please apply the following 2 questions to the music selections below:
1. briefly discuss the context in which this work would have been performed (function/purpose of music; location of the performance; who would have performed the music; who would make up the audience)
2. how was this music important to society at the time it was composed and performed?
The Firebird - Stravinsky
C-Jam Blues - Ellington
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Britten
West Side Story ("Tonight" Ensemble) - Bernstein
Alleluia: Vidimus Stellam - Anonymous
O Successors - Hildegard
Ave Maria - Josquin
As Vesta Was Descending - Weelkes
Any help would be greatly appreciated
1. briefly discuss the context in which this work would have been performed (function/purpose of music; location of the performance; who would have performed the music; who would make up the audience)
2. how was this music important to society at the time it was composed and performed?
The Firebird - Stravinsky
C-Jam Blues - Ellington
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Britten
West Side Story ("Tonight" Ensemble) - Bernstein
Alleluia: Vidimus Stellam - Anonymous
O Successors - Hildegard
Ave Maria - Josquin
As Vesta Was Descending - Weelkes
Any help would be greatly appreciated