Lecture and Reading Schedule (Fall 2015)
Unit 1
August-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------M 17
Introduction to the course; Syllabus; Policies
See directions below for Wednesday’s class. You’ll need to bring something to class
Wednesday for a group rhythm exercise. The reading assigned for Wednesday is also
listed below. Please complete the reading and listening before the start of class on
Wednesday.
Log on to Blackboard > Unit 1 > Student Profile (journal) Take the Syllabus Quiz
(assessment). Both due Wednesday.
W 19
Listening vs. Hearing (Holzer)
Bring a rhythm instrument to class if you have one, such as a small hand drum, or an
empty canister with a lid that can be used as a hand drum. Or you may consider
bringing “kitchen percussion” such as wooden spoons and/or a plastic bucket. I will
bring my djembe. See Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 1 for PDF of my
PowerPoint. You may want to print it off and bring it with to guide your note-taking.
Reading: Kamien, Preface and pp. 2-8.
Listening: Kamien, Stravinsky Firebird; Ellington C-Jam Blues. Follow the Listening
Outline in your textbook when listening to the pieces.
F 21
Sound Colors: Timbre, and the Beautiful in Music (Holzer)
Listening: Kamien - Britten, Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
Kamien, pp. 9 – 28
Blackboard > Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 2
MUSIC JOURNAL ENTRY will be due Sept. 14 > Unit 2
M 24
Visual Elements (Martin)
Getlein, Chapters 4 and 5
Art Quiz 1 on today’s reading due before class.
Blackboard > Unit 1 > Art Quiz 1
W 26
Visual Elements, continued (Martin)
Getlein, Chapters 4 & 5
ART JOURNAL ENTRY will be due Sept. 4
Blackboard > Unit 1 > Art Journal #1
F 28
Theatrical Elements (Chapman)
Wilson & Goldfarb, Chapters 7, 8, and 9 “Theatre Spaces and Designers”
Blackboard > Unit 1 > Theatre Quiz 1 on today’s reading due before class
http://samuel-beckett.net/endgame.html
M 31
Theatrical Production Elements - Endgame (Chapman)
Quiz: Endgame
THEATRE JOURNAL ENTRY will be due Sept 18
Blackboard > Unit 2 > Theatre Journal
W2
Gallery Visit: Heidi Hogden Paintings (Martin)
Meet in the Pappas-Maners Gallery in Fine Arts Building
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F4
Writing About Art (Martin)
Getlein, chapters 1, 2; Barnet, skim whole book, concentrate on chapters 1, 2. Also
read on Department of Art web site: http://ualr.edu/arthistory/index.php/home/arthistory-resources/guidelines-for-analysis-of-art/ Please note, the directions for your art
papers are posted on Blackboard, on the Assignments Tool.
ART JOURNAL ENTRY DUE
Unit 2
September-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------M7
Labor Day – No class
W9
Writing About Music (Holzer)
Read “Music Papers” on Dr. Holzer’s web site.
http://www.ualr.edu/lrholzer/scholars3310/papers.html
Kamien, p. 43 “Performance Perspective.”
Please note, the directions for your music papers are posted on Blackboard, on the
Assignments Tool.
F 11
Traditions in Concert Music: Solo, and Small Ensembles. Chamber Music: Duo,
Trio & Quartet. Musical Dialogue (Holzer)
Kamien, pp. 29-40; 173, 168, 170
Listening: Kamien: Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Beethoven String Quartet in C
Minor. Kronos Quartet plays Jimi Hendrix; Haydn Quartet performed by the Dundler
Mifflin String Quartet.
Blackboard > Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 3
Blackboard > Unit 3 > Music Quiz 1 on today’s reading due before the start of class.
M 14
Writing About Theatre (Chapman)
Guidelines are posted at: Writing About Theatre
Wilson & Goldfarb, Chapters 5 & 6 “Acting and Directing”
Please note, the directions for your theatre paper are posted on Blackboard, on the
Assignments Tool.
