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Sheet Music Analysis Sheet
At the turn of the century,
one popular form of entertainment was purchasing popular sheet music and
gathering around the piano to sing. Sheet music
was mass produced, affordable, and it appealed to people
from all different walks of life. Often sheet music reflected topics and
concerns of a
particular time period.
Using this worksheet, examine a piece of sheet
music to answer the questions below:
1.
What is the title of the sheet music?
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2.
If there is a cover to this sheet music, examine it carefully
and describe the image or design? ________________________________________
3.
In your opinion, what is the message shown on this
cover?__________________________________________________________________
4.
Identify the date that the sheet music was written. You may
need to look throughout the piece for this information. It may also be
in Roman numerals.
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5. Read
through the lyrics. Write a three sentence summary describing the main idea of
the song._______________________________________
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6. Choose
one or two phrases of the song that are interesting to you and explain why._______________________________________________
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7. What
industrialization topic is this song
about?___________________________________________________________________________
8. Based
on the lyrics, in your opinion, what seems to be the viewpoint expressed in the
song?_________________________________________
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9. Does the coversheet express
this viewpoint?
How?_______________________________________________________________________
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10. Who are the types of people who might be buying
and singing this song?_______________________________________________________
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- What
might be the public’s reaction to this song?
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