Enlightenment Artists

Music and Ideas

Invitatory for the Divine Office of Matins on Christmas Eve - Anonymous

Christ is born to us: Come, let us adore him.

Come, let us exult in the Lord, let us rejoice in God, our salvation:Let us fall down before his face, confessing, and rejoicing in himwith Psalms.

Christ is born to us: Come, let us adore him.

Because God is a great Lord, and a great King over all gods:therefore the Lord will not reject His people:because all the ends of the earth are in his hand,and he observes the heights of the mountains.

Come, let us adore him.

Because the sea is his, and he made it,and he fashioned the dry places with his hands:(All Kneel)Come, let us adore, and fall down before God:let us weep before the Lord, who made us,because He is the Lord our God;and we are his people, and the sheep of his flock.

Christ is born to us: Come, let us adore him.

Today, if you hear his voice,do not harden your hearts,as your fathers did in theday of temptation in the desert, when they tempted Me in their extremity,they tested and saw my works.

Come, let us adore him.

I was close to this generationfor nearly forty yearsand said: These always err in heart;But they have not known my ways:to whom I swore in my anger:If they shall (ever) enter into my rest...

Christ is born to us: Come, let us adore him.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in thebeginning, is now, and ever shall be,world without end. Amen.

Medieval

1400-1500 AD

La deploration de la mort for Johannes Ockeghem DesprezAnonymous

Woo-nymphs, godesses of the springs,

Skilled singers of all nations,

Change your clear and lofty voices

Into sharp cries and lamentations.

For the harsh molestations of Atropos

Have inescapably ensnared your Ockeghem,

Music's very treasure and master,

Who henceforth no longer escapes death,

Of whom it is a great loss that earth covers him.

Dress yourselves in clothes of mourning,

Josquin, Brumel, Pierchon, Compere;

And weep great tears from your eyes,

Who have lost your good father.

[Ongoing Chorus]

Rest eternal give to them O Lord,

And let the perpetual light shine on them.

May he rest in peace.

Amen

Quick Fact: The Composer is unknown because at this time in history music was said to be a gift directly from god and therefore it didn’t make sense to label it with the composers name as it was actually god’s music afterall.

Age of Exploration 1500-1600 AD

Draw two columns on a page in your notebook

Under the Label Middle Ages:

List 5 words you would use to describe the music that you have just heard.

What are some key things the songs are about and have in common?

How do these songs make you feel?

Transition from Gloomy Authority to Enlightened Freedom

Play Seasons

Hallelujah

Baroque/Enlightenment Music 1600-1750 AD

Under the Label Enlightenment:

List 5 words you would use to describe the music that you have just heard.

What are some key things the songs are about and have in common?

How do these songs make you feel?

Class: Compare and Discuss the differences you found in the music. What does this tell you about the Enlightenment?

Who was John Lennon?

Could he be considered a modern philosophe?

1980: John Lennon shot deadFormer Beatle John Lennon has been shot dead by an unknown gunman who opened fire outside the musician's New York apartment. The 40-year-old was shot several times as he entered the Dakota, his luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side, opposite Central Park, at 2300 local time. He was rushed in a police car to St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, where he died. His wife, Yoko Ono, who is understood to have witnessed the attack, was with him.

Twenty years after his death millions of fans

paid tribute to Mr Lennon in his home

town of Liverpool and in New York.

His widow launched a campaign against gun violence in the United

States to mark the anniversary.

JOHN LENNON lyrics - "Imagine"

Imagine there's no heavenIt's easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today...

Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as one

Imagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hungerA brotherhood of manImagine all the peopleSharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will live as one

1970- Flower Power Generation

Lets HighlightLets Highlight

What are the enlightenment ideas important to John Lennon at this point in history?

What lyrics support this?

Who was Tupac Shakur?

Like John Lennon he was also shot and killed. While his songs often tackled impotant issues like gun violence and youth violence.

LAS VEGAS (CNN) -- Tupac Shakur, the rapper whose raw lyrics seemed a blueprint of his own violent life, died Friday from wounds suffered in a drive-by shooting. He was 25.

Tupac Amaru Shakur was an American artist renowned for his rapping and hip hop music, as well as his movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. He is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-selling rap artist, with over 75,000,000 albums sold worldwide, including over 50,000,000 in the United States alone.[1] Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up around violence and hardship in ghettos, racism and problems in society. Shakur's work is known for advocating political, economic, social, and racial equality as well as his raw descriptions of violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and conflicts with the law. Many fans, critics, and industry insiders rank him as the greatest rapper ever.

Ghetto Gospel-Tupac

Those who wiiiiish to follow me (my ghetto gospel)I welcome with my haaaaaaaaaandsAnd the red sun sinks at last, into the hills of goldAnd peace to this young warrior, without the sound of guns

[Verse One]If I could recollect a-from my hood daysI sit and reminisce, thinkin of bliss on the good daysI stop and stare at the younger, my heart goes to 'emThey tested with stress that they underAnd nowadays things changeEveryone's ashamed of the youth cause the truth look, strangeAnd for me it's a firstWe left 'em a world that's cursed, and it - hurtsCause any day they'll push the buttonAnd all come in like Malcolm X or Bobby Hutton died for nuttinDon't it make you get teary, the world looks drearyWhen you wipe yo' eyes see it clearlyThere's no need for you to FEAR meIf you take your time and HEAR me, maybe you can learn to CHEER meIt ain't about black or white cause we humanI hope we see the light before it's ruined, my ghetto gospel

[Chorus]

