In this activity, you will choose a song about a historical event and create a written essay about the artist, the song, and the historical event that inspired it.
Use the site songfacts.com to choose a song to study. Additional suggestions:
"New Year's Day" - U2
"Sales Tax" - Mississippi Sheiks
"WPA Blues" - Bill Weldon
"What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye
"Whitey on the Moon" - Gil Scott Heron
"Sacco's Letter to his Son" - Pete Seeger
"Hurricane" - Bob Dylan
"Histoire du Soldat" - Igor Stravinsky
Answer the following questions about the song:
I. Artist
1. Dates born (and died, if they have)
2. 1-2 sentence description of the artist's career
3. Title of song to study
II. Event
1. What happened?
2. When and Where did the event occur?
3. Who was involved?
4. Why was this event important?
III. Lyrics
1. Choose two lines from the song and explain what the lyrics mean and how they explain or tell something about this event.
IV. Arrangement
1. Describe the instrumentation - what instruments do you hear?
2. How would you describe the musical genre, or style, of this piece?
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