Spring 2016
Instructor reserves the right to change this syllabus.
11-23-2016
MUSI 1306W – MUSIC APPRECIATION
Tentative Class Calendar
Spring 2015
SUGGESTED SCHEDULE
ASSIGNMENTS
WEEK DATES Read textbook sections and listen to
(Due Sunday)
selections discussed in textbook.
1. Welcome
By Sun., Jan. 24 –
Week 1 Jan 19-24
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Jan 25 31
Feb 1 - 7
Feb 8-14
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7.
Syllabus
Self-Intro
Register at Connect Kamien
Song or Dance? Pitch
Note Names
Beat, Tempo, and Rhythmic
Symbols
8. Nonwestern Music
9. Ompeh
10. Maru-Bihag
1. Complete your WIKI pages.
2. Watch Lectures on Medieval
Chant and on Renaissance Music
(EC – post another chant or
another Renaissance madrigal or
Renaissance motet)
3. Alleluia
4. As Vesta Was Descending
1. Write a 300-500 word Essay on
Nonwestern Music. Proof
Nonwestern Music essay before
submitting and check my
comments on your submitted
comparison WS. Have tutoring
center review it twice for 5 extra
points!
2. Baroque (EC – post another
Baroque composer or
composition)
3. Handel: Hallelujah
4. Vivaldi: Spring
1. Watch Lectures on Classical and
Romantic Music (EC – post a
composition by a different Classical
composer or a different Romantic
composer)
2. Classical - Beethoven 5th
Symphony, Mvt. 1
3. Romantic
a. Chopin: Nocturne
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
A1- Complete your WIKI
page. (By Friday, decide who
will complete which pages on
non-western music. By
Sunday, complete your page
and submit in assignment box.)
By Sun., Jan. 31 –
1. A1-Complete Team WIKI
pages
No Class Fri., Jan. 29 – TAMS
conference
By Wed., Feb. 3, complete
A2A – NW Comparison
Worksheet
No Class Feb. 12 – TMEA
convention
By Sun., Feb. 14,
A2B – NW essay submitted in
Blackboard
Spring 2016
Instructor reserves the right to change this syllabus.
Week 5
Week 6
Feb 15-21
Feb. 22-28
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4.
Impressionism - Debussy: Prelude
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Whitacre: Lux
Armstrong: Jazz
1.
Take the Pretest for Exam I several
times to prepare for
Midterm Exam
Take Midterm Exam
Study for Midterm Exam
Take the Pretest for Exam I several
times to prepare for
Exam 1.
Take Midterm Exam
Concert Report 1 is due by
midnight, Tuesday, Mar. 1.
Submit in Blackboard
assignment box.
2.
1.
Week 7
Feb 29-Mar 6
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2.
Midterm Exam Wednesday,
Mar. 2
Week 8
Mar 7-11
Vocal Music through the Ages
1. Josquin DesPrez – Ave Maria
2. Dowland – Lute Song
3. Schubert – Erlkőnig
4. Schoenberg – Mondestrunken
Opera
1. Baroque Opera
a. Monteverdi – Tu se Morta
b. Purcell – Dido’s Lament
SPRING VACATION
Mar. 12-19
Week 9
1. Classical Opera– Mozart: Don Giovanni
2. Romantic Opera –
a. Puccini: La Boheme
Mar. 21-27
b. Wagner: Die Walkűre
3. Contemporary Opera – Glass: Einstein at
the Beach
No Class Fri., Mar. 25 – Good
Friday Holiday
Concertos
Week 10
Mar. 28Apr. 3
1. Baroque Concerto Grosso and Concerto
a. Bach – Concerto Grosso in D, Mvt 1
b. Vivaldi – Spring Concerto, all mvts
2. Mozart – Piano Concerto, Mvt 1
Double exposition form
Concertos
Week 11
Apr. 4 - 10
3. Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto, Mvt. 1
4. Zwilich – Concerto Grosso 1985, Mvt 1
Apr. 11-17
1.
2.
3.
4.
Instrumental Music
Week 12
Bach Bourrée
Mozart Symphony #40, Mvt 1
Haydn Surprise, Mvt 2
Beethoven String Quartet, Mvt 4
Concert Report 2 is due by
midnight, Tuesday Apr. 12
Spring 2016
Instructor reserves the right to change this syllabus.
Week 13
Apr. 18-24
Classical
• Beethoven – 5th Symphony – all mvts
Romantic
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2.
Week 14
11-23-2016
Smetana Moldau
Symphonic Poem
Dvorak – New World Symphony, Mvt 1
Part VI: 20th Century
Apr. 25-May 1 1. Schoenberg – A Survivor from Warsaw
2. Varèse – Poème électronique
3. Ginastera – Estancia Suite – Malambo
Week 15
May 2-6
Week 16
May 11
1. REVIEW for final exam
2. Take the PRETEST for the final exam.
Concert Report 3 is due by
midnight, Tuesday, May 3
Take Final Exam Wed., May 11, 8AM