MUSIC JOURNAL ENTRY DUE
W 16
Writing About Theatre Part 2 (Chapman)
F 18
Looking at 3-D Art: Greek Sculpture (Martin)
Getlein, Chapters 11 and 14 (be sure and turn to other parts of the book to read about
the “Related Works” mentioned in the margins; this is something you should do for any
assignment in the Getlein text)
THEATRE JOURNAL ENTRY DUE
Unit 3
M 21
Architecture: Greek Architecture (Martin)
Getlein, Chapters 13 and 14
Blackboard > Unit 4 > Art Quiz 2 on today’s reading due before the start of class.
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W 23
Roman Architecture Through the Eyes of Piranesi (Martin)
W. Thompson, “Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778),” Heilbrunn Timeline of Art
History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pira/hd_pira.htm
“The Rediscovery of Classical Antiquity,” Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/clan/hd_clan.htm
F 25
Traditions in Concert Music: Large Ensemble: The Symphony Orchestra (Holzer)
“Introduction to the Orchestra,” with Sir George Solti & Dudley Moore (video)
Kamien: pp. 151-164
Blackboard > Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 4
Blackboard > Unit 4 > Music Quiz 2 on today’s reading due before the start of class.
M 28
Introduction to Greek Theatre (Chapman)
Wilson & Goldfarb, most of Chapter 10 “Early Theatres” (pp. 209-27) Blackboard >
Learning Module > Theatre > Greek Theatre. Multiple web sites, read all.
Blackboard > Unit 4 > Theatre Quiz 2 on today’s reading due before the start of class.
W 30
Review for Mid-Term (Holzer, Martin, Chapman)
Getlein: Review Chapters 1-8, 11-14. Note especially pp. 136-39.
See Learning Module 3.0 on Blackboard for Mid-Term review guide
October ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
F2
Fundamental Elements Exam on Art, Music, and Theatre
Note: this mid-term exam is administered online. We will not meet on campus for the
mid-term. Log on to Blackboard > Assessments tool > and then take each exam section
in turn (Art, Music, and Theatre). Follow the directions on Blackboard.
M5
Organization of Musical Sounds: Harmony, Key, Texture and Form (Holzer)
Kamien, pp. 40-56
Listening: Kamien - Chopin Prelude in e minor; Bizet L'Arlesienne; Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Reed Pipes.
Blackboard > Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 6
W7
Orpheus and the Muses (Holzer)
Blackboard > Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 8
F9
Greek Theatre (Chapman)
Oedipus Rex: Form and Structure in Greek Drama
Wilson & Goldfarb “King Oedipus” pp. 214-16.
Blackboard > Learning Module > Theatre > Oedipus
http://theatre-dance.cahss.ualr.edu/waynesweb/Oedipus.htm
Unit 4
PAPER #1 DUE - Theatre
M 12
Fall Break – No Class
W 14
Greek Theatre (Chapman)
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Antigone: Individual Morality versus the Laws of the State
Wilson & Goldfarb “Living History: Antigone” pp. 218. Blackboard > Learning
Module > Theatre > Antigone
http://theatre-dance.cahss.ualr.edu/waynesweb/GreekRoman_files/ANTIGONE.swf
Unit 5
F 16
Medieval Manuscripts (Martin)
Online assignment: “Turning the Pages” on-line gallery at the British Library website;
look at both “Pinnacle of Anglo-Saxon Life (The Lindesfarne Gospels)” and “Glimpses
of Medieval Life (The Luttrell Psalter)” and turn the pages!
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html
M 19
Medieval Architecture/Sculpture (Martin)
Getlein, pp. 288-96 and Chapter 15
Online assignment: Take a virtual tour of Canterbury Cathedral (England).
http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/visit/tour/
Blackboard > Unit 5 > Art Quiz 3 on today’s reading due before the start of class.
PAPER #1 DUE - MUSIC
W 21
Chant: Songs from Ancient Traditions: Medieval Gregorian Chant, and nonWestern chant from different cultures (Holzer)
Kamien, pp. 58-79
Listening: Heiligenkreuz Monks of Austria
Listening: Kamien - Hildegard of Bingen O successors
Blackboard > Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 9
F 23
Medieval Theatre & Dance (Chapman)
Wilson & Goldfarb “The Middle Ages” pp. 228-237
Medieval Dance. See Learning Module > Theatre > 3
M 26
Medieval Theatre (Chapman)
Blackboard > Learning Module > Theatre > Medieval Theatre & Dance.
