MUL 546, section 101 Collaborative Piano Literature for Vocal Accompanying (3 hrs. credit) Fall 2014 No Web Component Meeting time: Wednesday 12:00-­‐2:30 in LPAC Rm. 1101 Instructor: Robert Holm, D.M.A. P.A.C. #1101, (251) 460 – 6237 e-­‐mail: rholm@southalabama.edu Office Hours: Monday 12:00-­‐1:30; Tuesday 2:15-­‐3:15; Thursday 12:30-­‐2:00; Friday 12:00-­‐2:00 Text: Kimball, Carol. Song: A Guide to Art Song Style and Literature. (Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard, 2006). Course Description
The graduate-­‐level Vocal Accompanying Literature course offers a survey of music composed for voice(s) and piano from the pianist’s perspective. Instead of the more common chronological and/or linguistic approach to teaching vocal literature, Music for voice and piano will be explored alphabetically to encourage accompanists to develop a repertoire album. Additional units will feature standard choral music, choral/vocal music for church services, strategies for playing musical theater scores and techniques for operatic score reduction. Course Obj ectiv es
study music for voice and piano study standard music for choir and piano survey of church service accompaniment styles operatic score reduction sight-­‐read regularly musical theater rehearsal pianist skills Grading and Class Participation
Two exams and two paper/projects will determine the final grade: Midterm Exam 200 points Paper/Project I 250 points Final Exam 300 points Paper/Project II 250 points Total 1000 points Paper/Project I: Write an essay on the music of a famous composer of German Lieder (i.e. Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss). The paper should be 7-­‐10 pages in length and discuss the style of the composer, an overview of the composer’s contribution to song literature, and then focus on a song or set of songs to analyze specifically. A fifteen-­‐minute presentation of the paper and its findings will be presented by the student in class. Paper/Project I: Write an essay on the music of a famous composer of French mélodie: (i.e. Fauré, Duparc, Chausson, Debussy). Prepare a paper and project similar in scope to Paper/Project I. Homework assignments will be given at each class period and it is the responsibility of the student to prepare any missed assignments for the next class period. A record of attendance will be kept and a grade of F* will be assigned with the last date attended for students who stop attending class and do not drop the course before the add/drop date has passed. Practice pianos are located in the practice rooms within Laidlaw Performing Arts Center. A straight grading scale will be used: 900-­‐1000 A, excellent 800-­‐900 B, good 700-­‐800 C, fair 600-­‐700 D, poor Policy on Make-­up Exams A make-­‐up exam (more difficult than the original exam) will be offered for 90% credit to students within one week after the original exam was scheduled. Exams may be offered before the scheduled exam date with prior instructor approval for 100% credit. Tentativ e Schedule
Due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, this schedule may be modified with appropriate advance notice given during class. Regular attendance will ensure that you will be informed of any changes made in the semester schedule. Week
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Date
Topics Cov ered
8/20 8/27 Syllabus; Overview of Vocal Composers; Vocal Music: Argento-­‐Chausson
9/3 Vocal Music: Gershwin-­‐Lully 9/10 Vocal Music: Mahler-­‐Puccini 9/17 Vocal Music: Purcell-­‐Stradella 9/24 Vocal Music: J. Strauss-­‐Wolf 10/1 Classical Choral music overview: Review; Paper/Project I due Vocal Music: Cilea-­‐Franz 8 10/8 Exam #1 9 10/15 historical overview of vocal/choral music for church services
10 10/22 Hymn style techniques: Transposition, modulation and harmonic expansion 11 10/29 opera/oratorio reduction techniques 12 11/5 opera arias 13 11/12 skills for the musical theater rehearsal pianist 14 11/19 Paper/Project II due 15 12/3 Final exam OTHER RULES AND REGULATIONS
There is no food or drink allowed in the piano lab (LPAC 1120).
All cell phones and beepers must remain off during class hours.
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