### Listening 1
**First Listening**  
Please answer the following questions.  

* What do you feel the composer is trying to express?  
* What makes you feel this way?  
* When do you believe this work was written?  
* What instruments do you hear?  
* What do you believe the most important thing is about this work and why?  
* Do you like this work? Why or why not?  
* Which of the 7 Principles of Aesthetics do you think applies best and why?  

**Second Listening**  
* What was the focus of this work in class? Please describe what we discussed in detail.  
* Based on the class discussion do you feel the same way about the work, why or why not?  
* Name one thing you find interesting or liked about this work.  
* Name one thing you dislike about this work.  

**Rhythm** is the variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or other events.  
This is one of the very basic elements of time in music. We have already discussed pulsed and unpulsed music, here are some more adjectives to describe rhythm (*italicized word are subjective*)

* Strict  
* Swing  
* Free (Rubato)  
* March