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To complete this assignment, you must choose a listening selection from Section 1: Basic Musical Concepts (any of the classes from “Unity and Variety” up to and including “Folk Music, Art Music, and All That Jazz”) and write a two-paragraph summary. Your summary must include the following to receive full credit: •The name and composer of the selection.. •The location of the selection. (e.g. Introductory Concepts: The Structure of Music). •A short analysis of the piece from the point of view of a Referential Listener. (Read the description of the Referential Listener, and use the attributes listed to analyze the selection.). •Finally, indicate what musical “concept” is illustrated by the selection (e.g. musical idea, ensemble, solo performer, variation, etc.), and state intelligently whether you think the selection was effective in communicating this concept.. Below is a sample of a well-written Written Assignment 1: Listening, that discusses a piece of music from the Referential Listener’s point of view: Written Assignment 1: Listening The Types of Listeners Lesson defines the “referential listener” as someone who is reminded of past events, images, feelings, or that catch the listener up in those memories. The piece of music I chose is Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, op. 11 in the Historical Periods section, Lesson 36, Contemporary I. When I hear this music I am reminded of two things, my grandfather’s funeral when we shoveled dirt on top of his grave. This piece of music is profoundly sad with falling figures that capture the goodbye for eternity forever that I have when thinking of this memory. I am also reminded of a Vietnam War movie that was made in the early 1980s that may have used this music as a backdrop to the devastation that the soldiers experienced, The Deerhunter. In this piece, the concept is that 20th c. music often featured certain instrument families over others. In Adagio for Strings, the string family provides the dominant timbre.

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The period of inquiry for this unit often gets labeled by historians as “Jeffersonian Politics.”

Prompt: How would you describe and characterize “Jeffersonian Politics?” How did it differ from earlier forms of American government?

In your answer, you should consider and properly cite the readings, audio, and video for this week’s Unit. Your discussion will be evaluated using the rubric below. please use the video then answer the question.

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1. How much does it cost to run for office in Texas?
   1. https://www.texastribune.org/2017/03/01/heres-how-much-texas-candidates-spent-vote-general-election/
   2. How will you raise money? (read this handy info from the Texas Democratic Party before you violate any campaign finance laws: https://www.txdemocrats.org/act/run-for-office )
   3. Name interest groups that will support/oppose you? Go to https://votesmart.org/interest-groups/TX/#.WXjT4ojyuUk and identify two (2) interest groups that you think will support your campaign, and two (2) who will oppose your campaign. Explain why? (referring to your platform).
2. What’s your SLOGAN?
3. Design a campaign sign.
4. Which state or local newspaper, official, celebrity endorsements will you seek? Why?
5. How do you get out the vote? Given your issue stands, what voter groups do you need to target? (refer back to the district analyses documents on your current legislator’s homepage..

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Strategic Planning

Select a business of interest to you and research its strategic planning in the 21st century. Summarize

main ideas and provide your comments relating to strengths and weaknesses of that business’s strategic

plan. Post in the “Discussion Board”, Forum “Strategic Planning”.

Before analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the business’s strategy, you should read the articles

relating to the “Strategic Planning” in the “External Link”.

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