Sing Joyfully Unto God: Music Analysis

In your own words how would you describe a wolf? Probably as a vicious, bloodthirsty kill. Well in Farley Mowat’s book he aims to change that view. The book Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat was published in 1963. The book is the story of when he, Farley Mowat, goes into the Northern Canadian Plains to study wolves. While he is there he discovers that wolves aren’t as savage and bloodthirsty as everyone seems to think. In his book he uses emotion, facts and trust to persuade us that the wolves aren't bloodthirsty and savage as everyone seems to think.

What do you think of wolves? Do you think they’re blood-thirsty killers, or do you think they are rather friendly animals? In the book, Never Cry Wolf, (1963) the author, Farley Mowat, writes about his excursion to the sub arctic Barren Lands of Canada to study how wolves act and how the community is being affected by the wolves. The people of Churchill lead Mowat to believe the wolves are something that they aren’t, which is a blood-thirsty killer. Mowat then uses the rhetorical strategy Pathos throughout the book to show you how he personifies the wolves and how fear is all in our minds.

After listening to the three samples of music I decided to pick was Machaut: Ma fin est mon commencement. In this piece is sung with three voices which makes it a polyphony. The piece has a rondeau form giving a song a repetition feel. Out of the three pieces I would say I enjoyed this one the most, because this song has a pleasant feel to is compared to the other ones.

Without the proper knowledge needed to understand how the wolf works, the creature is inaccurately shown as a wild, vicious killer. As Mowat progresses through his research he learns about the wolves hunting abilities and begins to acquire new information and states,” I could hardly believe that the all-powerful and intelligent wolf would limit his predation on the caribou herds to culling the sick and infirm when he could presumably, take his choice of the fattest and most succulent individuals” (Mowat 126). The way the government and people portray wolves as mindless killers is not only false, but it is far from the truth. Wolves are instead intelligent creatures that have the ability to choose and pick the right kill. Also, as Mowat researches their eating habits he finds that “the wolves of Wolf House Bay, and, by inference at least, all the Barren Land wolves who were raising families outside the summer caribou range, were living largely, on mice” (Mowat 107). During the summer the wolves weren’t even that cause of the deaths of caribou. Instead they found new resources to live off of when the caribou leave so they can continue to survive. This information is an exact contrast to the

The song, “The Saints Go Marching In” is a song that has penetrated many genres and generations of music. It was originally written as a Christian hymn, but since then has become much more. In the 1920s, the tune became more popular and was already a familiar tune by the time Louis Armstrong made his recording in the 1930s though many credit his recording to be what made the song so famous. It then became the unofficial anthem of Louisiana and was one of the most requested jazz songs of all time. More recently pop and country artists have also been releasing their versions of this jazz

The common perspective of a wolf is a terrorist who kills innocent people and commits horrible crimes, however, horrific actions such as these are not the only things that can classify someone as a wolf. A wolf does not have to physically harm others in order to earn that title. It is not uncommon to be hurting emotionally and it has the potential to cause physical harm when taken too far. I believe that those who hurt innocent people emotionally are just as wolfly as those who physically harm others. Tim O’Brien’s novel, “The Things They Carried” is a unique novel composed of many short stories, all of which have the ability to be taken as individual short stories, or can be put together to form one long novel. These short stories focus on war, the real truth, the emotional truth, and the lies. There are many instances where the narrator, Tim O’Brien (not to be confused with the author), proves himself to be an extremely wolfly man through these stories. He illustrates, time and time again, his wolfly characteristics such as betrayal of his friends, manipulation of his readers’ emotions, and sheer fabrication of horrible stories.

“no churches in the wild” is a song made by Jay-z with Kanye west featuring in It, right from the start of the song you know that something is not right, it is not a usual hip-hop song, the more you listen to it you can pick more and more out of it for example;

Artist, Kesha, co-wrote and sang the song titled “Praying.” In the video that she created for the song she shows us, the audience, what she went through during her healing process from the sexual and mental violence she received. Through many methods, such as religious references, Kesha took us through her journey through ethos, logos, and pathos.

I feel that the fourteen members of chamber orchestra and the two vocalists did an outstanding job. This piece was well put together. I loved the harmony that was brought forth between the orchestra and the vocalists. The two vocalists a tenor known as Paul Groves and a soprano known as Anna Larson, did a beautiful job staying in tune. The way that their voices went back and forth in harmony was just beautiful.

When I first read through the script of the musical “Into the Woods” the repetition of the word ‘festival’ rang like a bell in my head. I instantly knew this was what my concept would stem off of. And although I wasn't too sure of anything other than that, I soon figured out what I wanted to do with that word, ‘festival.’ All I had to do was to add the word ‘music’ in front of it.

While reading Song of Songs in the bible the first aspect that stood out to me the most was the layout of the writings. First I noticed how it was in poetic form. The reading flowed really nicely and the comparisons of human to nature helped me to create a mental image in my mind while reading. The common themes throughout this book were love and searching for love (Nowell, Poetic artistry). There are about twenty different poems through the book, each with a different title. These titles give a good indication of what the poem is going to be about which helps you follow the deep and meaningful words to get a better understanding of the chapter. Another aspect that stood out to me was the letters ‘W', ‘M' and ‘D', listed on the left margins of the chapters. At first, I was really confused as to what those letters stood for. By reading the commentary by Irene Nowell I was able to understand the meaning of those letters. They stand for the different voices that speak throughout the book, ‘W' stands for the women, ‘M' stands for the man and ‘D' stands for the daughters of Jerusalem (Nowell, Genre, and Structure). This narrative, helps the reading flow smoother because you are able to figure out the point of view of the story.

Music is defined as an instrumental or vocal sound combined in such a way to produce beauty of form, harmony and expression of emotion and a song ties in to tell a story, share an idea or express a feeling. Music and songs have been around long before we existed and have been one way to communicate messages to others around them. By analyzing three songs, I will explain what each song reveals about the singers and the purpose for which they used their music.

From the Civil Rights Movement to the Black Lives Matter movement, music continue to be the expression of all that is contained in the movement. It shows the struggles, the passions, the history of the movements. It gives hope, brightens the day, rallies, and unifies the people of movements.

I was much more fond of the symphony music played by Mozart, although there was not much featured in the movie. I am not a big fan of Opera’s to begin with, so I am a little biased when judging them. I found Don Giovanni and the Opera written alongside Salieri more preferential; there was more substance and feeling in those. The opera Figaro to be extremely boring; apparently so did Joseph II. It was extremely slow with the same dark melody the whole piece. I most enjoyed the first Opera commissioned by Emperor Joseph II. The whole piece was brilliantly put together, I can’t imagine how someone could put all those notes together and make is sound like it did. It reminds me of listening to Jimi Hendrix on the guitar, or Bach on the Harpsichord.

The wolf was once a much slandered animal. In the western world, people feared and hated wolves, and this legacy is reflected in stories such as Little Red Riding Hood and The Boy Who Cried Wolf. In these popular children's tales the wolf is made out to be a prowler and a killer of livestock and people. There is some basis for The Boy Who Cried Wolf, for wolves have killed cattle and sheep. But what of Little Red Riding Hood? There are no records of wolves killing humans in Canada or the United States. Yet, when wolves were spotted near rural communities, fear used to grip the populace, but over time this has become less prevalent.