University of Colorado


College of Music

History of Music

Fall 2006, MWF  9:00-9:50 a.m.                        Classroom:  C199

Instructor: Jeremy.Smith@colorado.edu             Phone: (303) 492-8249  Office: N129: Hours M/W 1-2pm

Description

Study of the styles and forms of Western art music from the fall of Rome to the end of the Baroque era.

 

Course Requirements

                        Midterm 1              15%         Paper                           20%

                        Midterm 2              20%         Quizzes                        20%

                        Final                      25%       

Quizzes

Short answer questions on the reading and listening assignments on reading, lectures of the week before and for the day.

Exams

Exams will include multiple choice and short answer questions, listening questions, an essay question, and a “mystery” score analysis.

Study Guides

            Study Guide for Exam 1
            Study Guide for Exam 2
            Study Guide for Exam 3

Paper

A term paper on a composer, form, genre, or social, political, economic or technological development in the Medieval to late Baroque era.  Topics must be submitted for approval on or before 10/ 27.  The completed paper is due 12/4. For this paper in particular, and for the course in general, you will be expected to have read the following policies and codes and to follow them:
Academic Integrity Policy:  http://www.colorado.edu/policies/acadinteg.html
Honor Code: http://www.colorado.edu/academics/honorcode

Attendance Policy

Class attendance and participation are of significant value in this course.  Attendance will be taken and excessive absences will be reported to the Dean’s office. Please remember always to bring a copy of the Norton Anthology to each class session.

Materials

Burkholder, Peter J., Donald J. Grout and Claude Palisca.  A History of Western Music. 7th ed. New

York: Norton, 2006 ("Grout").

Burkholder, Peter J. and Claude Palisca, ed. Norton Anthology of Western Music. vol. 1. 5th ed. New

York: Norton, 2006 ("NAWM").

           Palisca, Claude, ed. Recorded Anthology of Western Music  [cds].  On reserve and

available from Norton


SCHEDULE

 

                                          
Date

Topic

Reading

 (pp. in Grout)

Scores & Listening

(NAWM)
8/28
 Introduction

8/30
 Greek and Roman Heritage
 4-23
 1-2
9/1
 Early Church and Local Rites
 24-34
 3
9/4
 LABOR DAY

9/6
 Chant notation and theory
 32-49
 (3)-4
9/8
 Liturgy and performance
 50-65
 (3-4)
9/11
 Accretions to the liturgy
 65-70
 5-7
9/13
 Secular monophony
 70-85
 8-12
9/15
 Instruments
 85-86
 13
9/18
 Early polyphony
 87-94
 14-16
9/20 Notre Dame polyphony
 94-103
 17-19
9/22
 Conductus/motet/rota
 103-15
 20-23
9/25
 Ars nova
 116-26
 24
9/27
 Machaut
 126-32
 25-26
9/29
 Ars subtilior
 132-35
 27
10/2
 Italy
 135-45
 28-30
10/4
 EXAM 1  (see Study Guide link above)

10/6
 England/early Renaissance
 167-75
 31-32
10/9
 Burgundian chanson, motet
 175-84
 33-36 (p. 173)
10/11
 Cyclic mass
 184-89
 36 (pp. 174-86)
10/13
 Ockeghem (generation)
 190-98
 37
10/16
 Josquin and next gen.
 198-209
 38-41
10/18
 Humanism and print
 148-66
10/20
 Frottola, madrigal 1
 240-49
 48-50
10/23
 Madrigal 2
 250-55,
262-63
 51-53
10/25
 Chanson
 255-58
 54-55
10/27
 Paper topic due Elizabethan music 1
 258-59
 56
11/1
 Instrumental music
 264-85
 59-62
11/3
 Reformation and music
 210-24
 42-44
11/6
 Counter-reformation
 224-39
 45-47
11/8
 Elizabethan music 2
 259-61
 57
11/10
 Elizabethan music 3
 261-62 58
11/13
 EXAM 2 (see Study Guide link above)

11/15
 Intro to Baroque/Monody/early opera 305-12
 63-66
11/17
 Italian opera
 312-27
384-89
 67, 68, 82
11/20
-24
 FALL BREAK

11/27
 Opera in other centers
 353-65
372-80
432-37
 77, 79, 80, 87
11/29
 Vocal chamber music (cantata)
 328-33
387-89
 69, 82
12/1
 Vocal church music
 332-38
 70, 71
12/4
 PAPER DUE
Lutheran church music
 338-43
 72, 73
12/6
 Instrumental music
 344-52
 74-76
12/8
 Suite, trio sonata and concerto
 391-400
415-31
 78, 83, 85, 86
12/11
 Bach, instrumental music
 400-13
438-50
 84, 88, 89
12/13
 Bach, vocal music 450-57
 90
12/15
 Handel
 457-71
 91, 92
12/20
 FINAL EXAM, 7:30-10:00am
(see Study Guide link above)
good luck!


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