CA Music Discussion

I’m working on a english multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Choose TWO of the videos from Listening #1 and answer the following questions in your response. You may use paragraph form or bullet points.

1. What is the purpose the music serves? Is it for entertainment, religious worship, self-expression, something else?

2. Who is performing? Solo singer, orchestra, singer plus orchestra?

3. What instruments can you identify? Don’t worry if you can’t id everything – just try to pick out one or two different instruments.

4. Why did you pick this video? Was there something interesting or compelling about the video? 

VIDEO 1

2001: A Space Odyssey (Links to an external site.)(2001:A Space Odessey is a film directed By Stanley Kubrick (Links to an external site.) (1968); opening music from Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra(Links to an external site.) (1896))

VIDEO 2

Kol Nidrei (Links to an external site.) for the Yom Kippur (Links to an external site.) service, the Jewish Day of Atonement. Sung by Cantor Buchdahl in 2012.