MUSIC APPRECIATION
Music 107
Spring 2014
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Edward Morse
Email: morsecoursework@gmail.com
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00-10:00; or by appointment
Location: Sillers Art Building; Low Brass Room
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to familiarize students with representative masterworks of
music through the development of skills in listening, analyzing, and describing such
music. Prior knowledge and/ or experience with music is NOT expected. The course
will cover basic concepts of music and an overview of major historical style periods of
western music.
COURSE GOALS & STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
The purpose of this class is to enable each student to pursue a lifetime of perceptive
music listening. The following competencies will be established:
1. Define, identify, and recognize the uses of basic musical elements, including
pitch, duration, timbre, notation, and sound sources.
2. Analyze and identify examples that are representative of common musical forms,
such as binary, ternary, sonata form, and rondo form.
3. Gain a comparative understanding of the styles, trends, and achievements of
each of the major periods in music history. Be able to identify the most important
composers and schools of each period and explain their significance. Acquire
familiarity with multi-cultural musical traditions, including global (i.e. Asia and
Sub-Saharan Africa) music, jazz, rock, musical theatre, and folk music.
The work of this class will include guided listening, reading, writing, and discussions.
Students will be urged to attend live musical performances and to utilize the listening
resources of the Media Center and the J. H. White Library. The class will incorporate
such technological aids as specially tracked audio CDs and online resources to
enhance the goal of perceptive listening.
REQUIRED TEXT
Roger Kamien, Music: An Appreciation (Seventh Brief Edition), Textbook, CD Set,
and Workbook, 2010.
RESOURCES:
www.morsebone.com:
Under MVSU Music Appreciation students will find useful grades by student ID#,
PowerPoint’s, vocabulary, assignments (if they missed class), and test study guides.
Assignments and Grading:
Grade
A
B
C
D
F
>=
90
80
70
60
0
<
100
89
79
69
59
1
Performance Attendance & 250 word write up
7
Vocabulary Matching Assignments
71
Multiple Choice Quizzes
6
Take Home Tests
7
Pop Quizzes (Listening in Class)
1
Mid Term
1
Final Exam
Total
10%
10%
10%
15%
15%
20%
20%
100
Extra credit points may be awarded for attendance of extra approved live
performances and/or concert reports.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Students are expected to attend every class. In order to excuse an absence, a
student must present appropriate documentation to their instructor.
Quizzes will not be made up for an unexcused absence and will have a grade of 0.
If the student misses a class it their responsibility gain notes from fellow students
and obtain class assignments. Due dates will not be adjusted for an absence.
Performance Attendance and Write Up: Due April 29, 2014
Each student is expected to attend one musical performance this semester. After
attending the performance, the student will write 250 or more word reflection on
their reaction to the performance. The assignment should include vocabulary learned
throughout this course. There will not be class on 3/6/2014 to allow time for this
assignment. The student may attend a performance anytime before the assignment
due date.
This assignment may be turned in any time before April 29, 2014.
Email the 250 word essay to morsecoursework@gmail.com. For full credit, the
program must be turned into Dr. Morse.
Vocabulary Matching Assignments:
There will be 7 vocabulary matching assignments passed out during this semester.
Students may work in groups to complete these assignments. Vocabulary will be on
the take home tests, midterm, and final.
They are due on the following dates:
21-Jan
Element Term Matching Vocabulary Due
21-Jan
Medieval Matching Vocabulary Due
6-Feb
Baroque Matching Vocabulary Due
25-Feb
Classical Matching Vocabulary Due
3-Apr
Romantic Matching Vocabulary Due
24-Apr
20th Century Matching Due
1-May
Part 7 Vocabulary Due
Multiple Choice Quizzes:
Each part is divided into chapters. There are Multiple Choice Quizzes for each section.
The student is encouraged to read the chapter selections then complete the quizzes
to affirm reading comprehension.
The Quizzes can be taken multiple times. Students are encouraged to master the
quiz before emailing their assignment submission. There is no reason every student
should not have 100% for these assignments.
