MUSI 1306W – MUSIC APPRECIATION
Tentative Class Calendar
Spring 2015
SUGGESTED SCHEDULE
QUIZZES/POSTS
WEEK DATES Read textbook sections and listen to
(Due Wednesday)
selections discussed in textbook.
Week 1
Week 2
Aug. 2430
Aug. 31 –
Sept. 6
Week 3 Sept. 7-13
By Sun., Aug. 30 –
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Welcome
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
ASSIGNMENTS
(Due Sunday)
1. P1-Post self-introduction
(1).
2. A2- Complete your
WIKI page. (By Friday,
decide who will complete
which pages on nonwestern music. By Sunday,
complete your page.)
By Wed., 9/2
By Sun., Sept. 6 –
1. Q1-Syllabus Quiz
1. A2-Complete Team WIKI
pages
By Sun., Sept. 13 –
By Wed., 9/9
1. Q2-Nonwestern Music
2. Q3-Medieval Chant & Renaissance
Madrigal
3. Q4-Team Peer Evaluation for WIKI
pages
4. A3A-Submit NW comparison WS.
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Sept. 14-20
Sept. 21–27
Sept. 28–Oct.
4
Oct. 5-11
Oct. 12-18
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 Sun., Sept. 20
By Wed. 9/16
1. A3B –Nonwestern Essay
2. Q4 on Baroque Music
3. Q5-Listening Quiz 1
By Sun., Sept. 27 –
By Wed. 9/23
1. Q6 on Classical and Romantic Era
1. Take the Pretest for Exam I several
By Wed. 9/30
times to prepare for
Midterm Exam
2. Take Midterm Exam between Oct. 2 1. Q7-Quiz on Contemporary Styles
and Oct. 8
2. Q8-Listening Quiz 2
1. Take the Pretest for Exam I several By Wed. 10/7
times to prepare for
Exam 1.
2. Take Midterm Exam between Oct. 2
and Oct. 8
Vocal Music through the Ages
1. Josquin DesPrez – Ave Maria
2. Dowland – Lute Song
3. Schubert – Erlkőnig
4. Schoenberg – Mondestrunken
By Wed., 10/14
Opera
1. Baroque Opera
a. Monteverdi – Tu se Morta
b. Purcell – Dido’s Lament
Opera
Week 9
Oct. 19-25
2. Classical Opera– Mozart: Don Giovanni
3. Romantic Opera –
a. Puccini: La Boheme
b. Wagner: Die Walkűre
4. Contemporary Opera – Glass: Einstein at
the Beach
By Wed., 10/21
By Sun., Oct. 4 –
1. Study for Midterm Exam
Midterm Exam due Oct. 8
Concert Report 1 is due by
midnight, Thursday Oct. 8
Concertos
Week 10
Oct. 26Nov. 1
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
By Wed., 10/28
Quizzes 2:
Q10 – Solo Songs, Motet, Madrigal
Q11 – Opera Arias and Choruses
By Sunday, Nov. 8 --
Concertos
3. Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto, Mvt. 1
4. Zwilich – Concerto Grosso 1985, Mvt 1
Week 11
Nov. 2-8
Week 12
1.
Nov. 9-15 2.
3.
4.
By Wed., 11/4
Quizzes 2:
Q 12 – Concerto and Concerto Grosso
Instrumental Music
Week 13
Bach Bourrée
Mozart Symphony #40, Mvt 1
Haydn Surprise, Mvt 2
Beethoven String Quartet, Mvt 4
Classical
 Beethoven – 5th Symphony – all mvts
Nov. 16-22 Romantic
1.
2.
Smetana Moldau
Symphonic Poem
Dvorak – New World Symphony, Mvt 1
Nov. 23–
29
Week 14
Part VI: 20th Century
1. Schoenberg – A Survivor from Warsaw
Nov. 30- 2. Varèse – Poème électronique
Dec. 6 3. Ginastera – Estancia Suite – Malambo
Week 15
1. REVIEW for final exam
Dec. 7-11 2. Take the PRETEST for the final exam.
Week 16
Dec. 11-16
Concert Report 2 is due by midnight,
Thursday Oct. 29
By Sun., Nov. 15 By Wed., 11/11
By Wed., Nov. 18
Quizzes 2:
Q13 – Baroque and Classical Orchestral
Forms
Q14 – Romantic Orchestra Music
By Wed., Nov. 18 or Thurs., Nov. 19
THANKSGIVING VACATION
By Wed., Dec. 2 –
Quizzes 2:
Q15 – Expressionism and Serialism
Q16 – Electronic Music & 20th Century
Nationalism
Concert Report 3 is due by
midnight, Tuesday, Dec. 8
Take FINAL EXAM in TESTING CENTER