Tell me do you see that old lady, ain't it sadLivin out of bags, plus shes glad for the little things she, hasAnd over there there's a lady, crazyGuess who's givin birth to a, baby?I don't trip and let it fade meFrom out of the fryin pan, we jump into another form of slaveryEven now I get discouragedWonder if they take it all back, will I still keep the - courage?I refuse to be a role modelI set goals, take control, drink out my own bottlesI made mistakes, but learned from every oneAnd when it's said and done, I bet there's got to be a better oneIf I upset you don't stress, never forgetThat God is up in this with me yetI feel his hand on my brainWhen I write rhymes I go blind and let the Lord do his, thangBut am I less holy?Cause I chose to laugh and front, and drink a beer with my homiesBefore we find world peaceWe gotta find peace within the war in the streets, my ghetto gospel

[Chorus]

1980-90 Generation X and Y

What are the enlightenment ideas important to Tupac at this point in history?

What lyrics support this?

The MTV All-stars was a large group of famous artists formed by MTV. They released “What's going on” A song dedicated to the awareness of human rights and social activism.

Music as a medium was as an important way of spreading ideas in the past as it is today.

Someone made a request for this great cover of Marvin Gaye's What's Goin' On by MTV All Stars to raise money for AIDS victims worldwide. Artists in the song include: Bono, Gwen Stefani, The Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Ja Rule, Nelly Furtado, Diddy, Alicia Keys, Nelly, Nas, Eve & Fred Durst. The song was recorded right before September 11, and when it came to shooting the [first] video, the main idea revolved around 9/11 instead of AIDS.

What's Going On (Remake With Mtv All-Stars) P. Diddy: What's going on? Jermaine Dupri: Tell meP. Diddy: People dying Jermaine Dupri: YeahP. Diddy: People crying Jermaine Dupri: Uh-huhP. Diddy: Lord, help us Jermaine Dupri: Come onBono: Mother, mother, There's too many of you cryingGwen Stefani (of No Doubt): Oh, brother, brother, brother, There's far too many of you dyingJermaine Dupri: That's rightAaron Lewis (of Staind): You know we've got to find a way, to bring some lovin' here todayNona Gaye: Oh my father, father, We don't need to escalateBackstreet Boys (Brian): You see war is not the answerNona Gaye & Backstreet Boys: For only love can conquer hateChristina Aguilera: You know we've got to find a way, to bring some lovin' here todayBritney Spears: Barricades can't block our wayJennifer Lopez: Don't punish me with brutalityBeyonce Knowles: Talk to meBritney Spears: So you can seeDestiny's Child & Britney Spears: Oh, what's going on? What's going on? What's going on? Yeah, what's going on? What's going on?Ja Rule: What's going on in a world filled with pain? Where's the love for which we pray? What's going on when our children can't play, homeless can't eat? There's gotta be a better way, What's going on when we politically blind, can't see the signs of endangered times? What's going on?Nelly Furtado: Oh, oh, tell me, what's goin' on in the world today? I'd rather be dead than turn my head away. We got a first world vision too comfy to lift our hands in the air and cry for a switchMichael Stipe (of R.E.M.): Father, fatherP. Diddy: Father, help us, come onMichael Stipe (of R.E.M.): Everybody thinks we're wrongAlicia Keys: Oh, but who are they to judge us? Together, we can all be strongP. Diddy: United we stand, divided we fall

'NSync (J.C.): You know we've got to find a way ...Mary J. Blige: ... to bring some understanding here today'NSync (Justin): Barricades can't block our wayDarren Hayes (of Savage Garden): Don't punish me with brutality'NSync & Mary J. Blige: Baby, talk to me so you can see, yeah what's going on What's going on? Hey, what's going on? Somebody tell me what's going on I'll tell you what's going onNelly: What's going on 'cross the seas? Every minute a child dies by this disease, In record numbers, indeed, Got mommas crying out, pleasemy baby, hold on My child ain't done nothing wrong, Still I want to holler, ask them why they don't bother, Oh no, oh no, Make me turn to my father and ask him why they all got a trapped soulNas: I can feel what was bothering Marvin, why his words forever remain, Dealing with these modern day problems, cause of ignorance surrounding me and my constituents. Too many infected, Too many lives diminishing, Nobody safe, Protestants, Jews, Blacks and Whites, Latinos and Asians, Pray together, Less fight, We better unite, As genocide and chemical war, And the rich and the poor, know that God delivers a cureEve: It's a shame our reality is devastating, People praying for a cure, dying while they're waiting. Ask the Lord for the comfort and the strength to face it. All the kids with dreams won't get the chance to chase it. Makes me sad Think about the lives they would've had, Think about the orphan babies got no moms and dads. How can we sit back and not try to make it right? We gotta come together, We gotta fight for life.Fred Durst (of Limp Bizkit): Somebody tell me what's going on. (What's going on?) We got human beings using humans for a bomb. But everybody wanna live. Don't nobody really wanna die. You feeling me, right? (right) I can't be watching people die (Die) and watching people cry. Let me break it down for a minute. If there's enough room here for you and for me there's plenty of room for some humanity.All artists, at various times: Somebody tell me what's going on, What's going on?

2000- ?

What are the enlightenment ideas important to the MTV All-stars at this point in history?

What do the three modern songs have in common?

Worksheet

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Homework: Find a song that has enlightenment messages in it and bring it to class on USB with the words on USB. Also print a copy of the words to hand in.

We will play and analyze your song next class

OR

Write your own song using enlightenment ideas and bring it to class. Be prepared to share it with the class.