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Course Outline of Record
Curriculum Council Approval Date: 11/04/2013
Discipline, Number, Title: Music 101, Music Appreciation
Units and Hours:
3.00 Units
48.00 Hours Lecture
Catalog Entry:
Designed to increase awareness and appreciation of music from the European classical
tradition in relation to general culture and history. Develops basic understanding of musical
elements and deepens students' experience of music. Recommended for non music majors.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Recommended Preparation: None
Repeatability:
Non-Repeatable
Pass/No Pass Only:
No
Open Entry/Open Exit: No
Credit by Exam:
No
Course Purpose:
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To acquaint the student with the great masterpieces of music through media and
live concerts.
To give an historical background of each period of music and of the composers'
lives, stressing the influence of political, religious, social, and philosophical
institutions on these composers and their music.
To give the student a rudimentary knowledge about the technical aspects of
music, thereby increasing appreciation of the talent and genius of composers
and performers.
To create an awareness that music is a body of literature which represents the
thoughts and feelings of some of the greatest minds and spirits throughout
history.
To relate the history of music to other fields and to our contemporary life to
make it relevant.
To help the student develop powers of observation and reasoning and the ability
to think for oneself.
To instill in students the habit of attending concerts.
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To develop critical listening and critical thinking.
To develop the ability to express in language reactions to the music.
To show how music from other world cultures has contributed to European
classical music.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to
Students will demonstrate an understanding of basic significant western musical
styles.
Students will aurally identify the most important composers' representative
compositions from each major music era.
Course Identification Number(s) (C-ID):
MUS 100
(approved 2013)
Music Appreciation
General Education & Transfer:
CSU GE (Plan B): Area C1: Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theatre)
IGETC (Plan C): Area 3A: Arts
SCC GE (Plan A): Area C: Humanities
Transfer Status: A. Transfers to UC & CSU
Applies to the Following Programs:
Elementary Teacher Education - A.A. Degree for Transfer -Required
Liberal Arts: Arts, Humanities, and Communication - A.A. Degree -Elective
Philosophy - A.A. Degree -Elective
Course Content and Objectives:
Lecture
Approx.
Hours
3.00
Content
Introduction to course.
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6.00
The function of
music in Western
culture.
Elements of
musical art:
melody, rhythm,
harmony, tempo,
vocal and
instrumental
music,
instruments and
their timbre.
Objective
Students will be able to identify the many functions of
music and gain an understanding of the general
parameters of music.
The music of the
Students will be able to place music of the Middle
following time periods: Ages, Ars Nova and Renaissance into an historical time
frame with antecedents from Jewish chant and other
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Baroque Period
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9.00
Discussion of
musical forms,
style, symbolism,
and notation.
The music of
Haydn, Mozart,
and Beethoven.
Romantic Era
introduction:
Piano pieces and
songs- Schubert
Late Romantic,
Impressionistic, and
Early 20th Century
music.
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Students be able to associate various composers with
the musical styles of these periods through visual
observations of scores and listening to various
compositions.
Students will be able to identify the important elements
of these musical styles and associate them with specific
composers. Includes Far Eastern sources for
Impressionistic music as well as black minstrel sounds
and Romantic Periods.
The music of
Mahler, Debussy,
Ravel,
Stravinsky,
Schoenberg, and
Berg.
Romantic Era.
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Students be able to identify separate vocal, choral and
instrumental styles and idioms.
Purcell, Vivaldi,
Bach
Classical Period:
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The Middle Ages Middle Eastern sources.
- Leonin and
Perotin.
Ars Nova Machaut, secular
music.
Renaissance French
Chansons-Dufay,
Josquin; Italian
vocal music Palestrina, Lassus
Gabrieli,
Monteverdi,
English Madrigal.
Musical forms,
program music,
symphony,
Students be able to:
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distinguish from among these various musical
forms.
associate with the music of these composers with
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3.00
Romantic Opera.
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The following
operas: Bizet:
Carmen, Wagner:
Walkure, Verdi:
La Traviata,
Puccini:
LaBoheme.
Contemporary Music.
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concerto, and
opera.
The music of
Brahms,
Mendelssohn,
Schumann, Liszt.
The concertos of
Tchaikovsky and
Schumann.
The music of
Bartok,
Prokofiev, Ives,
Crawford,
Bernstein,
Adams, Copland,
Cage,
Lutoslawski,
Review and Synthesis.
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the appropriate musical styles.
identify differences between the Classical and
Romantic Periods.
Students be able to:
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identify basic components of opera: Aria,
recitative, overture, dramatic and aesthetic
elements
identify themes which represent cultural ideas
from European and non-European sources
Students will be able to identify important trends in
contemporary music including sources in Far Eastern
and African music.
Students will be able to distill basic concepts of
classical music from European tradition.
Course Materials:
Forney, K. & J. Machlis, THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC: An Introduction to
Perceptive Listening, 11th Ed. W. W. Norton & Company. 2011 (Required)
ISBN:0393934152 $61.99
Forney, Kristine, Study Guide THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC: An Introduction to
Perceptive Listening, 11th Ed. W. W. Norton & Company. 2011 (Recommended)
ISBN:0393912396 $22.84
Instructional Methods:
These measures are typical of the instructional methods of this course; however, instructors may employ
other related methods and not all methods listed are necessarily performed by each instructor:
Activity
Critique
Discussion
Distance Education
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Guest Lecturers
Lecture
Mediated Learning
Observation and Demonstration
Projects
Methods of Evaluation:
These evaluation methods are typical of this course; however, instructors may employ other related
methods and not all methods listed are necessarily performed by each instructor:
Exams/Tests
Papers
Class Participation
Class Work
Homework
Observation and evaluation of attitudes and actions
Departmental Final Exam
Outside of Class Assignments:
Reading daily assignments in the text on the composers' lives, historical background
of each period, and musical selections studied
Writing synopses of the composer's lives, formulating study questions, fulfilling
research assignments, and answering questions about the films and videos shown in
class
Listening to assigned selections from the standard classical music repertoire
(contained on five listening tapes purchased by each student)
Attendance at three or more live concerts and recitals
Writing reviews of the concerts and recitals attended, relating the performance and
compositions heard to compositions and composers studied in class. Critical
listening, thinking, and writing should be stressed and utilized
Outside Class Hours: 96 Hours
Grading Criteria:
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Exams, written and listening - 500 points
Class participation and writing assignments - 100 points
Attendance at live performances and written reviews - 100 points
Total: 700 points
GRADING SCALE
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630-700 points = A
560-629 points = B
490-559 points = C
420-489 points = D
Below 420 points = F
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