Spring 2016
12-2-2015
MUSI 1306W – MUSIC APPRECIATION
Tentative Class Calendar
Spring 2016
SUGGESTED SCHEDULE
QUIZZES/POSTS
WEEK DATES Read textbook sections and listen to
(Due Wednesday)
selections discussed in textbook.
Week 1
Jan 19-24
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Week 2
Jan 25 31
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Week 3
Feb 1 - 7
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Welcome
Syllabus
Self-Intro
Register at Connect Kamien
Song or Dance? Pitch
Note Names
Beat, Tempo, and Rhythmic
Symbols
Nonwestern Music
Ompeh
Maru-Bihag
Complete your WIKI pages.
Watch Lectures on Medieval
Chant and on Renaissance Music
(EC – post another chant or
another Renaissance madrigal or
Renaissance motet)
Alleluia
As Vesta Was Descending
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!
Baroque (EC – post another
Baroque composer or
composition)
Handel: Hallelujah
Vivaldi: Spring
ASSIGNMENTS
(Due Sunday)
By Sun., Jan. 24 –
1. P1-Post self-introduction (1).
2. A2- Complete your WIKI
page. (By Friday, decide who
will complete which pages on
non-western music. By
Sunday, complete your page.)
By Wed., 1/27
By Sun., Jan. 31 –
1. Q1-Syllabus Quiz
1. A2-Complete Team WIKI
pages
By Wed., 2/3
1. Q2-Nonwestern Music
2. Q3-Medieval Chant & Renaissance
Madrigal
3. Q4-Team Peer Evaluation for WIKI
pages
4. A3A-Submit NW comparison WS.
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Week 4
Feb 8-14
Week 5
Feb 15-21
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Feb. 22-28
Feb 29-Mar 6
Mar 7-11
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
b. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
1. Impressionism - Debussy: Prelude
2. Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
3. Whitacre: Lux
4. Armstrong: Jazz
By Wed. 2/10
1. A3B –Nonwestern Essay
2. Q4 on Baroque Music
3. Q5-Listening Quiz 1
By Wed. 2/17
1. Q6 on Classical and Romantic Era
1. Take the Pretest for Exam I several
By Wed. 2/24
times to prepare for
Midterm Exam
2. Take Midterm Exam between
1. Q7-Quiz on Contemporary Styles
Feb. 25 and Mar. 3
2. Q8-Listening Quiz 2
Concert Report 1 is due by
midnight, Tuesday Feb. 23
1. Take the Pretest for Exam I several By Wed. 3/2
times to prepare for
Exam 1.
2. Take Midterm Exam between
Feb. 25 and Mar. 3
Concert Report 1 is due by
midnight, Tuesday, Mar. 1
Vocal Music through the Ages
1. Josquin DesPrez – Ave Maria
2. Dowland – Lute Song
3. Schubert – Erlkőnig
4. Schoenberg – Mondestrunken
By Wed., 3/9
Opera
1. Baroque Opera
a. Monteverdi – Tu se Morta
b. Purcell – Dido’s Lament
Mar. 12-19
Week 9
2. Classical Opera– Mozart: Don Giovanni
3. Romantic Opera –
a. Puccini: La Boheme
Mar. 21-27
b. Wagner: Die Walkűre
4. Contemporary Opera – Glass: Einstein at
the Beach
SPRING VACATION
By Wed., 3/23
Study for Midterm Exam
Midterm Exam due Mar. 3
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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
By Wed., 3/30
Quizzes 2:
Q10 – Solo Songs, Motet, Madrigal
Q11 – Opera Arias and Choruses
By Wed., 4/6
Quizzes 2:
Q 12 – Concerto and Concerto Grosso
Apr. 4 - 10
3. Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto, Mvt. 1
4. Zwilich – Concerto Grosso 1985, Mvt 1
Week 12
Apr. 11-17
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Week 13
Classical
By Wed., 4/20
• Beethoven – 5th Symphony – all mvts Quizzes 2:
Q13 – Baroque and Classical Orchestral
Apr. 18-24 Romantic
Week 11
Instrumental Music
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Bach Bourrée
Mozart Symphony #40, Mvt 1
Haydn Surprise, Mvt 2
Beethoven String Quartet, Mvt 4
Smetana Moldau
Symphonic Poem
Dvorak – New World Symphony, Mvt 1
Part VI: 20th Century
1. Schoenberg – A Survivor from Warsaw
Apr. 25-May 2. Varèse – Poème électronique
Week 14
3. Ginastera – Estancia Suite – Malambo
1
Week 15
May 2-5
Week 16
May 6-11
By Wed., 4/13
Concert Report 2 is due by midnight,
Tuesday, Apr. 12
Forms
Q14 – Romantic Orchestra Music
By Wed., 4/27 –
Quizzes 2:
Q15 – Expressionism and Serialism
Q16 – Electronic Music & 20th Century
Nationalism
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 in TESTING CENTER