_{MU207 HW1 Dr. A. Schloss DUE:
November 15, 2011}

Pick five people from this chronology and connect their work in the context of music, technology, theory or aesthetics. (Note that this is or, and not and ). What impact did they have on each other? On the development of music as we know it today? If someone you think is important is not on the list, feel free to add the name, but make a case for his or her historical importance (minor figures in popular culture not allowed). You may find, if you pick a composer, that it is quite helpful to go to the music library and listen to some of his or her music. Four to six pages (double-spaced) should be enough.

NOTE: This is not a book report! In other words, I am not interested in a sequence of short biographies of the people you choose. A small amount of biographical information is fine, but I am much more interested in how you connect the people you choose, in your ideas and your thoughts, even if they don't seem as solid as the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Yes, you can use google or wikipedia to get quick information about your choices, especially when you are first exploring and deciding who or what you would like to write about, but I expect your bibliography to include at least a couple of books and articles as well as your web references. The exact format of your bibliography is not important, but should list all sources that you looked at in preparing your paper. Also, if you cite a source in the body of your paper, refer to it when you cite it, not only at the end of the paper. That is to say, the reader should know where you got your information from. So just having a list at the end is not sufficient -- the reader should be able to tell while reading your paper where your ideas and information came from.

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