Blog Assignment #6

Although my personal preference is not to listen to either of these songs (The Cricket and Il est bel et bon) I can appreciate them. The way that these examples show text painting are specifically special and help me to understand the relationship between words and music more thoroughly. Even though these songs are not in a language that understand, the music itself helps show the mood and tone for the piece so the meaning is more detectable. Being able to watch the performers is always very helpful to me because their facial expressions help me interpret what the message of the sing is. Just listening to the music is sometimes necessary to pick out individual parts but as a whole, I enjoy listening and watching at the same time.