Students may complete a quiz any time before the due date. Quizzes are due by
midnight for the date listed on the below schedule:
Middle Ages and Renaissance
Due
Part 2
Multiple Choice Chapter 1
1/20/2014
Part 2
Multiple Choice Chapter 2
1/20/2014
Part
Part
Part
Part
Part
Part
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Part
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Part
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3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
The Baroque Period
Multiple Choice Chapter
Multiple Choice Chapter
Multiple Choice Chapter
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Multiple Choice Chapter
1
2
3
4
5
6
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8
9
10
11
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13
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15
1/22/2014
1/22/2014
1/22/2014
1/22/2014
1/27/2014
1/27/2014
1/27/2014
1/27/2014
1/29/2014
1/29/2014
1/29/2014
1/29/2014
2/3/2014
2/3/2014
2/3/2014
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4
The Classical Period
Multiple Choice Chapter
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1
2
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12
2/10/2014
2/10/2014
2/10/2014
2/12/2014
2/12/2014
2/12/2014
2/17/2014
2/17/2014
2/17/2014
2/19/2014
2/19/2014
2/19/2014
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5
Romantic Period
Multiple Choice Chapter
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3/17/2014
3/17/2014
3/17/2014
3/17/2014
3/19/2014
3/19/2014
3/19/2014
3/19/2014
3/24/2014
3/24/2014
3/24/2014
3/24/2014
3/27/2014
3/27/2014
3/27/2014
3/27/2014
4/1/2014
4/1/2014
and Beyond
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
4/7/2014
4/7/2014
4/7/2014
4/7/2014
4/9/2014
4/9/2014
4/9/2014
4/9/2014
4/14/2014
4/14/2014
The Twentieth Century
Part 6
Multiple Choice
Part 6
Multiple Choice
Part 6
Multiple Choice
Part 6
Multiple Choice
Part 6
Multiple Choice
Part 6
Multiple Choice
Part 6
Multiple Choice
Part 6
Multiple Choice
Part 6
Multiple Choice
Part 6
Multiple Choice
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Part 7
Part 7
Part 7
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
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Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Choice
Choice
Choice
Choice
Choice
Choice
Choice
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Non Western Music
Multiple Choice Chapter 1
Multiple Choice Chapter 2
Multiple Choice Chapter 3
4/14/2014
4/14/2014
4/16/2014
4/16/2014
4/16/2014
4/16/2014
4/21/2014
4/21/2014
4/21/2014
4/21/2014
4/21/2014
4/24/2014
4/24/2014
4/24/2014
Take Home Exams:
There will be 6 take home exams passed out during this semester. Students may
work in groups to complete these assignments. Students should use the take home
exams as study guides for the midterm and final exams.
They are due on the following dates:
23-Jan Medieval Take Home Exam Due
11-Feb Baroque Take Home Exam Due
27-Feb Classical Take Home Exam Due
8-Apr Romantic Take Home Exam Due
29-Apr 20th Century Take Home Exam Due
1-May Part 7 take home exam due
Pop Quizzes (Listening in class):
There will be 7 listening Quizzes given in class. There will be no make-up
listening exams unless the absence was pre-approved, or a doctor’s note is
provided. The listening exams will require students to identify a major piece of music
and information about the piece.
Midterm and Final Exam:
The two exams will not be cumulative. The format of each exam will be discussed
before it is administered. There will be no make-up exams. Students not able
to take a scheduled exam for a legitimate reason must notify the instructor in
advance so that a separate exam can be arranged. If you miss a test, you will be
required to do a library research project (10-15 pages typewritten) in its place. All
materials including lectures, readings, class exercises, discussions, and group
presentations are fair game for exams.
The Midterm and Final Exam will consist of: Questions from the online quizzes,
listening identification, and vocabulary matching. Additional questions may appear
on the exam. Additional formats will be discussed in exam review sessions.
Each student is allowed to have 1 letter page size sheet of notes for the midterm and
final exam. They may write any notes needed on this piece of paper.
Estimated Course Schedule:
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
of:
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1/13/2014
1/20/2014
1/27/2014
2/3/2014
2/10/2014
2/17/2014
2/24/2014
3/3/2014
3/10/2014
3/17/2014
3/24/2014
3/31/2014
4/7/2014
4/14/2014
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
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to
to
1/19/2014
1/26/2014
2/2/2014
2/9/2014
2/16/2014
2/23/2014
3/2/2014
3/9/2014
3/16/2014
3/23/2014
3/30/2014
4/6/2014
4/13/2014
4/20/2014
Week of:
4/21/2014
to
4/27/2014
Week of:
Week of:
4/28/2014
5/5/2014
to
to
5/4/2014
5/11/2014
Tuesday
Thursday
Introduction
Medieval
Medieval
Baroque
Baroque
Baroque
Baroque
Baroque
Classical
Classical
Classical
Classical
Classical
Classical
Midterm
No Class
Spring Break!
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Romantic
Music of the 20th Music of the 20th
Music of the 20th Music of the 20th
American
Music of the 20th
Musical/ Jazz
Rock / Nonwestern
Review
Final Exams
SPECIAL NEEDS & ACCOMODATIONS
Students with special needs/ disabilities of any type who require special
accommodation in the classroom and during instruction and/or testing should notify
the instruction during their first full week of class. Students should also have
written confirmation by qualified experts of the disability on file with the Office of
Academic Affairs and the ADA office on MVSU campus. For help with papers, please
use your University Writing Center often.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
All acts of academic dishonesty, including, but not limited to, cheating on exams,
plagiarism, internet papers, paraphrasing internet papers, presenting someone
else’s work as your own, failing to meet academic and professional requirements, will
result in an automatic “F ” The University’s academic honesty and plagiarism are
enforced in this course.
This document does not constitute a contract with the University. It
contains guidelines. The instructor reserves the right to make changes as
necessary in the syllabus