Professor David Korevaar

Course Calendar

Spring 2008

Tuesday/Thursday, 12:00-12:50, Room C125.

Website for class information: http://spot.colorado.edu/~korevaar/

Professor Korevaar: C196; 303-492-6256; korevaar@colorado.edu

Course Description:

A survey of selected composers and keyboard compositions since 1830. Elements of musical style, keyboard writing, favored genres, and performance practice will be included in the discussions. Reading and listening assignments will supplement the in-class lectures.

Course Goal:

Students are expected to increase their knowledge of a broad range of music written for keyboard instruments. In addition, students should gain insights into basic issues of performance style, performance practice, development of the instruments, and development of important genres throughout the modern history of keyboard music.

Texts (Required):

F. E. Kirby. Music For Piano: A short history. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1995.

Maurice Hinson. Guide to the Pianist¹s Repertoire. Third Edition. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2000.

Supplementary:

R. Larry Todd, editor. Nineteenth-Century Piano Music. Second Edition. New York: Routledge, 2004.

David Burge. Twentieth-Century Piano Music. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2004.

Charles Rosen. The Romantic Generation. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1995.

Assignments:

Reading and listening will be assigned regularly. Keeping up with assignments is important to making class participation and understanding as meaningful as possible, and will be taken into consideration in determining final grades.

Paper:

Each student is required to write an extended essay (at least seven typed [12 point], double-spaced pages) on a topic related to the subject matter of the first half of the course (nineteenth and early twentieth century). This paper may deal with analysis, performance practice, pedagogy, history, or other issues related to a specific work or group of works. Please consult Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, sixth edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996), for information on format. I require that you include full citations in footnotes for all sources that you use. Please do not use scientific-style parenthetical references! Topics should be decided upon and approved by January 24, with completed papers due March 6.

Presentations:

Each student will present a brief lecture with examples (recorded or live) on piano music composed by a composer active in the last 30 years. These lectures will be scheduled in the last three class sessions of the semester. The presentation must include either an outline with detailed notes or a script, and a full bibliography to be turned in. The talk will be limited to 20 carefully prepared minutes, with a five-minute question period. Students will be expected to practice and time their presentations to conform to these guidelines. Composers for these presentations will be assigned after spring break.

Exams:

A take-home midterm and an in-class final will constitute 25% of your final grade.

Attendance:

Given the amount of material to be presented quickly, as well as the participatory nature of the class, consistent attendance is necessary. Each student is allowed two unexcused absences, after which grades may be lowered one degree (e. g., ³A² to ³A-minus²) for each subsequent absence, excused or unexcused. Students in good standing (one or zero unexcused absences and up-to-date on all assignments) will be allowed excused absences on a case-by-case basis only, at the discretion of the professor.

Grading:

Midterm and final: 50%

Presentation: 12.5%

Paper: 12.5%

Class participation: 25%

Honor Code: All students of the University of Colorado at Boulder are responsible for
knowing and adhering to the academic integrity policy of this institution.
Violations of this policy may include: cheating, plagiarism, aid of academic
dishonesty, fabrication, lying, bribery, and threatening behavior. All
incidents of academic misconduct shall be reported to the Honor Code Council
(honor@colorado.edu; 303-725-2273). Students who are found to be in violation
of the academic integrity policy will be subject to both academic sanctions
from the faculty member and non-academic sanctions (including but not limited
to university probation, suspension, or expulsion). Other information on the
Honor Code can be found at
http://www.colorado.edu/policies/honor.html and at
http://www.colorado.edu/academics/honorcode/

Students and faculty each have responsibility for maintaining an appropriate
learning environment. Those who fail to adhere to such behavioral standards may
be subject to discipline. Professional courtesy and sensitivity are especially
important with respect to individuals and topics dealing with differences of
race, culture, religion, politics, sexual orientation, gender, gender variance,
and nationalities. Class rosters are provided to the instructor with the
student's legal name. I will gladly honor your request to address you by an
alternate name or gender pronoun. Please advise me of this preference early in
the semester so that I may make appropriate changes to my records. See polices
at http://www.colorado.edu/policies/classbehavior.html and at
http://www.colorado.edu/studentaffairs/judicialaffairs/code.html#student_code

If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit to
me a letter from Disability Services in a timely manner so that your needs may
be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based on
documented disabilities. Contact: 303-492-8671, Willard 322, and
htp://www.Colorado.EDU/disabilityservices
Disability Services' letters for students with disabilities indicate legally
mandated reasonable accommodations. The syllabus statements and answers to
Frequently Asked Questions can be found at
http://www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices

Campus policy regarding religious observances requires that faculty make every
effort to reasonably and fairly deal with all students who, because of
religious obligations, have conflicts with scheduled exams, assignments or
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subject of discrimination or harassment based upon race, color, national
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should contact the Office of Discrimination and Harassment (ODH) at
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about the ODH, the above referenced policies and the campus resources available
to assist individuals regarding discrimination or harassment can be obtained at
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