INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC HISTORY
MUSC248
Mrs. Susan Smith, Ph. 889889-2675
Fall 2007
2007
COURSE DESCRIPTION
A survey of significant musical developments, stylistic elements,
representative repertoire, and prominent composers during the early
Middle Ages, the Romanesque period, the Renaissance, the Gothic
period, and the Baroque period from approximately 600-1750 A.D.
TEXTS:
Titon, Jeff Todd, ed. WORLDS OF MUSIC: An Introduction to the Music of
the World’s Peoples. Belmont, CA: Schirmer/Thomson Learning, 2005
(On reserve in library, not necessary to purchase)
Wright, Craig; Simms, Bryan; eds. MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
Belmont, CA: Schirmer/Thomson Learning, 2006.
Roden, Timothy; Wright, Craig; Simms, Bryan; eds. ANTHOLOGY FOR
MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION. ANTIQUITY THROUGH THE
BAROQUE. Belmont, CA: Schirmer/Thomson Learning, 2006
OBJECTIVES:
1. To become acquainted with the music of East Asia and Japan,
including traditional, folk and popular genres.
2. To become acquainted with representative repertoire, both sacred
and secular, in the development of Western music from 600 to
1750 A.D.
3. To gain an understanding of the historic development of polyphony
and tonality.
4. To become acquainted with significant composers and their musical
innovations.
5. To understand and experience through listening and analysis
stylistic elements pertinent to the Middle Ages, the Renaissance,
and the Baroque period.
UNITS OF STUDY:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Music of East Asia and Japan
Antiquity and the Middle Ages
The Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance
The Late Renaissance
Baroque Music
MUSC 248 Syllabus
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Ideally, to attend all lectures. A student will receive a WF on the 11th
absence.
2. Quizzes will not be made up, but the lowest quiz grade will be
dropped.
3. Four recital attendances chosen from the following, each verified by
a signed recital program within a week of attendance:
A. An Episcopal or Catholic church service
B. The Springfield Symphony or a Chamber Orchestra of the
Ozarks concert
C. An Artist Series Recital
D. The Springfield Regional Opera or other opera production, or
a Faculty Recital.
E. Additional credit of 25 points will be granted for attendance
at any further professional music recital.
4. One three-page report with at least four bibliographic entries. One
reference should be from the Internet.
OR
a collaborative small group video or audio presentation, between 5
and 10 minutes in length, following prescribed guidelines.
Guidelines for papers and presentations will be supplied on a
separate sheet. The paper/project will be due on Nov. 19 (or 16
16,, for
people going on tour), but the preliminary outline will be due Oct.
26.. The outline is expected to be the framework upon which the
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paper/project is built, and must include the four references.
references
The student may choose from the following topics:
A) The Masses of Guillaume Machaut
B) Significant Music Elements of the Ars Nova
C) The Instrumental Families of the Renaissance
D) The Life and Music of Josquin Desprez
E) The Reformation Masses of Palestrina
F) The Oratorios of Handel
G) The Keyboard Works of J.S. Bach
H) The English Madrigals of the Late Renaissance and the
Early Baroque
I) Martin Luther’s Musical Innovations
A student may choose to complete an additional one-page report
discussing the stylistic characteristics of either the early or late Baroque.
A possible 25 points is attainable, and no bibliography is required.
MUSC 248 Syllabus
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EVALUATION:
5 unit tests
5 listening tests
4 recitals
1 paper/project
Quizzes/Assignments
500 points
375 points
100 points
125 points
200 points
1,300 points
GRADING SCALE:
1222-1300
1118-1221
975-1117
884- 974
0- 883
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A
B
C
D
F
94%
86%
75%
68%
67%
Recital Opportunities
Opera
Madama Butterfly – Gillioz Theatre
October 26, 7:30 p.m.
October 28, 2:00 p.m.
The Barber of Seville - Hammons
November 9, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Recital
Woodwind Ventures – Barnett Recital Hall
Tuesday, October 9, 7:30 p.m.
Artist Series Recital
Masterclass with Sylvia McNair – Barnett Recital Hall
Monday, September 24, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Sylvia McNair – Barnett Recital Hall
Tuesday, September 25, 7:30 p.m.
Pedagogy class with Sylvia McNair – Barnett Recital Hall
Wednesday, September 26, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Organist Colin Howland – Chapel
Tuesday, October 30, 7:30 p.m.
Springfield Symphony or Other Professional Symphony
Hammons Hall, Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.
Russian Gold
Blazunov, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakoff
September 29
Three Phantoms in Concert
Broadway Stars
October 13, 2007 (also Homecoming Banquet)
Renaissance Rejoice
Respighi, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn
November 17, 2007
MUSC 248 COURSE OUTLINE
Music of East Asia and Japan
Aug. 29
W
Aug. 31
F
Sep. 3
Sep. 5
Sep. 7
Sep. 10
M
W
F
M
Introduction/Elements of Western and Japanese Music
Homework: Read P. 158-177 WORLDS OF MUSIC
(on reserve in library)
View video in library and fill out questionnaire
Prepare for/take (on Angel) glossary #1 quiz
Japanese Instrumental Music
Homework: Read p. 177-190 WORLDS OF MUSIC
(on reserve in library)
View video in library and fill out questionnaire
Prepare for/take glossary #2 quiz
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY!!
