Heartland Community College
Master Course Syllabus
Division name: HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS
COURSE PREFIX & NUMBER: MUSI 170
COURSE TITLE: Music History and Literature I: Antiquity to the 18th
Century
DATE PREPARED: March 25, 2005
DATE REVISED:
PCS/CIP/ID NO: 1.1 500902 03
IAI NO. : MUS 905
EFFECTIVE DATE OF FIRST CLASS: August, 2006
CREDIT HOURS: 4
CONTACT HOURS: 4
LECTURE HOURS: 4
LABORATORY HOURS: 0
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Prerequisite: ENGL 101. This course focuses on music as an art in Western civilization
from Antiquity to 1750, emphasizing the study of representative musical works and styles
of major periods of music history: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the
Baroque era. Particular attention is given to understanding musical works, aesthetics, and
concepts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.
TEXTBOOKS:
Burkholder, J. Peter, Donald J. Grout, and Claude V. Palisca. A History of Western
Music. Seventh Edition. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005.
Burkholder, J. Peter, and Claude V. Palisca, eds. Norton Recorded Anthology of Western
Music, Volume I: Antiquity to the Baroque (6 CDs). Fifth Edition. New York: W. W.
Norton, 2005.
Burkholder, J. Peter, and Claude V. Palisca, eds. Norton Anthology of Western Music,
Volume I: Antiquity to the Baroque. Fifth Edition. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005.
RELATIONSHIP TO ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND
TRANSFERABILITY:
MUSI 170 fulfills 4 hours of elective credit for the A. A. and A. S. degree. It should
transfer to most colleges and universities as an elective course. MUSI 170 is not part of
the General Education Core Curriculum as described in the Illinois Articulation Initiative.
MUSI 170, however, is listed as course MUS 905 in the Music Core courses under the
Illinois Articulation Initiative Recommendations for Illinois Baccalaureate Majors in
Music. Although MUSI 170 is recommended for students wishing to major in music in a
Baccalaureate program, students should check with an academic advisor for information
about its transferability to other
institutions.
COURSE OBJECTIVES (Learning Outcomes)
After completing this course, the
student should be able to:
Learning
Outcome
Assessment
Examine and listen to music with historical
sensitivity and formal understanding.
C5
Analysis Papers, Quizzes,
Exams, Assignments, and
Discussion
Assignments, Quizzes,
Exams, and Discussion
D2
Assignments, Quizzes,
Exams, and Discussion
Demonstrate awareness and appreciation of
the culturally diverse roots of Western
musical traditions.
Demonstrate appreciation for how
knowledge of the historical, cultural, and
social roots of musical styles broadens and
informs experience and understanding of
both early and contemporary music.
Identify and appraise key processes in the
transformation of musical style during the
Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and
Baroque periods.
Demonstrate the ability to think
historically, theoretically, and critically
through the interpretation of musical works
from the relevant historical periods.
Identify and evaluate musical compositions
that are considered to represent the greatest
achievements of Western civilization from
Antiquity to 1750.
Understand the relationship between the
form a musical composition takes and its
function in historical, social, and cultural
contexts.
COURSE/LAB OUTLINE:
Assignments, Quizzes,
Exams, and Discussion
CT1
Analysis Papers, Quizzes,
Exams, Assignments, and
Discussion
Assignments, Quizzes,
Exams, and Discussion
D2
Analysis Papers, Quizzes,
Exams, Assignments, and
Discussion
Part I: The Ancient and Medieval Worlds
1. Music in Antiquity
2. The Christian Church in the First Millennium
3. Roman Liturgy and Chant
4. Song and Dance Music in the Middle Ages
5. Polyphony through the Thirteenth Century
6. French and Italian Music in the Fourteenth Century
Part II: The Renaissance
7. The Age of the Renaissance
8. England and Burgundy in the Fifteenth Century
9. Franco-Flemish Composers, 1450–1520
10. Sacred Music in the Era of the Reformation
11. Madrigal and Secular Song in the Sixteenth Century
12. The Rise of Instrumental Music
Part III: The Seventeenth Century
13. New Styles in the Seventeenth Century
14. The Invention of Opera
15. Music for Chamber and Church in the Early Seventeenth Century
16. France, England, Spain, and the New World in the Seventeenth Century
17. Italy and Germany in the Late Seventeenth Century
Part IV: The Eighteenth Century
18. The Early Eighteenth Century in Italy and France
19. German Composers of the Late Baroque
20. Opera and Vocal Music in the Early Classic Period
21. Instrumental Music: Sonata, Symphony, and Concerto at Midcentury
22. Classic Music in the Late Eighteenth Century
Part V: The Nineteenth Century
23. Revolution and Change
24. The Romantic Generation: Song and Piano Music
25. Romanticism in Classic Forms: Orchestral, Chamber, and Choral Music
26. Romantic Opera and Musical Theater to Midcentury
27. Opera and Musical Theater in the Later Nineteenth Century
28. Late Romanticism in Germany and Austria
29. Diverging Traditions in the Later Nineteenth Century
Part VI: The Twentieth Century and After
30. The Early Twentieth Century
31. Modernism and the Classical Tradition
32. Between the World Wars: Jazz and Popular Music
33. Between the World Wars: The Classical Tradition
34. Postwar Crosscurrents
35. The End of the Millennium
METHOD OF EVALUATION (Tests/Exams, Grading System):
Exams and Quizzes
Written Assignments (including 3 style analysis papers)
Class Participation, including exercises and discussions
45%
45%
10%
Final Grades will be determined according to the following scale:
92-100%
83-91%
74-82%
65-73%
Below 65%
=A
=B
=C
=D
=F
REQUIRED WRITING AND READING:
Students will engage in extensive readings (from both the required text and from other
sources), daily listening assignments, and three musical style analysis papers (each paper
8 pages in length).