

Part VII-A. MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES

Part VIII. MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD