Choose to cover Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George, since he is really the only 18th-century composer of African descent who also has enough easily-accessed material available to date.

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“Public Musicology” means creating content on music, culture, and history for various communities beyond the field of musicology itself or the college classroom: concert audiences, high-school students, classical-music newbies, seniors, K-12 teachers, etc. Even before COVID, this content was often being offered for free online, a trend that only grew over the past 2 years.
For this project, you will each create one of the following: a blog, a vlog, or a podcast on a topic related to the materials of the first half of the quarter, Western art music of the Baroque period, 1600–1750.
ONE EXCEPTION: You may choose to cover Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George, since he is really the only 18th-century composer of African descent who also has enough easily-accessed material available to date.
Topics could include any of the types of areas we have investigated in our lecture materials: music industry, printing, instruments/instrument construction/instrument builders, patrons, composers, performing artists, venues, music culture within a particular city or country, musical styles, forms and genres, Baroque aesthetics and innovations, or a particular piece.
MUSIC ANALYSIS IS AN OPTION BUT NOT AT ALL A REQUIREMENT.
MEDIA IS USED TO HELP TELL YOUR STORY AND MAKE IT MORE ENGAGING FOR YOUR LISTENERS, READERS AND VIEWERS!
While our studies to date have covered England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, you may consider topics from other European regions or colonial North/South America as long as there is a significant connection to the technical and aesthetic ideas covered in class. For instance, Japanese hōgaku is a fascinating topic, but an exploration of this repertoire requires knowledge and vocabulary that is quite distinct from the Baroque ideas and idioms we have studied. (And, humbly, I do not feel qualified to adjudicate such a project!)
FORMATS: For all of these the tone and style should reflect your intended audience and your own personality!
BLOG: This would be in the form of prose, a short essay. Images, audio/video files, and links may be embedded in the prose to enhance the storytelling and viewer engagement. Links add value to the blog but the content of links should not be included in your total word count/length. (See info on LENGTH below.)
VLOG/Video/Video presentation: I’ve expanded this category to include a variety of presentations. It could be as simple as making PowerPoint/Keynote presentation with media in the slides, adding narration, and then exporting to a movie format. Or if you are skilled at working with video apps and programs, then you can go for a more technologically sophisticated creation, combining spoken narration, graphics, audio, live demonstration, etc. along the lines of the videos. This is a very flexible format: pretty much any combination of video and multimedia would qualify.
PODCAST: This allows you to tell your story through the spoken word with the addition of audio cues as relevant. The narrative and audio choices need to be especially compelling in this format.
MEDIA: Since these creations will not be made public and are intended for classroom use only, you may include audio clips, videos, art, graphics, etc. for which you would usually need permissions. But please keep a bibliography of your sources, even those found on the web. Music: credit artists/labels. Images/video: credits artist(s) when available and source.
LENGTH: 7–10 minutes in total; of this 7–10 minutes, audio or video media should not EXCEED 1/3 of the total time. For instance, a 7-minute video may use up to 2.5 minutes of “borrowed” media (i.e. an audio clip of a recording) but the other 4.5 minutes needs to be original content. In the case of a written blog, the duration can be calculated as 150 words per minute; embedded audio or video that the author intends for the audience to listen to or watch as they read should not exceed 1/3 of the total time.
SUMMARY STATEMENT: Students should submit a brief statement (1-2 paragraphs) about 1) their main audience and 2) what general choices they made with the content and presentation to connect with that audience.
GRADING: A more detailed rubric will be added by 2/5/22, but the general breakdown is as follows:
Creativity and use of media (successful and engaging use of the format) = 30%
Effectiveness of communication, including summary statement (compelling narrative “voice,” clear topic and organization, appropriateness for intended audience) = 40%
Quality of information (CONNECTION TO COURSE MATERIALS, accuracy, bibliography of AT LEAST 3 sources) = 30%

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