DueDate:1/4/2015
WordCount:
1101QCMAnnotatedBibliography
Topic:ExploringClassicalInstrumentalMusic
Question:Thecurrentestablished'canon'withinorchestralmusicincludesbothcomposerssuchas
Beethovenwhoseprestigehasneverbeenchallenged,alongsideotherswhoseworkswereinitially
championedbeyondtheirtimeand/orplaceofcomposition,suchasMahlerandShostakovich.Discuss
thisstatementwithreferencetoselectedorchestralworksbyeachofthesecomposers,andif
appropriate,worksbytheircontemporaries.Howhavesocial,culturalandtechnologicalfactors,in
particulartheriseoftherecordingindustry,hadanimpactonthesecomposers'relativepopularity
withinthepastfiftyyears?
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recording industries influence on a professional orchestra. Taylors text is All of these resources have
allowed great insight and multiple perspectives, to begin to form an argument, and thesis for the essay
question.