Wilson & Goldfarb “The Middle Ages” pp. 228-237. Blackboard > Unit 5 > Theatre
Quiz 3 on today’s reading due before the start of class.
W 28
American Musical Landscape: Music at the White House (Holzer)
Online readings: The President’s Own United States Marine Band; John Philip Sousa;
Hail to the Chief; National Anthem
Blackboard > Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 11 . Blackboard > Unit 6 >
Music Quiz 3 on today’s reading due before the start of class.
F 30
Discussion: Inter-disciplinary look at the fine arts (Holzer/Martin/Chapman)
Blackboard > Learning Module 4.1 “Art, Artists & Society”
Unit 6
November-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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M2
Discussion: Two Trains Running & The Piano Lesson—August Wilson (Chapman)
PAPER #1 - DUE ART
Paper #1 in each art form should have been completed by this date.
W4
Music and the Mind (Holzer)
Kamien, p. 189 “Performance Perspective”
Listening: Kamien - Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major. Listening Guide 186-188.
Blackboard > Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 12
F6
Motion Pictures as Visual Art (Martin)
Getlein pp. 211-21
M9
Renaissance Theatre 1 (Chapman)
W 11
Anatomy of a Musical Masterpiece in the Renaissance: Palestrina’s Pope
Marcellus Mass; and Italian and English Madrigals (Holzer)
Kamien, pp. 79-94
Listening: Kamien - Palestrina Kyrie; Weelkes As Vesta Was Descending
Blackboard > Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 13
F 13
Humanism and Sculpture in the Early Renaissance (Martin)
Getlein, pp. 363-64 and Chapter 16
M 16
Renaissance Theatre 2 (Chapman)
Shakespeare
Wilson & Goldfarb “Renaissance Theatres, Italy and England” pp. 265-84
Blackboard > Learning Module > Theatre > Shakespeare and Northern Renaissance
Unit 7
PAPER #2 DUE - THEATRE
W 18
Early Renaissance Painting (Martin)
Getlein, pp. 41-43, 104-10, and Chapter 16
F 20
Visual Arts in the High Renaissance (Martin)
Getlein, pp. 85-86, 132, 160, 163, 164, and Chapter 16
Take a virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel:
http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html
M 23
Virtual Class: We will not meet on-campus. Log on to Blackboard and go to Learning
Module 4.2 for directions. Attendance will be taken using the Tracking tool on BB, and
your completion of a journal entry.
Renaissance Drama & Art: Romeo & Juliet, two versions (Martin/Chapman)
Getlein, review Ch. 16
PAPER #2 DUE - MUSIC
Wed-Sun 11/25-11/29 Thanksgiving Break
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M 30
Renaissance Theatre: Commedia dell’arte (Chapman)
December---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------W2
Economics of Entertainment (Holzer)
Handouts 1, 2, and 3
Kamien, pp. 214-216; 290-291
Blackboard > Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 14
F4
History of Christmas Carols, plus Handel’s Messiah (Holzer)
Handout 1
Kamien, pp. 140-146
Listening: Kamien - Handel Messiah
Blackboard > Learning Module > Music – Prof. Holzer > 15
PAPER #2 DUE - ART
All papers for this course should have been completed by this date.
M7
Last Day of Class
Review for Final Exam
See Learning Module 5 for Final Exam review guide
Tues 8
Consultation Day
F 11
8:00 - 10:00 a.m., FINAL EXAM
Note: the final exam is administered online. We will not meet on campus for the final
exam. Blackboard > Assessments tool > and then take each exam section in turn (Art,
Music, and Theatre). Follow the directions on Blackboard.
OVERVIEW OF EXAMS AND WRITING DEADLINES – Fall 2015
Sept 7
Art Journal Entry
Sept 14
Music Journal Entry
Sept 18
Theatre Journal Entry
Oct 2
Midterm exam
Oct. 9
Paper #1 (Theatre)
Oct 19
Paper #1 (Music)
Nov. 2
Paper #1 (Art)
Nov. 16
Paper #2 (Theatre)
Nov. 23
Paper #2 (Music)
Dec. 4
Paper #2 (Art)
Dec 11
Final Exam
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