one paragraph for question:

1. This video, http://youtu.be/YjCmBSXtzqA, is a performance of Henry Cowell’s The Banshee by Sarah Cahill at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City, March 10, 2012. The work was written in 1925 and can be found as NAWM 193. Describe in your discussion post how you think this piece would have been received by the audience in 1925, and how it would be received in New York City or elsewhere in the country today.

2. The styles of composition practiced during the post–World War II period are numerous. Choose one style category listed in the Topics section of this module and one composer associated with that style whose work you find particularly enjoyable, and give five (5) reasons for your choices (style and composer). Cite specific pieces from NAWM. Then choose one category and composer that you find distasteful, giving five (5) reasons why.