Why does music play such a big role in religious holidays and important life events (weddings/funerals)?
Is it possible to dance to all music? How do the movements of the dancing change depending on the music?
What are some of the requirements of music used for warfare or combat?
Read selections (Bingen/Palestrina/Coltrane) from pages 393 to 438
Hildegard von Bingen (12th century)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1562)
John Coltrane (1964)
Read selections from pages 449 to 478
Fred Cockerham and Kyle Creed
The Sugarhill Gang (1979)
J.S. Bach (1717–23)
Johann Strauss Jr. (1866)
Read selections from pages 439 to 449
John Philip Sousa (1896)
Scottish, traditional