WDAV 2007

Are there different kinds of beauty? Are there different ways of being beautiful? Let's think about beauty for a while. You will soon hear several pieces of music. Each is famous for its beauty. Each one is "beautiful" in its own way. Below is a list of ways each piece of music's beauty might be described. You will hear the pieces in order, beginning with "A" and ending with "F". Listen closely. You will be a judge in a beauty contest. You will rate each piece on a scale of 1 to 10 for its beauty.

I don't think it's beautiful at all. (1)		That's the most beautiful music I've ever heard. (10)
WRITE YOUR RATING IN THE BLANKS PROVIDED: ( A ) Sparkling, Bright Beauty _______ ( B ) Bittersweet, Complex, Meaningful Beauty ("Deep") _____ ( C ) Simple Beauty _______ ( D ) Beautiful by Design (Beautiful because of form and structure) _____ ( E ) Unconventional, Unexpected Beauty ______ ( F ) Powerful, Majestic Beauty ________ Once you've finished rating each piece of music, chose someone to count votes. Write down the letter of the piece you gave the highest beauty rating and pass it to the vote counter. Which kind of beauty won the class vote? Was it your favorite piece that won? Did the winner win by many or just a few votes? Have you discovered something about your sense of what makes something beautiful? Did you know you had such good taste?