Introduction

Lets play Musicology Millionaire, a GAME where the Producer, Director, and Production Manager, become the contestants, the class can be the studio audience, and the Game Show Host reads the questions that could make YOU a Musicology Millionaire!

There are four job positions that must first be filled before we can start to play Musicology Millionaire. First decide who is going to be the Baroque Producer. The Baroque Producer chooses the outline for the questions, which ones to ask and in what order.

Then you must decide who is going to be the Classical Production Manager. The Classical Production Manager breaks each question down to four multiple choice answers.

Then you must decide who is going to be the Romantic Director. The Romantic Director decides the difficulty level of each question and how much money the answers are worth.

Then you must decide who is going to be the 20th Century Game Show Host. The 20th Century Game Show Host edits the questions so that they are easily understood, not too difficult and not too easy, and then writes them down on index cards to be later read to the contestants. The links below will get you started.

The Quest

There were mainly four different periods of music. Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th century. The first period led to the second, the second led to the third, and the third led to the fourth. Each period depended on the other period that came before it.

You need to show some of the reasons why the different periods of music developed, and what caused these individual styles to evolve and become so different from one another. In addition, see if you can decide what style(s) you like best.

The Process and Resources

In this WebQuest you will be working together with a group of students in class. Each group will answer the Task or Quest(ion). As a member of the group you will explore Webpages from people all over the world who care about music.

You'll begin with everyone in your group getting some background before dividing into roles where people on your team become experts on one part of the topic.

Phase 1 - Background: Something for Everyone

Use the Internet information linked below to answer the basic questions of who? what? where? when? why? and how? Be creative in exploring the information so that you answer these questions as fully and insightfully as you can.

• Music History 102 - a Guide to Western Composers and their Music from the Middle Ages to the Present.
• Yes, yes, it's musical history. - We give you a brief overview of each period. But more importantly, we tell you how to sound knowledgeable about each one.

Phase 2 - Looking Deeper from Different Perspectives

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Individuals or pairs from your larger WebQuest team will assume one of the roles below.

2. Read through the web pages linked to your group. If you print out the pages, underline the passages that you feel are the most important. If you look at the pages on the computer, copy sections you feel are important by dragging the mouse across the passage and copying / pasting it into a word processor or other writing software.

3. Note: Remember to write down or copy/paste the URL of the file you take the passage from so you can quickly go back to it if you need to to prove your point.
4. Be prepared to focus what you've learned into one main opinion that answers the Big Quest(ion) or Task based on what you have learned from the links for your role.

The Baroque Producer

The Baroque Producer chooses the outline for the questions, which ones to ask and in what order. Although the Baroque producer should concentrate on the Baroque period to gather most of the information, the Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century periods can also be explored. Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to The Baroque Producer :

1. What characterizes this period musically and philosophically?

2. How is this period of music different from the other periods?

3. What time frame does this period fall into?

4. Which composers had the most influence during this period?

 
• Baroque Music - Welcome to the definitive source for everything related to Baroque music.
• Baroque Music Period - The word baroque is a general term for a style of artistic expression that is marked by grandiose concepts and refers to music written during the period that extended from 1600 to 1750.

The Classical Production Manager

The Classical Production Manager breaks each question down to four multiple choice answers. Although the Classical Production Manager should concentrate on the Classical period to gather most of the information, the Baroque, Romantic, and 20th Century periods can also be explored. Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to The Classical Production Manager :

1. What characterizes this period musically and philosophically?

2. How is this period of music different from the other periods?

3. What time frame does this period fall into?

4. Which composers had the most influence during this period?

 

• E85.2073: Music Literature: The Classical Period - WHAT IS CLASSICISM IN MUSIC?

The Romantic Director

The Romantic Director decides the difficulty level of each question and how much money the answers are worth. Although the Romantic Director should concentrate on the Romantic period to gather most of the information, the Baroque, Classical, and 20th Century periods can also be explored. Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to The Romantic Director:

1.What characterizes this period musically and philosophically?

2.How is this period of music different from the other periods?

3.What time frame does this period fall into?

4.Which composers had the most influence during this period?

 
• The Romantic Era - emotion was the focus of all the arts of the self-described 'Romantic' movement.

The 20th Century Game Show Host

The 20th Century Game Show Host edits the questions so that they are easily understood, not too difficult and not too easy, and then writes them down on index cards to be later read to the contestants.Although the 20th Century Game Show Host should concentrate on the 20th Century period to gather most of the information, the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods can also be explored.Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to The 20th Century Game host:

1. What characterizes this period musically and philosophically?

2. How is this period of music different from the other periods?

3. What time frame does this period fall into?

4. Which composers had the most influence during this period?

 
• The Twentieth Century - The years spanning the end of the nineteenth century and the earliest part of the twentieth were a time of great expansion and development

Phase 3 - Debating, Discussing, and Reaching Consensus

You have all learned about a different period of music. Now group members come back to the larger WebQuest team with expertise gained by searching from one perspective. You must all now answer the Task / Quest(ion) as a group. Each of you will bring a certain viewpoint to the answer: some of you will agree and others disagree. Use information, pictures, movies, facts, opinions, etc. from the Webpages you explored to convince your teammates that your viewpoint is important and should be part of your team's answer to the Task / Quest(ion). Your WebQuest team should write out an answer that everyone on the team can live with.

Phase 4 - Real World Feedback

You and your teammates have learned a lot by dividing up into different roles. Now's the time to put your learning into a letter you'll send out for real world feedback. Together you will write a letter that contains opinions, information, and perspectives that you've gained. Here's the process:

1. Begin your letter with a statement of who you are and why you are writing your message to this particular person or organization.

2. Give background information that shows you understand the topic.

STATE THE TASK / QUEST(ION) AND YOUR GROUP'S ANSWER.

3. Each person in your group should write a paragraph that gives two good reasons supporting the group's opinion. Make sure to be specific in both the information (like where you got it from on the Web) and the reasoning (why the information proves your group's point).

4. Have each person on the team proofread the message. Use correct letter format and make sure you have correctly addressed the email message. Use the link below to make contact. Send your message and make sure your teacher gets a copy.

Conclusion

So is the music slow, fast, soft, or loud? Well, when you're blindfolded and only *listening* to one part, it's easy to come up with an answer that may not be completely right. That's how it is when understanding a topic as broad or complex as music: when you only know part of the song, you only know part of the song. Now you all know a lot more. Nice work. You should be proud of yourselves! How can you use what you've learned to see beyond the black and white of a topic and into the grayer areas? What other parts of music could still be explored? Remember, learning never stops.