Japanese Popular Music
Review
WRITTEN TEST/LISTENING TEST Japanese Music
Homework: Read p. 1-17 MUSIC IN WESTERN
CIVILIZATION
Prepare for/take glossary quiz p. 12 & 17
Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Sep. 12
W
Sep. 14
F
Sep. 17
M
Sep. 19
W
Sep. 21
F
Sep. 24
M
Sep. 26
W
Music in Ancient Greece, Rome, Jerusalem and the Early
Christian World
Homework: Read p. 17-28
Prepare for/take glossary quiz p. 28
Music in the Monastery and Convent
No Homework!!
Continue THE MASS
Homework: Read p. 28-34
Prepare for/take glossary quiz p. 34
Music Theory, John of St. Gall and Guido of Arezzo
Homework: Read p. 34-41
Prepare for/take glossary quiz p. 41
Later Medieval Chant, Tropes, Sequences, Hildegarde
Homework: Read p. 41-52
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 46 & 52
Troubadours and Trouveres, Early Polyphony
Homework: Read p. 52-61
Prepare for/take glossary quiz p. 61
Music in Medieval Paris, Notre Dame
Homework: Read p. 61-75
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 70 & 75
Sep. 28
F
Oct. 1
M
Oct. 3
W
Oct. 5
Oct. 8
Oct. 10
F
M
W
Music in the Cathedral Close and University, Ars Antiqua/Ars
Nova
Homework: Read p. 75-89
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 82 & 89
Music at the French Court, Machaut
Homework: Read p. 89-101
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 95 & 101
Avignon, Ars Subtilior, Musical Interlude
Homework: STUDY GUIDE: Fill out and show for grade
Review
Listening Test
Written Test
Homework: Read p. 102-15
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 110 & 115
The Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance
Oct. 12
F
Music in Florence and at the Cathedral
Homework: Read p. 115-131
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 123 & 131
Oct. 15
M
Music in England and the Court of Burgundy
Homework: Read p. 131-145
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 140 & 145
Oct. 17
W
French Royal Court and Low Countries
Homework: STUDY GUIDE: Fill out and show for grade
Oct. 19
F
Review
Oct. 22
M
FALL BREAK!!
Oct. 24
W
Listening Test/Written Test
Homework: Read p. 146-158
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 149 & 158
OUTLINE FOR PAPER/PROJECT DUE OCT. 26
The Late Renaissance
Oct. 26
F
OUTLINE DUE TODAY!!
Musical Humanism, Carnival Songs, Lauda, Madrigal
Homework: Read p. 158-167
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 164 & 167
Oct. 29
M
Josquin des Prez, Ferrrara and Music Printing, Interlude
Homework: Rad p. 168-190
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 177, 186, & 190
Oct. 31
W
Music in Renaissance Paris, Instruments & Instrumental
Music & Interlude
Homework: Read p. 190-203
Prepare for glossary quizzes p. 202 & 203
Nov. 2
F
Music in 3 German Cities, Protestant/Catholic Confrontation
Homework: Read p. 203-209
Nov. 5
M
Rome, Music of the Counter-Reformation
Nov. 7
W
Nov. 9
F
Nov. 12
Nov. 14
Nov. 16
M
W
F
Baroque Music
Nov. 19
M
Nov. 21
Nov. 23
Nov. 26
W
F
M
Nov. 28
W
Nov. 30
F
Dec. 3
M
Dec. 5
W
Dec. 7
Dec. 10
F
M
Dec. 12
Dec. 14
W
F
Homework: Read p. 210-222
Prepare for/take glossary quiz p. 222
Music in Elizabethan England: Vocal and Instrumental
Homework: Read p. 222-231
Prepare for/take glossary quiz p. 231
The Later Madrigal, Monteverdi
STUDY GUIDE: Fill out and show for grade
Review
Listening Test
Written Test
Homework: Read p. 232-251
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 240 & 251
Early Baroque Music, Birth of Opera
Homework: Read p. 251-274
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 261 & 274
Wait and see/view projects
THANKSGIVING BREAK!!
The Concerted Style, Religious Music in Rome
Homework: Read p. 274-301
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 288 & 301
Instrumental music in Italy, Germany and Austria
Homework: Read p. 301-322
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 310, 319 & 322
Music in Paris, Versailles, Vocal and Instrumental
Homework: Read p. 322-330
Prepare for/take glossary quiz p. 330
Musical Interlude, Music in London, Purcell
Homework: Read p. 330-340
Prepare for/take glossary quiz p. 340
Music in London, Handel
Homework: Read p. 340-363
Prepare for/take glossary quizzes p. 352 & 363
Johann Sebastian Bach: Instrumental Music/Vocal Music
Finish Bach and any unfinished material
Homework: STUDY GUIDE: Fill out and show for grade
Review for Final
FINAL EXAM WRITTEN/LISTENING
Merry Christmas!!
Happy New Year!!