Homework Assignment #2 
Due Date: Wednesday, Sept. 1

Explain what Hanslick means when he says, in chapter III (p. 33), "The artist is inscrutable, but the artwork is not." Use an example of your own choosing when explaining it.

Homework Assignment #3
Due: Friday, Sept. 10
Use one of the two examples of music that you wrote about in Homework #1.  Choose a specific recorded performance of it. What are some of the features of the PERFORMANCE that, if changed, would alter the emotional association you previously made?

Homework Assignment #4
Due Monday, Sept. 13

Explain Kivy’s point about the Saint Bernard. Then, using a musical example of your own choosing, explain how Kivy's point applies to a specific piece of music.

Homework Assignment #5
Due: Wednesday, Sept. 22
Give a very short answer to these two questions:
a. Before you read chapter 8, choose a piece of literature that you know well. What is it, and what theme or themes do you find in it?
b. Based on your understanding of chapter 8, what is the intentionalist position?

Homework Assignment #6
Due: Wednesday, Sept. 29
Using an example of recorded music as your focus, explain the difference between its score, a performance, and the work.

Homework Assignment #7
Due: Friday, Oct. 8
Explain what Gioia means, in chapter II, by the primitivist myth. Then provide your own example of somewhere (not necessarily in relation to jazz!) that you have encountered this myth.

Homework Assignment #8
Due Wednesday, Oct. 20
What is the main idea of Chapter VI of Gioia (on boredom)? How does it tie into Chapter 5 of Kivy ("Formalism")? Be as specific as you can.

Homework #9 
Due Monday, November 1 
Explain what Attali means in chapter one when he says that music is a mirror. Then explain what he means when he goes on to say that music is a form of prophecy. Use an example of your own choosing when explaining it.

Homework Assignment #10 
Due Monday, November 8
Before you read chapter 3 of Attali, answer this question: What were the last five different musical works that you heard? (If you perform music, don't count any performances or practice sessions that you were involved with.) In addition to saying what musical works you heard, describe the circumstances that made the music available to you. 

Homework Assignment #11 
Due Monday, November 15
In preparation for Attali, Chapter Four, answer these questions about yourself:

1. How much recorded music do you own? 
2. How much of this is bootleg music (music copied from a source that you do not own)? 
3. How often do you hear recorded music? (Estimate the number of hours per day.) 
4. How much of the total from question #3 do you control (YOU choose what you'll hear), and how much is selected by someone else?

Homework #12 
Due Friday, December 3
Before you read the essay "Listening to Music: Performances and Recordings," answer the following: Why is it better to attend live performances than it is to listen to recordings of the same music?