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Listening Assignment

Assignment:​ ​In class, listen to recordings relating to ​English Folk Song Suite ​and
then answer the questions.

1. What qualities of the first movement of Vaughn Williams’ ​English Folk Song Suite ​make
it sound “English?”
2. Do you like the second movement? Why or why not?
3. What is different about the form in the third movement than the first?
4. Do you like the third movement? Why or why not?
5. Compare and contrast the opening march movement of Holst’s ​Second Suite ​to the first
movement of ​English Folk Song Suite. ​What technical or musical things are similar?
Different? How do the feelings evoked by the folk songs used in each compare?
6. Compare and contrast V. Williams’ ​Toccata Marziale t​ o our piece. Name at least two
similarities and at least two differences.
7. How does Grainger’s vocal setting compare to Vaughn Williams’? Consider form,
rhythm, articulation, etc.
8. Using what you have learned, which piece do you think is most likely to have been
based on a British folk song - ​Country Tune ​or ​Shepherd’s Hey? ​Where do you think the
other piece is from, why?