Music

MAPEH 10

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Worksheet 1 • Afro-Latin American Music

Soul of the Opera 40 minutes

Purpose
At the end of this activity, you should be able to do the following:
● Identify the aural differences between performance practices.
● Evaluate musical performances of the same song and distinguish differences in
performance style through application of musical knowledge.
● Explain how each musician’s background plays a part in creating different styles of
musical performance through listening and application of musical knowledge.

Instructions
1. Search the following video clips online:
● Jackie Evancho’s performance of “Nessun Dorma” from PBS
● Aretha Franklin’s performance of “Nessun Dorma” at the 1998 Grammy
Awards
2. Answer the questions that follow. Write your answers in the space provided.
a. After listening to each performance, do you think the singing style of each
performer differs from each other? How do they differ?
b. Why do you think Aretha Franklin performed “Nessun Dorma” in that
particular musical style? Do you think Aretha Franklin and Jackie Evancho's
respective musical backgrounds affected the style of their rendition of
“Nessun Dorma”? Why or why not?
c. Do you think the song was still interpreted appropriately even with the use of
a different musical style? Why or why not?

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Output

1. After listening to each performance, do you think the singing style of each performer
differs from each other? How do they differ?
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2. Why do you think Aretha Franklin performed “Nessun Dorma” in that particular musical
style? Do you think Aretha Franklin and Jackie Evancho's respective musical
backgrounds affected the style of their rendition of “Nessun Dorma”? Why or why not?
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3. Do you think the song was still interpreted appropriately even with the use of a
different musical style? Why or why not?
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Suggested Rubrics

Exceeding Meeting Approaching Below Weight Scores

Standards Standards Standards Standards (%)
4 3 2 1

Distinguishing The learner is The learner is The learner is The learner is 50

Differences in able to hear, able to hear, able to hear, unable to hear,
Musical Styles identify, and identify, and identify, and identify, and
explain explain explain explain each
excellently satisfactorily adequately difference in
each each each musical quality
difference in difference in difference in and
musical quality musical quality musical quality performance
and and and to a
performance performance performance satisfactory
using using mostly using some degree.
appropriate appropriate vague
musical descriptions. descriptions.
descriptions.

Research and The learner is The learner is The learner is The learner is 30
Inquiry Skill able to support able to support able to support unable to
his or her his or her his or her support his or
answers with answers with answers with her answers
well-founded mostly adequate with
and satisfactory research and unfounded
established research and inquiry that theories and
research and inquiry that have major hearsay.
inquiry. have some errors.
minor errors.

Clarity The learner is The learner is The learner is The learner is 20

able to express able to express able to try to unable to
his or her his or her express some express his or
ideas clearly ideas of his or her her ideas at all.
and in an somewhat ideas, but
organized clearly. these are
manner. delivered
hastily.

Rating Scale = Score × Weight

Score Percentage = Total weighted score / 4 × 100