Stillwater Christian School
Music Theory, History, & Literature
Micah Hunter
Instructor:
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Office Hours:
Mr. Hunter
752-4400 x 114
(406) 382-0571
mhunter@scscougars.org or micahai@hotmail.com
M-F 7:00-7:30 a.m. or by appointment
Purpose
The purpose of this course is to provide a deeper understanding of music than is available in performancebased music courses by means of expanding students’ historical and theoretical perspectives.
Format
The scope of this course is vast, meaning that much ground must often be covered very quickly. For this
reason, it is vital that class attendance is a high priority for each student. This class will meet four times a
week as a group. During this time, instruction will be primarily in lecture and discussion format. We will do
a lot of practice and listening in class. The first theory unit will introduce the fundamentals of harmony and
analysis. The middle section of the course will focus concurrently on history and literature from ancient
times through the 20th century. In the third part of the course, we will return our focus to music theory to
review, reinforce and expand on the concepts introduced at the beginning of the year, as well as to apply
concepts of musical form to historical literature.
Content
Major concepts in the theory units will include:
Scale construction and tonic sol-fa, keyboard theory, rhythmic notation and meter, key signatures, circles of
5ths, 4ths, & 3rds, modality v. tonality, major/minor scales, intervals, modes, harmonic analysis (chord
spelling, Roman numeral analysis, & figured bass), counterpoint, part-writing, non-chord tones, and forms.
Major concepts in the history & literature unit will include:
Names, dates, composers, and compositional characteristics of major style periods and geographic areas; lines
of development, influence, and relationship between style periods, genres, styles, composers, and places.
Music history from antiquity will be touched on, as the research in this field is sparse. In depth historical and
literary study will begin c. A.D. 300 and will progress chronologically through the major style periods:
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, (Preclassical), Classical, Romantic (nationalist), and 20 th century
(neoclassical & avant-garde).
Each of these periods will also serve as the basis for our study of musical literature. We will examine several
masterworks from each of these style periods as representatives of the musical characteristics of that style
period. We will also listen to a number of works from each style period representing different geographic and
social spheres.
Assessments
Much assessment will be done through discussion in class. There will be two written projects for the first
music theory unit. Both will involve detailed analysis and one will involve an original composition by each
student. Theory concepts will also be reinforced by regular written assignments. The history and literature
unit will involve listening to and discussing masterworks from different periods of music history, as well as
written research and/or analysis assignments pertaining to the pieces under study. We will attempt to build
an understanding OF history THROUGH its literature.
Textbook
Hunter, Samuel Micah. A Survey Introduction to Music Theory, History, & Literature. Canticum Novum
Publishing. Kalispell, 2011.
This book must be purchased, in hardcover or e-book from www.lulu.com, for Apple products from the
ibookstore, or for Kindle from www.amazon.com before the first day of class. I recommend the hardcover
edition since it is easier to use with your homework. The digital editions are less expensive, but harder to use
because of changes in formatting with tables and fonts that display musical notation.
Music to be Studied
(Hint: GET THE RECORDINGS from the library NOW! Don’t wait!)
CD
-A1
A2
Pg
1
2
3
Work/piece
Second Delphic Hymn to Apollo
First Delphic Hymn to Apollo
A Hurrian Cult Song from
Composer
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Era
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek, c. 138 B.C.
Ancient Mesopotamian, c. 1400
Stillwater Christian School
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Ancient Ugarit
Missa in Dominica Resurrectionis
– Kyrie
Missa in Dominica Resurrectionis
– Gloria
Missa in Dominica Resurrectionis
– Credo
Missa in Dominica Resurrectionis
– Sanctus
Missa in Dominica Resurrectionis
– Agnus Dei
Alleluia – Pascha nostrum
Detractor est-Qui secunturverbum iniquum
Missa l’homme arme – Agnus Dei
A3
4
A4
5
A5
6
A6
8
A7
9
A8
A9
10
12
A10
14
A11
20
Messe de nostre dame – Agnus
Dei
A12
24
La la la, je ne l’ose dire
A13
25
Sicut cervus
A14
29
Sonata Pian’ e forte
A15
34
Dido and Aeneas – Overture
A16
37
A17
45
A18,
19, 20
A21
66
82
Dido and Aeneas – Recitative,
aria, and chorus; “Thy hand,
Belinda,” “When I am laid in
earth,” and “With drooping
wings”
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 –
No. 1 Double chorus; “Kommt,
ihr Töchter, Helft mir Klagen”
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in
G, BWV 1048 – I. Allegro
Sonata da chiesa, Op. 5, No. 1
A22
87
Sonata da camera, Op. 2, No. 4
B1
91
B2
100
Concerto in A Major, Op. 9, No. 2
for violin – I. Allegro
Alceste – Overture
B3
103
Messiah – Overture
B4
107
Messiah – Chorus; “Hallelujah”
B5
116
Stabat mater – Stabat mater
B6
122
Symphony No. 3 in F
B7
139
Ave verum, K. 618
B8
141
B9
154
B10
192
B11
201
Sonata in C minor, K. 457 for
piano – first mvt.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
in B-flat, No. 27, K. 595 – first
mvt.
Le nozze di Figaro – Aria; “Non
piu andrai”
Le nozze di Figaro, Act II – Trio;
Anonymous
B.C.
