Prepare a PowerPoint presentation (12-15 slides with speaker notes for each slide) comparing at least three customs, values, and beliefs that are shared across cultures/religions as addressed throughout the course.See the attachment for a list of possible customs, values, or beliefs you may choose for this assignment.In your presentation, do the following for each custom, value, or belief selected:Define the custom, value, or belief.Compare and contrast the custom, value, or belief across at least two religions/societies.Show how the custom, value, or belief influences the cultures.

Please respond to the questions below, in 1-2 paragraphs each. These questions are intended to help you listen and reflect on the music. Be as specific as possible with your answers, citing examples in the music (using time-stamps) to back up your points.1. As we discussed in class, Claudio Monteverdi and Barbara Strozzi used dissonant harmony to portray the emotional content of the texts which they set to music in their works Cruda Amarilli and Lagrime mie, respectively. In EACH piece, identify ONE example of the composer’s use of dissonance as a form of text expression. Include time-stamps for each of these moments, and a specific discussion of the relationship that you hear between text and music. DO NOT use examples already discussed in lecture/listed on the lecture slides.2. Discuss Baroque musical aesthetics in relation to 1) Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee and 2) the architecture of the Green Room at Salons of the Hotel de Soubise in Paris (both discussed in lecture videos and available on the lecture slides). Be specific in your discussion, citing musical examples. (This takes a little bit of creative thinking to compare stylistic attributes across mediums!)3. Discuss the role of the violin soloist(s) in the first movement of Vivaldi’s “Spring” concerto from The Four Seasons and Boulogne’s Symphony Concertante in B-flat major. What is the role of virtuosity in the solo part(s) in each work? Cite specific examples from each piece, using time-stamps.4. APPLICATION: We have discussed the concept of “musical form” in relation to the role of repetition in music. Choose a contemporary musical example that you listen to (of any genre) and in a few sentences, describe the musical form of the piece, as well as the role of repetition.

THIS JUST IN: You work for a national radio broadcasting company, and it is your job to create the typed broadcast for the evening news, recapping the experiences of Americans from before World War I (WWI) as well as after the war. For your story to be valid and accepted by a wide audience, it must include the home-front experiences of many groups; to help with your story, choose at least three topics below to discuss in your broadcast. What changed because of the movement from isolationism to expansionism? How did the Roosevelt Corollary change America’s role in the world? Assess the relevance of people’s concerns about the war’s impact on the international community. Assess the war’s economic impact, including the expansion of factories due to wartime production. What domestic and international figures played key roles in the war? How is the United States in the post-war era positioned to become a superpower? With any good news story, you must utilize multiple sources. Your story must be a minimum of two pages in length. A minimum of two reputable sources must be used, cited, and referenced, one of which must come from the CSU Online Library. This means you will need to find at least one additional source on your own, and it cannot be the content provided in this course (i.e., unit lessons or U.S. History resource). Inappropriate resources, or failure to use at least one resource available in the CSU Online Library, can lead to deductions. Click here to view a resource on evaluating websites to use in your research.