Links to videos, librettos, and other external materials can be found in CourseWorks.
COURSE OUTLINE
[CourseWorks assignments will be handed out in class]
NB. AC = Aaron Copland; RG = Robert Greenberg
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LISTENING: SOUND, TIME, MEMORY |
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| 1 | T 9/2 | ||
| R 9/4 | TBA | AC: (2) “How we listen;” (18) “From composer to interpreter to listener” | |
| 2 | T 9/9 | TBA | AC: (4) “Rhythm;” (5) “Melody”RG: Chapter 4 |
| R 9/11 | TBA | AC: (6) “Harmony;” (7) “Tone color”RG: Chapter 2 | |
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MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE, SACRED AND SECULAR |
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| 3 | T 9/16 | Medieval music
1. Hildegard von Bingen, O viridissima virga (plainchant, 12th c.) 2. Perotin, Alleluia nativitas (organum, 13th c.) 3. Machaut, Douce dame jolie (chanson, 14th c.) |
AC: (3) “Creative process”RG: Chapter 3 |
| R 9/18 | Renaissance music
1. Josquin Ave Maria … virgo serena (motet, c. 1500) 2. Palestrina, “Quando dal terzo cielo” (secular madrigal, 1589) 3. Dowland, “Can she excuse my wrongs?” (song-galliard, 1597) |
AC: (8) “Texture” | |
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OPERA |
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| 4 | T 9/23 | 1. Monteverdi, L’Orfeo (1607) | AC: (15) “Opera and music drama”RG: Chapters 5 & 9 |
| R 9/25 | 2. Mozart, Don Giovanni (1787) | RG: Chapter 19 | |
| 5 | T 9/30 | 3. Verdi, La Traviata (1853)
4. Wagner, Die Walküre (1856) |
RG: Chapters 26 & 27 |
| R 10/2 | 5. Puccini, La Boheme (1896)
6. Adés, Powder Her Face (1995) |
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LARGE INSTRUMENTAL FORMS |
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| 6 | T 10/7 | 1. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major (1721)
2. Mozart, Symphony no. 41 (“Jupiter”; 1788) |
AC: (9) “Musical structures”RG: Chapters 12 & 13 |
| R 10/9 | 3. Beethoven Symphony no. 9 (1824)
4. Mendelssohn, Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826) |
AC: (13) “Sonata form”RG: Chapters 17 & 20 | |
| 7 | T 10/14 | 5. Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique (program symphony, 1830)
6. Debussy, L’apres-midi d’un faune (symphonic poem, 1894) |
RG: Chapters 22 & 24 |
| R 10/16 | 7. Mahler, Symphony no. 2 (1888–94)
8. Ives, First Orchestral Set (1911–14) |
AC: (16) “Contemporary music”RG: Chapters 30 & 31 | |
| 8 | T 10/21 | 9. Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5 (1937)
10. Górecki, Symphony no. 3 (1976) |
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| R 10/23 | MIDTERM EXAM | ||
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SMALL VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL FORMS |
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| 9 | T 10/28 | 1. Schubert, Erlkönig (Lied, 1815)
2. Chopin, Etude in E major op. 10, no. 3 (1832) 3. Chopin, Ballade in G minor, op. 23 (character piece, c. 1835) |
RG: Chapters 23 & 28 |
| R 10/30 | 4. Schumann Carnaval (1835)
5. Debussy, Preludes (1909–13) |
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| 10 | T 11/4 | ELECTION DAY––NO CLASS | |
| R 11/6 | TBA | ||
| 11 | T 11/11 | 6. Ives, “The Things Our Fathers Loved” (1922)
7. Gershwin, “Summertime” (1935) 8. Cage, Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946–48) |
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| R 11/13 | Daedalus Quartet presentation: Berg, String Quartet op. 3 (1910)
** Location: Milbank Chapel at Teacher’s College ** |
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SMALL ENSEMBLES |
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| 12 | T 11/18 | 1. Haydn, String Quartet in E-flat, op. 33, no. 2 (“Joke;” 1781)
2. Beethoven, string quartet TBA |
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| R 11/20 | 3. Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire (expressionist song cycle, 1912)
4. Stravinsky, L’histoire du soldat (theatrical work, 1918) |
RG: Chapters 32 & 33 | |
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JAZZ |
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| 13 | T 11/25 | 1. Luis Armstrong
2. Duke Ellington 3. Charlie Parker * specific tunes TBA * |
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| R 11/27 | THANKSGIVING––NO CLASS | ||
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CONTEMPORARY MASTERPIECES |
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| 14 | T 12/2 | 1. Stravinsky, Rite of Spring (ballet, 1913)
2. Copland, Appalachian Spring (ballet, 1944) 3. Britten, War Requiem (choral/orchestral, 1962) |
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| R 12/4 | 4. Ligeti, Lux aeterna (1966)
5. Cage, 4’33” (1952) 6. Shaw, Partita for 8 voices (2013) |
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| 15 | NO CLASS | ||
| 16 | FINAL: TBA | ||