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The Music of Stevie Wonder (HR-P365)

3RD Quarter Quiz review sheet


Application
Based on our in-class discussion of "Stevie-isms," name 5
compositional approaches or characteristics found in Wonder's music,
and on the staves below, demonstrate two of them one melodic, and
one harmonic. Be sure to include any pertinent melodic or harmonic
analysis. Please use different Stevie-isms than your previous test.
Listening
For any of the tunes covered in this period of Wonders career, be able
to answer the following:
Title:
Year released:
One Stevie-ism present:
One fact about the construction of the song (i.e., melody uses
repetition, harmony is diatonic but contains a III7 chord, etc.)
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Written

1976 album: Songs in the key of life


Original title: Fulfillingness Second Finale, We are seeing a
lot, Lets see life the way it is
Peak chart position: #1 (73 weeks on chart)
Total sales [of 1976 album] as of March 29, 2005: More than 20
million (10x multi-platinum)
Subject of Isnt She Lovely: His daughter, Aisha
Original subject of Saturn: Saginaw, his hometown
International festival in Nigeria Wonder participated in: Second
World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture
First soundtrack recording: Journey through the secret life of
plants
Subject of Happy Birthday: Martin Luther King Jr.
Year Wonder won an Oscar, and for which song? I just called
to say I love you
1985 collaboration with many pop stars, including Michael
Jackson and Quincy Jones. In square circle
Year Wonder was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Jan.
1989
Year Wonder was inducted into the Soul Train Hall of Fame 1996
Year of Kennedy Center Honors (youngest person ever to be in
the selection): 1999

The Music of Stevie Wonder (HR-P365)


3RD Quarter Quiz review sheet

Year Sketches of a Life premiered 2009


Year Wonder received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song 2009

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