Early Medieval
Anonymous
Early Medieval
Anonymous
Early Medieval
Anonymous
Early Medieval
Anonymous
Early Medieval
Leonin (1150-1201)
Philippe de Vitry
(1291-1361)
Guillaume Dufay
(1397?-1474)
Guillame de
Machaut (c. 13001377)
Pierre Certon (15101572)
Giovanni Pierluigi
da Palestrina (15251594)
Giovanni Gabrieli
(1557?-1612)
Henry Purcell (16591695)
Henry Purcell (16591695)
Medieval
Medieval
Johann Sebastian
Bach (1685-1750)
Baroque
Johann Sebastian
Bach (1685-1750)
Arcangelo Corelli
(1653-1713)
Arcangelo Corelli
(1653-1713)
Antonio Vivaldi
(1678-1741)
Jean-Baptiste Lully
(1632-1687)
George Frederic
Handel (1685-1759)
George Frederic
Handel (1685-1759)
Giovanni Battista
Pergolesi (17101736)
Carl Phillip
Emmanuel Bach
(1714-1788)
Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart (1756-1791)
Baroque
Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus
Classical
Medieval
Medieval
Renaissance
Renaissance
Renaissance
Baroque
Baroque
Baroque
Baroque
Baroque
Baroque
Baroque
Baroque
Preclassical
Preclassical
Classical
Classical
Classical
Classical
Stillwater Christian School
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“Susanna, or via sortite”
Symphony No. 104 in D – I.
Adagio-Allegro
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op.
21 – I. Adagio molto-Allegro con
brio
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op.
67 – I. Allegro con brio
B12
215
B13
226
B14
242
C1
258
C2
271
C3
304
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 67
– I. Allegro
C4
305
Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57;
“Appassionata” – first mvt.
C5
320
Erlkönig
C6
333
Heidenröslein
C7
334
C8
338
C9
340
Preludes from Op. 28; No. 4 in
Em, No. 6 in Bm, No. 20 in Cm
Die schöne Müllerin – 1. Das
Wandern
Die schöne Müllerin – 2. Wohin?
C10
344
Die schöne Müllerin – 3. Halt!
D1
346
D2
348
D3
350
Die schöne Müllerin – 7.
Ungeduld
Die schöne Müllerin – 9. Der
Müllers Blumen
Die schöne Müllerin – 11. Mein
D4
354
D5
356
D6
358
D7
360
Die schöne Müllerin – 13. Mit
dem grünen Lautenbande
Die schöne Müllerin – 14. Der
Jäger
Die schöne Müllerin – 20. Des
Baches Wiegenlied
Die Winterreise – Der Leiermann
D8
360
Die Winterreise – Der Leiermann
D9
362
Otello, Act II – “Credo”
D10
374
Tristan und Isolde – Overture
D11
388
D12
389
D13
390
D14
415
E1
444
E2
495
Die Walkure, Act III – “Ride of the
Valkyries”
Parsifal – Wie dünkt mich doch
di aue heut’ so schön
Ein Deutsches Requiem – IV. Wie
lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op.
98 – first mvt.
Symphonie Fantastique – V.
Songe d’une nuit de sabbat
(Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath)
Symphony No. 5 – Adagietto
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op.
125 – IV. Presto; “O Freunde,
nicht disse Töne” – Allegro assai,
excerpt
Missa Solemnis – Kyrie
Mozart (1756-1791)
Franz Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809)
Ludwig van
Beethoven (17701827)
Ludwig van
Beethoven (17701827)
Ludwig van
Beethoven (17701827)
Classical
Classical/Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Ludwig van
Beethoven (17701827)
Ludwig van
Beethoven (17701827)
Ludwig van
Beethoven (17701827)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Frédéric Chopin
(1810-1849)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Giuseppe Verdi
(1813-1901)
Richard Wagner
(1813-1883)
Richard Wagner
(1813-1883)
Richard Wagner
(1813-1883)
Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)
Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)
Hector Berlioz
(1803-1869)
Romantic
Gustav Mahler
Romantic/20th Century
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic/Nationalist
Romantic/Nationalist
Romantic/Nationalist
Romantic/Nationalist
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Stillwater Christian School
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Kindertotenlieder – “In diesem
Wetter, in diesem Braus
Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite
of Spring) – Part I: Introduction,
Augurs of Spring, Dance of the
Youths
Symphony of Psalms – second
mvt.
Violin Concerto – second mvt.
E3
496
E4
524
E5
535
E6
536
E7
537
E8
542
Second Piano Sonata, Concord
Mass. 1840-1860 – “The Alcots”
The Unanswered Question
E9
547
Tehillim – Part IV
E10
548
F1 &
F2
F3
565
Appalachian Spring – excerpt
(“Simple Gifts”)
Pierrot Lunaire – “Nacht” and
“Der Mondfleck”
Variations for Orchestra
566
(1860-1911)
Gustav Mahler
(1860-1911)
Igor Stravinsky
(1882-1971)
Igor Stravinsky
(1882-1971)
Edward Elgar (18571934)
Charles Ives (18741954)
Charles Ives (18741954)
Steve Reich (b.
1936)
Aaron Copland
(1900-1990)
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
Arnold Schoenberg
(1874-1951)
Romantic/20th Century
20th Century
20th Century
Romantic/20th Century
20th Century
20th Century
20th Century
20th Century
20th Century
20th Century