This was an assignment developed to serve as an alternative to a concert report during the first stage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Spring 2020, in which the student is asked to compare three different versions of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (the original for organ, Stokowski’s orchestration, and a version for brass ensemble), noting not only musical differences, but differences of venue and filming style. It is a medium-length writing assignment, intended to be done mid- to late-semester (once the students have learnt the musical elements) and to be worth approximately 10% of the final semester grade.
Instructor: Robert Wrigley
Course: MSH114: Introduction to Music