June 1– June 7: Listening Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Maurice Ravel (#1)

• Watch the composer's bio here (and ignore the terrible pronunciations!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT4Qh9SFUTg
• Read Ravel's famous quotes: 
• “The only love affair I have ever had was with music.”
• “Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.”
• “My objective is technical perfection.”
• “I still have so much music in my head...I haven’t said anything yet, and I have still so much to say!”
• Q. 1. Write out the composer's entire name in your lesson plan.
• Q. 2. What era did this composer live/write in?
• Listen to and watch Ravel's Jeax d'eau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnKFIp7CahY
• Q. 3. Name 3–5 famous pieces this composer wrote for the piano (or what is now played on the piano, if originally written for a different instrument). Use different pieces if the composer has previously been asked for.
• Q. 4. Name 3–5 stylistic characteristics of why this piece is a part of the musical era you wrote above. (Refer to the new page on the blog on the right called "Musical Period Characteristics" for help.)